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   Chapter 588 Divide the cake

  IGN and other major forums, news about today's TGA game exchange exhibition is constantly, and the most discussed, in addition to today's "StarCraft" e-sports exhibition game, is "Grand Theft Auto" and "Half-Life" discussions.

"Thor's Hammer 2" is more about feelings. Countless players have entered the game pit because of "Thor's Hammer". The feeling of this game is different from other games. Qinghui", willing to pay a single order for the sake of feelings.

   As for the two games "Grand Theft Auto", the major game forums in America are almost directly blown to the sky, and various headline parties are rampant.

  IGN, Yahoo Game Channel, ICQ Portal, Microsoft MSN and other website forums, as long as there is news about games, these two games are touted.

"Grand Theft Auto", which has not yet been released, has been directly blown up in the game industry. Countless game players shouted, "If you miss Grand Theft Auto, you will regret it for the rest of your life." For a while, the popularity of "Grand Theft Auto" was high. It's scary. On the Xueleshan online platform, users who are interested in buying this game have broken through the 50,000 mark in a straight line!

   For a game that has not been announced, has no expansion, and has no price, 50,000 people are willing to pay for it. This is the first time in the history of games.

   Careful people can feel that the popularity of this wave of "Grand Theft Auto" is too unusual. Even if players like this game again, it is impossible for such a big public opinion to break out. There are some clues behind this.

   Of course, Xueleshan is indispensable. The navy dispatched, no, it is the credit of the public relations company. Now the trend of using the Internet to mobilize public opinion has not yet appeared, but Xueleshan has made a smooth progress this time, increasing the popularity of "Grand Theft Auto".

  The first day of the game exchange exhibition, which greatly increased the popularity of the TGA awards ceremony.

On the second day, when the awards ceremony was held, Xue Leshan, who was the organizer, could clearly feel that the popularity was much higher. The media and reporters from Los Angeles and other states began to wander around the theater, and many others directly looked for it. Xue Leshan, the interview that I want to do has never happened a few days ago.

The red carpet that is tens of meters long has been laid out in front of the theater. When the afternoon ceremony was about to start, there were already a lot of people watching the fun. Most of these people were watching the game. The user, the other part, is the support invited by the TGA official to set off the atmosphere, otherwise it will not look good if it is cold.

Games are different from the movie and music industries. Fans and movie fans can often know the status of those singers and actors. Star chases often happen. Most gamers don’t know what the people behind the game look like. A game is not fake, as for the producer behind the game, it is impossible to talk about.

   Therefore, the atmosphere of TGA today is naturally far inferior to the red carpet scene of the Oscars, Grammys, Golden Globes, Emmys and so on.

But today, TGA brought these game producers to the front of the stage for the first time, which is equivalent to Hollywood screenwriters. From behind the scenes to the stage, their status has improved more than a little. In the future, their fame, status, income, etc. will naturally increase by a certain amount. cut.

"Let's welcome John Carmack, the world's top game maker, the founder of Id Games, the developer of the "Quake" game, and the production of the world's first 3D game engine "Quake Game Engine" By…"

  Invited from Hollywood and served as the host of the two Oscars. Standing at the entrance of the Coliseum, he introduced the first Carmack to the red carpet to the crowd.

   Hearing Carmack's title, game fans who knew the game couldn't help but start to applaud, they understood Carmack's status in the arena.

  John Carmack, who got off a Cadillac, opened the back door of the car on the other side, and came out with a girl, who was Carmack's girlfriend.

  Games, like the Internet, are a young industry. Carmack is famous, but he is actually not yet thirty years old this year.

Carmack's girlfriend, hugging Carmack's arm tightly, she never imagined that one day, she would be able to walk on the red carpet with Carmack, and the cameras and cameras around her were all aimed at the camera. After them, the applause from time to time made Carmack's girlfriend for the first time, and began to understand that Carmack's status in the industry!

After    Carmack, when the host introduced the second person to walk on the red carpet, there was a round of applause.

