Chapter 316: Seeking the Skin of a Tiger, Against the Heavenly Gang, A Big Copy of the World Game
That’s right, the biggest reason why Valentine dared to find Kotick to discuss cooperation was that their game had already been completed.

This matter goes back to the beginning, when Naraka: Bladepoint was just announced.

At that time, the new version of Honor had just been launched, and it was both extremely popular and controversial.

Countless people are looking forward to whether this former giant in the e-sports world can achieve rebirth in the new era and compete with the Tencent Group.

Under such circumstances, the announcement of Naraka: Bladepoint, although it also caused some heat and sensation, was just so-so compared to its brothers.

Many industry insiders define Naraka: Bladepoint as Tencent using its own ideas to improve to some extent the prototype of the game mode that Honor of Kings has developed.

It was in this atmosphere that Valentine and the EC studio where he worked suddenly had an epiphany.

All of a sudden, the core problem that had troubled them for a long time was solved.

EC Studio is a medium-sized game studio that has participated in the outsourced development of some DLCs or main games for many top 3A masterpieces.

Simply put, they are mercenaries in the gaming world.

At present, they are developing a multiplayer online TPS (third-person shooter game) called "Jedi Gun God".

Thanks to its long-term experience as a mercenary for large companies, EC is basically first-class in the industry in terms of technology, so developing games is relatively smooth.

However, there was one problem that they could not solve no matter what.

This is the game that is so "standard".

After all, EC has never developed its own game independently, so their studio is seriously biased.

Good news, there is technology;
Bad news, only technology.

EC has neither outstanding level design nor brilliant screenwriters.

And shooting games, whether first-person or third-person, are a red ocean within a red ocean.

The way they play is like a coding machine that has been a ghostwriter for others for many years, and now writes a traditional fantasy book for the first time.
It's pure suicide.

The closer the development gets to the end, the more anxious they become.

It seems that he has already foreseen the future of Bao Si after the game, which he developed with all his efforts, goes online.

But the resources have been invested, so we have no choice but to keep going.

Just when the development was basically completed and EC was about to fall into a dead end, Tencent held a press conference.

First, the CSGO with poor completion in all aspects at that time, "Jedi Gun God", completely blocked EC's original path.

Then, the concept of battle royale proposed by Naraka: Bladepoint completely opened up their thinking.

Battle Royale...seems like it can save our own game!
The Battle Royale mode is undoubtedly a genius design in every aspect.

However, no matter how genius it is, it is just a set of rules and a pattern.

In other words, this thing has basically no technical barriers at all.

Just like Tencent in a certain parallel world, as a big plagiarist, the thing it copied the most is the rules.

One of the things they are best at is finding the most successful games on the market, summarizing their core game rules and patterns, and then using their own technical strength to fill them with their own content to turn them into their own games.

Even better than the master.

The early arrival of Happy Farm and QQ Farm, and the later arrival of Fall Guys and Dream Star, are all important manifestations of this idea.

After seeing the concept of Naraka: Bladepoint, EC Studio found that they seemed to have the ability to copy it.

I happen to have a game that is almost finished, but still lacks the core features of the game.

What's more, Naraka: Bladepoint is not just a shooting game, they can even become pioneers in market development!

Thus, the work of turning PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds into a battle royale game started in full swing.

Opportunities always come to the brave ones who dare to go all in.

While others were still waiting to see whether this unprecedented new model could be recognized by the market, EC did not hesitate to start this gamble on the company's future.

So when Naraka: Bladepoint went viral worldwide and gave all game manufacturers a little battle royale shock,
Jedi Gun God is already in the final stage of bug fixing.

But it was not until now that EC Studio discovered a serious problem:

The game has been made, but the question is, how to promote it?
At this time, their heads finally calmed down, and then they discovered in despair:
It seemed like they had offended Teng Hai to death.

Copy Tenghai's ideas to compete with Tenghai for the position of market pioneer?
It seems a little bit like seeking death.

Given Tenghai's status in the gaming industry, it is basically easy for them to target small players like them.

By then, not only will the game be destroyed, but the studio itself will probably be finished.

