On the evening of April 11, the State Press and Publication Administration released the "Approval Information for Domestic Online Games in April 2022", which is after the suspension of issuance on July 22 last year, after 8 months and 263 days, the domestic game version number finally ushered in the restart of issuance. As soon as the news was released, the majority of game lovers and gamers were happy to run, and in just 2 hours, they rushed to the second place on the Weibo hot search list.
A little U who was crying with joy and rolling all over the ground
As an engine born from the game industry, Unity has been continuously observing the game industry, and this edition number is reissued, and Xiao U brings the following interpretation.
The game industry is accelerating
I believe that everyone has not forgotten the suspension of the first game version in 2018, when the Central Propaganda Department intended to rectify the chaos in the industry and suppress the rough and random products on the market. After several years of rectification, the game industry has been developing more and more benignly in the direction of high-quality products.
As a game engine loved by the majority of gamers, Made with Unity's work does not miss every year. In this year's list of works, these are particularly recommended
Heartbeat Network's "Party Star", as a mobile platform fighting game has been launched in Japan on February 17 this year, once released, it has topped the local iOS free game list for 12 days, and has topped the free action game list for 23 days, and still maintains the top 5 of the free list.
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Thunder's "Tower Hunter", as a high-quality end game that combines Roguelike and Galaxy-like Castlevania gameplay, has the most realistic weapon collision effect and the most immersive shock thrill, which will bring a bursting feeling.
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The delightful "Cast Timemaker" is the only game console game that has been reviewed this time, which will land on the Switch console of the National Bank, a decryption game with the main elements of time, through the configuration of the dual protagonists supplemented by special functions such as time pause and backtracking, to achieve a complete puzzle chain, bringing a creative and ultimate brain-burning experience.
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In Pasia Technology's business simulation role-playing game Sandstone Town Time, players need to build a brand new workshop to help the town in crisis get a new life. This game is the latest work in the "Time Series", and players can find the Easter egg of the same series of games "Portia Time"
In addition to these, there are "Box Fission", "The Way Forward", "Divine Beast King Kong Infinite Battlefield", "Fingertip Three Kingdoms", "Dream Puppy", "Phi Phi Shrimp Higashi Tsuch village legend", "Super Fusion Duck", "Super Phantom Cat: Island", "Pottery Master", "Come to the Bowl"...
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Mobile games ride the dust
Client and Switch multi-platform blossom
In the game that obtained the version number this time, mobile games accounted for the vast majority, and there were also some client-side and Switch-side games to meet the needs of different terminal players. This shows that even in the current full popularity of smart phones, different terminals have a certain market size.
According to Unity's market observation, cross-platform games released on mobile phones, PCs, and consoles in 2020 have been successful, such as the release of "Among Us" and "Original God"; at the same time, there are reports that the scale of China's cross-platform game market is expanding year by year, and the market size has increased to 66.34 billion yuan in 2020, and the market size is expected to exceed 70 billion yuan in 2021.
Image source: 2021 China Game Innovation Category Development Report - Cross-platform Games
Reaching more platforms means the game reaches more players and makes it easier to succeed. Unity itself is a powerful cross-platform development engine, supporting more than 20 mainstream platforms such as mobile phones, PCs, consoles, VR, AR, etc., and more than 90% of the project code can be reused across platforms.
In Unity's 2021 Game Market Weathervane Report, 96% of game developers say that cross-platform is one of the key strategies for multiplayer online game success. I don't know if there are any plans to migrate more platforms in the future in the game that has obtained the version number?
Rely on third-party solutions to improve competitiveness
In this year's Unity 2022 Game Industry Trends Report, it's interesting that studios large and small are starting to mix out-of-the-box solutions in order to leave resources dedicated to their strength: designing better gaming experiences. In short, there is a growing awareness of the importance of spending limited energy on the cutting edge.
Upon confirmation, we found that the Party Star and Sandstone Time, which received the version number, used Unity's enterprise technical support services.
This team of more than 40 experts covers the three major cities in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, providing various customized solutions for almost all major factories, and has helped dozens of well-known games such as "Call of Duty Mobile Game", "Fengyun Island Action" and "Dragon Valley 2" to be successfully launched.
With the restart and issuance of game version numbers, there is still a large stock of the game industry that has been backlogged for a long time and needs to be released. As an industry leader in the global game engine market, Unity will continue to refine technologies and products, and continue to optimize iterative upgrades to better assist developers in the development, operation and monetization of the full link.
Tomorrow, Unity 2021 LTS, which has been urged by countless developers, will be launched soon, and what changes and surprises will be brought by the new version, so stay tuned!
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