Shigeru Miyamoto, who hurriedly arrived from Nippon, had a T-shirt with the Nintendo LOGO printed on it and a black jacket on the outside, and waved his hands to the left and right. red carpet.

Shigeru Miyamoto came this time, in fact, he came to the TGA Game Hall of Fame. With Shigeru Miyamoto's status in the game industry, the two game IPs of the father of Mario and The Legend of Zelda have already made Shigeru Miyamoto. Fengshen, coupled with the Nintendo behind him, must have Shigeru Miyamoto's name in the list of Hall of Fame this time, as long as he comes to accept the award.

After Shigeru Miyamoto, Hideo Kojima, who developed "Metal Gear", Hironobu Sakaguchi, the producer of "Final Fantasy", and Sid Meier, who developed the "Civilization" game series, are recognized as masters in the game industry. Today They were basically present, and these people basically came to the Hall of Fame, otherwise it would not be so easy for them to participate in this kind of event.

In addition to these long-established characters, there are many "rookies" who are just emerging in the game industry, such as Todd Howard, who just debuted with "The Elder Scrolls" last year, and geniuses from Black Island Studios Producer Chris Harold and others were all present.

For these young rookies, today is mainly to show their faces. In addition, Xueleshan has promised that as long as these people participate, they will help their game studios and reduce the cost of publishing on the Xueleshan online platform. game!

And if you can win an award at the TGA awards ceremony, maybe it will stimulate the sales of the game. Just like those movies that won awards at the Oscars, the box office can be improved a lot. No matter how small a mosquito is, it is not a piece of meat. It is not a good thing. would like to do...

   did not steal the limelight from the game producers. People in the game industry walked on the red carpet first, and at the end of the day, Song Yang and Williams and other senior executives from Xue Leshan walked on the red carpet.

After Song Yang and Jenny walked on the red carpet, there was applause at the scene. Song Yang is well-known among the younger generation of America. Bill Gates and Jobs are too far away from the younger generation. Song Yang are contemporary with them.

   With the promotion of "The Matrix", Jenny's popularity has also begun. Jenny, who is wearing a long dress, holds Song Yang's arm and waves from time to time. Jenny is very interested in walking on the red carpet.

   "Wait until the Oscars red carpet, it's Jenny's moment!"

   Song Yang hugged Jenny and whispered in her ear. The Oscar red carpet was a time when actresses from all walks of life tried their best to fight for the headlines. With Jenny's heart, I'm afraid they couldn't play against those old-fashioned female stars.

   But when Jenny heard Song Yang's words, she couldn't help but look forward to it. For Jenny and countless newcomers who have just entered Hollywood, being invited to walk the Oscar red carpet is already a sign of becoming a star.

   After Song Yang and Jenny entered, they came to the TGA Awards Ceremony in the Coliseum. The venue, which can accommodate 3,000 people, was almost full.

  Song Yang sat in the position of the organizer, which was also the best position in the whole scene. The staff of the nine management committees of TGA, such as Xue Leshan, Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, etc., all sat here.

  Ken Williams sat on the other side of Song Yang, and people from Blizzard, Valve, R Star and other studios were also here.

   "StarCraft's global sales yesterday increased to more than 700,000 copies!"

   As soon as he sat down, Ken Williams said to Song Yang with a smile on his face. Obviously, yesterday's e-sports exhibition competition helped "StarCraft" once again make a wave of publicity.

  Song Yang lowered his head and said to Williams, "When the TGA Awards are over, Xue Leshan will prepare the rules of professional e-sports competitions, player training, transfers, bonuses and other systems..."

   The e-sports industry is now a blank industry. There is no stone for Xueleshan to cross the river at all. We can only rely on Xueleshan to be the stone and slowly test the depth of the water in this industry!

   "Gentlemen, ladies, and the audience in front of the TV, welcome to the first TGA Awards Ceremony, every year in the future, today, we will meet again..."

   After a burst of electronically synthesized music, the host stepped onto the stage, and the live pictures also appeared on ICNC, NBC, Comcast TV, Los Angeles TV, Houston TV and other channel programs.

   (end of this chapter)