On the evening of January 18, Microsoft announced that it had acquired Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in cash and taken over a large number of well-known game IPs including Overwatch, COD, and WOW. The deal is the largest ever for the gaming industry, and Microsoft will jump to the third-largest game company in the world by revenue after the deal closes.
This operation caused a sensation in the entire game circle, and players directly called "witness history". You should know that in the past two years, Activision Blizzard has continuously lost the player's good feelings in the decline, which can be described as a "rhythm master". In addition to sighing, most of the players are still happy: xx, who has waited for xx years, should be able to come out this time! There are also many players who say that they will join XGP right away, "It gives too much, and there will be more in the future!" ”
Players are watching the hilarity, but the industry is watching the doorway. Microsoft's move is actually a further layout for the "metaverse" field. For Microsoft, the acquisition of Activision Blizzard will accelerate the growth of Microsoft's full range of gaming businesses in mobile, PC, console and cloud gaming. As one of the most dynamic forms of entertainment now, games have played a very important role in the development of cosmic platforms.
In fact, as a hot concept in the past two years, the metacosm has long become a "place where soldiers must fight". "Metacosm" refers to a virtual space parallel to the real world and independent of the real world, which brings internet applications and social forms that integrate virtual reality by integrating a variety of new technologies. For capital, the metacosm has broad commercial potential; for the user, the creativity, openness and immersion brought by the metacosm are all desirable. Therefore, major manufacturers are scrambling to lay out the metaverse.
Judging from Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the metaverse seems to be very far away from us ordinary people. In fact, in NetEase's first tide play leisure competitive mobile game "Egg Boy Party", a "round universe" that can be participated by all people is proposed.
In the setting of "Egg Boy Party", behind the blind box machine there is a parallel world composed of countless exquisite levels, when someone throws coins into the blind box machine, the gold coin will fall into the parallel world, and the egg boys enter the arena composed of different levels to hold a level party to compete for gold coins.
These levels are the components that make up the "round universe", and each time a new level is successfully created, the boundary of the egg boy metaverse will expand by one point. The "Egg Boy Party" is equipped with the Egg Boy Workshop Map Editor, which every player can easily get started with, free creative editing of their own maps, and add bricks and tiles to the "round universe".
From January 24th to February 7th, Egg Boy Party will officially issue activation codes on each platform participating in the test, which allows players to enter the "Round Universe Co-construction Service", use the Egg Boy Workshop to create maps, and play excellent levels made by other players.
From January 24th to February 24th, you can participate in the Co-construction Contest by making and publishing your own level creations at the Egg Boy Workshop. After the event, the co-construction service is closed, the official will evaluate all the maps and announce the results, and set up the "most creative award", "most popular award", etc., as long as your creativity is exciting enough, you have the opportunity to divide the 10,000 yuan prize money!
In addition, players participating in the map experience also have the opportunity to earn bonuses, and can be stacked with the Craftsman Bonus to get heavy rewards.
It seems that in addition to throwing money, the metaverse also has a more people-friendly "opening way". If you also want to participate in the construction of a metaverse, you may wish to try participating in the "Round Universe" construction contest of "Egg Boy Party"!