It seems that releasing this game is more dangerous than not releasing it.

But all the hard work I put in, are we really going to just give up like this?
That's not much different from being killed directly.

The studio executives held a meeting for three days and three nights with red eyes, and finally came to a unanimous conclusion: they had to find a backer.

But the question is, who in this world has the strength and willingness to fight against a behemoth like Teng Hai?

After much thought, it seems that the only one left is Kodick, the president of the World Electronic Sports Association who was defeated by Teng Hai.

Although Codick was almost defeated by Tenghai, the only resources he had left were exactly what EC urgently needed.

First of all, it is righteousness.

Although the mode of the new version of Honor is extremely immature and even fails to gather all the basic elements of eating chicken.

However, it occurred earlier than Eternal Tribulation.

If EC can get the endorsement of Honor and say that it borrowed from Honor, even if no one believes this nonsense, at least there will be a handle and fans will have a reason to go out and confront it.

When the time comes, someone will come up with “I’m being cyberbullied” and label those who are slandering me as “millionaire Nakba player” or something like that. At least this way, there will be some room for manipulation of public opinion.

Secondly, Codick has connections, public opinion, and some resources from e-sports organizations.

If you have connections and public opinion resources, then at least you don’t have to worry about facing a joint siege from the entire gaming industry.

E-sports organizations can allow Jedi to set up their own e-sports leagues.

As we all know, leagues are the easiest places to generate fan clubs.

At that time, if Tenghai wants to attack again, they can let the fans lead the charge.

By mastering these three strategies, EC is confident that it can stand firm in the face of Tenghai's attack.

It even relied on black and red marketing to go against the circle and become a new generation of hot-selling product.

So, even though Kotick was notorious, and even though working with him was tantamount to courting disaster, EC Studios gritted their teeth and still filmed the movie, making up their minds: do it!

We won and soared to become a respected large company.

If we lose, the situation can't be worse than not releasing it at all.

After listening to Valentine's introduction, Kodick had only one sentence in his mind:

You're such a freaking genius!

Combining gunfights and battle royale modes is actually not a difficult thing to think of.

But to dare to implement this idea when Tenghai has set a good example, it requires enough determination and bravery.

After making the game, being able to make such a plan and even daring to find Kotick to cooperate with him requires a bit of madness.

Kodick looked at Valentine with a little appreciation, and the contempt and disdain he had originally had completely disappeared. This group of people is indeed a group that can accomplish things.

Moreover, this project does have the potential to deal a heavy blow to Tencent, or even directly take away the huge traffic of "Eternal Life"!

Even if it can't be done, the label on this game alone, as long as it doesn't fail, will be enough to disgust Tenghai.

No matter which one, he will not lose money if he tests Dick, and he may even make money.

If that’s the case, then what reason does he have for not following the bet?

"My dear Mr. Valentine, please forgive my previous rudeness." Cotick stood up with a "gentle smile" on his fat face.

"I think we can discuss the specific details of the cooperation."

……

Time flies, a few days later.

“No, how dare he rush like that?” Sun Xiang almost dropped his earphones as he looked at the gray screen in front of him.

Not only him, Jiang Botao on the other side also frowned rarely, and it was obvious that his defense was a little broken.

At this time, there was also laughter in the live broadcast room.

"This is our C+ strength, let me speak for myself!"

"I told you to call Zhou Zekai over! I told you to call Zhou Zekai over!"

"Devil King S? Devil King C+!"

Looking at the revelry of a bunch of unscrupulous people, Sun Xiang almost vomited blood.

No, it sounds like we lost in a 5V5 match!
Believe it or not, I will really go and pull Zhou Zekai over here?

Since he made up his mind to switch completely to CSGo, Sun Xiang’s live broadcast room finally has a major live broadcast project.

However, with his strength, he basically played in the top high-end games and rarely failed.

So much so that some old viewers felt that it lacked some fun.

Someone advised Sun Xiang to play in a lower division, but he refused.

Not to mention the game CSGO, because of the absolute difference in strength, blasting fish is very cruel to them.

The fact that he, a professional player, went to fry fish was enough to leave him with a huge black spot that was no less than the Excellent Era incident.

