Good morning friends, come to the "Ranger Morning Post" to see what news happened in the game industry yesterday that can't be missed: Namco decided to expand the "Old Man Ring" IP to other fields, Final Fantasy 14 6.0 version of the hot opening service encountered the potato server tradition, NetEase Sakura Studio revealed in an interview that it is developing three masterpieces at the same time, "GTA6" may have to wait until 2025, "Babylon's Fall" "Kitty" this year's PS5 worst game, Steam's unaired game release time leaked the song of silk into a silk pigeon, and Sony won the honor of "the world's most business ethics enterprise" for the fourth consecutive year.
1. Namco decided to expand the IP of "Old Man Ring" to other fields
Publisher Bandai Namco and developer From Software announced that Bandai Namco's new IP, Eldon Ring, has sold 12 million copies worldwide on PC, Xbox and PlayStation platforms. This makes the game one of the company's best-selling games to date, and the president of Bandai Namco said they will also continue to work to expand the IP beyond the game itself and integrate it into everyone's daily life. ”
2, Final Fantasy 14 version 6.0 hot open service encountered the potato server tradition
The worldwide super popular MMORPG "Final Fantasy XIV" today ushered in the new version of the national service 6.0 "The End of the Dawn moon" major update. New main storyline new map, Heidelin and Zodiak's story story plot officially ushered in the final chapter. However, when the national service finally ushered in the 6.0 version update, the root official pushed the reaction, but at present, some players seem to have encountered server instability, and the official of Sheng Qu Game said that it was in urgent communication with Square Enix.
More dramatically, the national service operating company Sheng Qu Games is located in the Shanghai area where the new crown epidemic is more seriously affected, and final fantasy 14 national service operation head Loofah weibo reported that the company building was urgently closed, and has now shifted its position, which will not have a major impact on the game for the time being.
3. NetEase Sakura Studio revealed in an interview that it is developing three masterpieces at the same time
Famitong recently interviewed the three development teams of NetEase 'Sakura Studio' and learned that three game projects are being developed at the same time, and also announced several visual drawings of the concept design, but it is worth noting that the official did not disclose which game project corresponded to these. The three game genres are: action role-playing games; new works in the well-known combat game series with hardcore fans; and cooperative fighting action games with original IP.
4) GTA6 may not have to wait until 2025
Recently, the founder of the French game distribution company Rockstar Mag and a well-known whistleblower of the GTA series Chris_Klippel broke a not-so-good news: "An important step in the development of GTA6 has just been completed, and Rockstar should speed up the progress internally." They may release GTA6 at the end of the year, but I don't think the game will come before the end of 2024. ”
Last November, Klippel said of GTA6 that it was R Star's most chaotic project since its inception. He explained that these issues are related to multiple changes in the game's plot, characters, settings, and maps, as well as to the departure of Dan Houser, co-founder of R Star and creative head of GTA.
5, "The Fall of Babylon" "Kitty" this year's PS5 worst game
Produced by Platinum Studios and released by SE, babylons Fall, a new multiplayer co-op ARPG game released on March 4 on PS5 and Steam, the PS5 version received ratings from 29 media outlets on metacritic with a total score of 42 points, the lowest score for the 2022 PS5 game, lower than Baran's Whimsical Wonderland (51 points), also published by SE, and lower than "The Fall of the Gods" (61 points) and "The Fall of the Gods" (61 points) and "The Fall of the Gods" (61 points) and "The Fall of the Gods" (61 points) and "The Fall of the Gods" (61 points) and "The Fall of the Gods" and "The Fall of the Gods" (61 points) and "The Fall of the Gods" (61 points) and "The Fall of the Gods" (61 points) and "The Fall of the Gods" (61 points) and "The Fall of the Gods" GTA Trilogy (46 points).
The Metacritic user ratings for Babylon's Fall are also frighteningly low: as of 14:00 Beijing time on March 16, the game has received 136 user reviews, with a score of only 2 points (a total of 10 points). How did Platinum Studios, which once produced Angel Hunter Witch and Neil: Age of Machinery, turn over this time?
6. Steam's unaired game release time is leaked, and the song of silk is afraid to become a pigeon of silk
Steam's third-party website Steam API leaks the background release time of all Steam unsold games, but it should be noted that these dates are not necessarily 100% accurate, because Steam will ask developers to set a release date in the background, which is not public, so often developers will set a placeholder date, which may lead to some game release times are very outrageous.
The much-anticipated "Hollow Knight: Song of Silk" is set to be released on February 28, 2028, and if you are right, it is 2028, of course, there is a considerable possibility that the developer's hand slipped .jpg
7. For the fourth consecutive year, Sony won the honor of "The World's Most Ethical Enterprise"
According to Sony's official news, Sony has been named one of the "World's Most Ethical Companies in 2022" by the think tank Ethisphere Institute, which is the fourth consecutive year that Sony has received this honor. Kenichiro Yoshida, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Group of Companies, said: Sony will be 'honest and sincere' in its commitment to win the trust of the Sony brand through ethical and responsible practical measures.
The award evaluates businesses from five dimensions: corporate governance, leadership and reputation, ethics and compliance programs, ethical culture, and environmental and social impact. This year, a total of 136 companies from 22 countries and regions and 45 industries made the list. The full list can be found on the Ethisphere Institute website.