The appearance of Shenmue brought the atmosphere of the whole scene to the highest point.

In addition to Shenmue, this time Pokeni also brought some other more interesting games.

For example, Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos.

Players can choose to control four races in Warcraft 3, with humans and orcs already appearing in its predecessor, Warcraft 2 Kuroshio, and two new races, the Night Elves and the Undead.

The appearance of this game is also the first new work contributed by Pokeni after acquiring the original Blizzard.

Prior to this, Blizzard's StarCraft and Warcraft 2 have achieved very good results under the promotion of Pokeni.

And this time, the appearance of Warcraft 3 can be said to carry the dreams of countless players, and it can even be described as coming out after a long time.

With the increase in races, the increase in maps, and the use of Pokeni's own Pioneer Engine, the graphics and quality of the entire game have increased at a visible rate, and the gameplay has been greatly enriched by new additions.

So when I saw Warcraft 3 in the scene, the audience was in an uproar.

The players were also excited.

"Wow, is Warcraft 3 going to come out? It's so impressive, isn't it? I thought I wouldn't be able to play the game until at least 2004. ”

"yes, and judging from the actual machine demonstration on the spot, the effect is too good, right? It's completely crushing other real-time strategy games on the market today. ”

"Is this still the Blizzard we know it to be? I didn't expect to exert such a strong strength under the command of Pokeni.

Didn't it take years to make games in the past?

Why did you suddenly become so powerful? ”

Should it be said or not, the acquisition of Blizzard is actually quite cost-effective for Qingzhiyuan.

It directly completes a very important piece of the territory of the Pokeni game empire -

Real-time strategy game.

Whether it is the Warcraft series or the interstellar series, they have now surpassed other games in the same genre and become the only existence in real-time strategy games.

Not only is the quality outstanding, but also the gameplay is rich, even in such a real-time strategy game, Blizzard provides a campaign mode that players still talk about.

I didn't neglect the creation of the plot because this is a game that leans towards the strategy genre.

Even because there are many races, the important hero characters of each race are portrayed to a considerable extent, which makes players love and talk about it.

It faintly gives people a feeling that the plot of this game is very stakes.

After many players play Warcraft, they may not feel anything at first, but after time precipitation, the plot of this game seems to be very powerful.

The emergence of real-time strategy games also provides the foundation for large-scale MMOs to be developed in the future.

……

After the Warcraft 3 demo ended, Qingzhiyuan gave a time closer to the release on the spot-

It is expected to go on sale in the second half of this year, in December 2000.

Of course, if Blizzard doesn't bounce tickets.

Qingzhiyuan will provide technical support as much as possible, and will also let Brewick check the gate, and strive to be released within the given time.

Hearing Qing Zhiyuan's words, everyone's hearts couldn't help but feel cold.

"Damn, it looks like it's very likely to skip the ticket."

"Can't even pokeni hold it down? I thought that with the high efficiency of the P Company, at least the Blizzard guys could complete the task on time. ”

"Huh? After looking at it for a long time, it turned out to be an unfinished product? I just saw that the completion level in the game is actually quite high, and the presentation is very smooth, so why worry about whether it can be completed on time? ”

"Idiot, you, this is Blizzard, Blizzard, the famous king of bounce tickets.

It's over, I heard that when Qingzhiyuan acquired them, it seemed that it promised to give the other party full freedom of research and development rights, and P only provided technical and financial support.

If it looks like this, isn't it really going to bounce the ticket? ”

"Don't, don't!"

……

In fact, Warcraft 3 is already a relatively high-completion game in Pokeni's hands so far.

After finishing the presentation of Warcraft 3, Qing Zhiyuan explained some of the game works that are currently under research and can be used for concept display.

For example, Bug Master 2, although it is not expected to be seen until 2001 or even 2002, the concept art of Bug Master 2 and all kinds of strange bug drawings are put on the big screen, which still caused a large wave of screams on the scene.

The appearance of Insect Master 1 has actually greatly subverted the definition of the game in many people's minds, because in this game, there is no traditional combat system, but more to advance the game through free exploration and finding ways to solve puzzles, so as to comprehend the warm and healing stories hidden behind various mysterious phenomena.

The biggest difference between the insect master series and the P Society, especially the game with the ancient original Tsubaki series, is that-

This series of games is sad but not sad, with a very beautiful and fresh art style, and all the NPCs in it have their own unique stories and specific AI, giving people a real and beautiful impression.

Even after the decryption is completed, those lives that have led to tragedy due to interaction with insects are displayed in front of players, they will only feel a heart-like touch, but they will not be too immersed in sadness.

Going with the flow is the core tenet of the insect master, and once you are immersed in it, it is easy to accept everything in the world and know how to appreciate them.

