Today's highlights are:
Zhongqingbao apologized for "forcing employees to work overtime on May Day"
Glacier Network's first quarter 2022 report: net profit of 217 million
Blizzard announced the Warcraft mobile game "Warcraft Arc Light Battle", a tower defense game similar to Clash Royale
Tencent canceled the 93% discount recharge on a large scale, and King Glory responded that it was a routine adjustment
Epic Games will team up with nonprofits to create an Unreal Engine apprenticeship program
Zhongqingbao apologized for "forcing employees to work overtime on May Day"
On May 1, Li Ruijie, chairman of Zhongqingbao, a listed game company, was exposed to force employees to work overtime on May 1, which attracted attention. Zhongqingbao issued an apology statement saying: For the improper actions made in this hurry, the chairman himself has deeply realized the seriousness of the matter and made self-reflection.
According to the chat records exposed by netizens, the chairman of Zhongqingbao forced employees to work overtime on May Day, and said that "those who are not convinced, immediately fire." ”
This matter has attracted widespread attention. Zhongqingbao issued an apology statement regarding the recent inappropriate remarks made by the company's executives.
The statement said that in the face of adverse effects such as the epidemic, in the case of not completing the set performance target in the first quarter, the chairman of the company made inappropriate remarks in the company's internal group in a hurry, which triggered negative public opinion and adversely affected the company's image.
At present, the company is making every effort to overcome the impact of the epidemic, accelerate the progress of research and development, pay close attention to business performance, and strive to achieve the established business objectives. In this process, the provisions of the Labor Law and other legal rules on the May Day holiday leave and overtime system will be strictly implemented to protect the legitimate rights and interests of employees.
For the improper move made in this hurry, the chairman himself has deeply realized the seriousness of the matter and made self-reflection, and the follow-up company will be more people-oriented, work together, and return all shareholders with better performance.
Glacier Network's first quarter 2022 report: net profit of 217 million
On May 4, Glacier Network released the first quarter report of 2022, during the reporting period, the company achieved operating income of 479,325,794.89 yuan, an increase of 326.90% year-on-year, and net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies was 217,248,354.58 yuan, a turnaround from the same period last year.
During the reporting period, the company achieved operating income of 479,325,794.89 yuan, an increase of 326.90% year-on-year, mainly due to the increase in revenue from new games in the reporting period; investment income was 509,913.14 yuan, an increase of 143.17% year-on-year, mainly due to the increase in financial income in the reporting period.
Glacier Network currently independently develops and operates a number of online games, including "Expedition Mobile Game", "Longwu Mobile Game" and other self-developed mobile game products jointly released at home and abroad.
Blizzard announced the Warcraft mobile game "Warcraft Arc Light Battle", a tower defense game similar to Clash Royale
On May 4, Blizzard officially released its mobile game work "Warcraft Arclight Rumble" under the Worldview of the Warcraft Universe, and released the Chinese version of the game preview and demo video, and the game's official website has also been officially released. Positioned as a strategy action game with PVP and PVE gameplay, the game will feature over 65 well-known characters from the Warcraft universe. The time to market has not yet been announced.
Set against the backdrop of the World of Warcraft universe, Arc of Warcraft is designed for mobile devices, where players will form teams using iconic characters from the World of Warcraft universe, and players will have the opportunity to collect over 60 classic characters from the World of Warcraft series, including heroes, villains, monsters, and other characters. Each unit has unique skills that can be further enhanced with talents. In the game, they will appear in the form of a board game-style Q version of the avatar.
According to the official introduction, the gameplay of this mobile game is inspired by the tower defense mobile game, Blizzard said, "Our inspiration is from the tower defense game, but our game is not a real tower defense game, but a 'tower attack' game." ”
Tencent canceled the 93% discount recharge on a large scale, and King Glory responded that it was a routine adjustment
Recently, most of Tencent's business recharge has completely cancelled the 93% discount, including the Q coin recharge of WeChat and QQ, and the Q coin recharge discount of special VIP and SVIP has also changed from 95% off and 94% off to 92% off and 93% off respectively.
At the same time, the iOS "Glory of kings" recharge will also cancel the additional coupons, previously because there are discounts for Android recharge.
In this regard, the official B station account of King Glory responded that based on business development needs and in order to provide users with a better experience, Tencent has recently made routine adjustments to its direct charging business and some marketing channel offers for Q coin recharge.
Epic Games will team up with nonprofits to create an Unreal Engine apprenticeship program
On May 4, Epic Games and the nonprofit Apprenti announced that they would collaborate on a new Unreal Engine-based apprenticeship program. This initiative will be applied to businesses such as gaming, media and entertainment.
In addition to this, Jennifer Carlson, from Apprenti, said that in addition to this, the Unreal Engine skills-based apprenticeship program will provide a path to a career, not only in the game industry, but also in a wide range of industries such as film, television, advertising and manufacturing. Jennifer also said the team is proud to partner with Epic Games and help individuals pursue affordable careers in interactive media.
Founded in 2016, Apprenti provides a resource for training, education, and alternative technology careers for people from underreported communities. In addition to the apprenticeship program, Epic Games said its Unreal Licensed Training Center will be provided by digital arts and animation university CG Spectrum.
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