Sun Xiang doesn't want to take this risk.

The unwilling white characters thought about it, and suddenly came up with a suggestion: "Why don't we find a few C+ guys and see if we can take on five people at once?"

Now Sun Xiang became interested.

He is also worried about the performance of the live broadcast program.

If it’s 1V5, it really can’t be called fried fish?
Moreover, a professional guy fighting against 5 C+ guys seems to be a gimmick no matter how you look at it, right?
So he agreed and carefully selected five absolute C+ locals from the live broadcast room, ready to teach them what the chasm-like gap is between professionals and C+.

Then, they were swept away by the C+ guys.

All I can say is that in a game like CSGo that focuses on information and positioning, even one more person can create a huge advantage.

Not to mention that C+ has a five-fold numerical advantage.

Sun Xiang fought hard and only managed to take a small point from C+zi.

After the game, I was completely broken by the ridicule from the barrage of comments.

However, even though the defense was broken, Sun Xiang knew clearly from this battle that the chances of taking down 5 C+ players by himself were slim.

So he decisively pulled in Jiang Botao, who had nothing to do, and turned 1V5 into 2V5.

With two people, the game is no longer completely one-sided, and there is more back and forth.

But in the end, it was the extremely poor discipline of the C+ students that worked wonders.

Jiang Botao has been serving as a commander since he switched to CSGo.

Discipline and command ability are of the highest order.

But he never bullied the C+ kids.

So when giving the command, I subconsciously chose the conventional optimal position, including throwing props and so on.

However, isn’t the biggest feature of C+ just that it’s messy?
If we could predict what C+ would do next, C+ would no longer be C+.

A random punch can kill a master. Jiang Botao's tactics lost most of their effectiveness as the C+ guys acted purely based on their mood.

Although they scored a lot of points in this game with their overwhelming individual combat power, in the end, they were defeated again by C+ with great difficulty because of their first kill and being caught off guard.

Now, the number of popular people in the live broadcast room has increased from one to two.

Just when the two guys were about to break through the defense and were preparing to call on their last trump card Zhou Zekai to let the C+ guys feel the deterrent power of the world's number one sniper.

The sharp-eyed Jiang Botao was the first to notice some sudden comments in the live broadcast room.

"Anchor, anchor, what do you think of the gunfight version of Naraka that was just announced?"

"It is said that this is a direct collaboration with the World Electronic Sports Association!"

Gunfight... Eternal Tribulation? Are these two words related? Jiang Botao was stunned.

Stopping Sun Xiang who was about to call for help, Jiang Botao followed the instructions of netizens and opened the link to the so-called gunfight version of Naraka.

Then, his gaze froze.

The other party was actually serious.

The game called Jedi Gun God actually copied the gameplay of the battle royale into its own TPS game, creating a patchwork monster.

It has also reached a cooperation with the World Electronic Sports Association and will make every effort to create e-sports events based on this model in the future.

Seeing the person in charge named Valentine talking in high spirits in front of the camera, Jiang Botao and Sun Xiang looked at each other and could see shock and solemnity in each other's eyes.

A game that plagiarized Tenghai and reached a so-called cooperation with Tenghai’s biggest enemy...

There is no doubt that it was directed at them.

……

The clubs in the following games were able to sense what was happening, not to mention Tenghai’s headquarters.

Pei Yunteng was holding a tablet at this time, concentrating on the report on the Jedi Gun God that Teng Hai had urgently investigated.

Feng Xianjun was standing in front of him, his face full of anxiety.

Compared to the previous new version of Glory that looked like a half-finished product, this time's Jedi Gun God, although far inferior in technical skills, is much more dangerous.

Gunfights plus battle royale... this seems to be a project that is really qualified to compete with Tencent Esports.

"Mr. Pei, this is roughly the other party's information. What should we do?" Feng Xianjun asked with anticipation in his eyes.

Pei Yunteng has never made a mistake in this kind of decision since he joined Tenghai.

Pei Yunteng's answer, however, was a little unexpected to him. It was just four simple words:
"Just wait and see what happens."

　The second update is here. Good night everyone.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)