To reach such a state, in fact, the great sorrows and joys in the world are no longer important.

This time, the production plan of Insect Master 2 was announced, which can be described as a long drought for players, and they are especially looking forward to the sequel of the Insect Master series as soon as possible, and they hope to experience a variety of bizarre but touching stories from the perspective of the protagonist Yingu in the world of Insect Master 2.

"Ah...... If only the Bugmaster series could keep going. ”

"I really love the insect master, I didn't think it was the first time I played it before, but the more I played, the more I got better, I was really moved by the story and plot inside.

I also hope that the insect master series can do better and better. ”

When explaining the concept map of Insect Master 2, Shinji Mikami, who was only sitting in the audience, smiled helplessly and shook his head.

Seriously, the insect master was not developed within this year, and the president was primarily responsible, who made him the producer.

But the problem is that no one in the company dares to rush him.

Fortunately, in the past few months, Qing Zhiyuan has supplemented the outline and settings quite completely, and Insect Master 2 has been able to restart construction, otherwise it is very suspenseful whether it can be put on the shelves next year.

……

After the insect master, Pokeni also brought players the new game trailer and explanation of "Frontier Online".

As Pokeni's first LAN shooter type battle game, Frontier has completed its historical mission, not only successfully opened up new markets, but also made players feel that the original battle shooter game can be so interesting, and at the same time, this game has carried the drainage role of the dandelion game platform for a long time in the past.

Because the border and the platform are bound to each other, players will inevitably use the dandelion game platform.

This is the same as when Steam used Half-Life as a drain, and the effect is naturally surprisingly good.

So far, the number of registered users of the dandelion gaming platform has reached a staggering more than 130 million.

This is one of the reasons why Pokeni has such a strong confidence to dare to argue with Sony.

Many third-party game developers, such as Square Enix, are interested in the number of users of the platform, which is a new game platform built on the virtual level, and there is no other company in the world that can compete with it except Pokeni.

P not only won at the starting line, but also relied on its own technology to constantly widen the generation gap, which is the most desperate.

And this time, P Society is good, and directly developed an online version of "Border", according to Qing Zhiyuan's words, this is an online game that can support more than 200,000 people online at the same time.

"Frontier Online is a game," Qing Zhiyuan stood on the stage calmly, smiled indifferently, and lightly pressed the button with his finger.

On the large screen behind him, the corresponding promotional image and the date of release appeared.

I saw that in the middle were the two sides of the fierce battle in the game, each holding a weapon and charging in the line of fire.

Nervous stimulation visible to the naked eye.

However, to the surprise of players-

Border Online only announced the listing date, which is April 20 in the first half of next year, but did not write a specific release price.

Everyone couldn't help but be suspicious.

"Did P deliberately not write the price this time? To keep the mystery alive? ”

"It's really new, I remember at E3, all the games that are going to be released in the near future will always give a price.

Because this is also one of the strategies, it can make players feel cost-effective and want to buy.

At this time, P company is good, and it actually hides the price.

Could it be that the pricing is too high, for fear of scaring everyone? ”

"Yes, I still have a deep impression of the 299 sentence that the president of Sony came up back then, and Qing Zhiyuan is not like that kind of person, he will give the price in the past press conference.

The E3 Electronics Show is the dollar price.

On TGS it is the price of yen, what is going on today? ”

"Maybe the pricing hasn't been negotiated internally, right? The selling price is different in different countries and regions, and of course, it is possible that Pokeni has a conflict with the dealers after the dandelion game platform.

So now we can only give a release date, but we can't say the price. ”

……

Just when everyone was talking, I only heard Qing Zhiyuan's magnetic voice from the stage:

"We had some discussion and finally decided that-

Frontier Online will be available on the Dandelion gaming platform completely free of charge.

So when the time comes, you only need to go to the official website, or download it on the dandelion game platform.

Of course, since it is free to download, we will no longer be able to sell CDs in physical stores. ”

Frontier Online itself is an online game, so there is no need to consider the situation of [no network] in the early stage of development.

This game is strategic, it will open up the whole world of online games, and at the same time let everyone appreciate what it means to be a large-scale online war game!

At present, it is a free download mode, but the items and costumes in the game need to be purchased with point cards.

Of course, this part of the commercialization content, Qingzhiyuan did not show and give a speech on the spot.

Because players are already crazy when they hear the word "free".

"What the hell?! Free game?! Did I hear me right? ”

"! Really? Frontier Online Free?!

"Is Qing Zhiyuan crazy?!"

"Oh buy karma!! This is the most exciting news I've heard this year! ”

"The horse rider is even more exciting than when I heard that PS sells 299 before."

"POKENI IS SIMPLY AN ETERNAL GOD!"

"I love Qing Zhiyuan so much!"

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