Hello everyone, I am Dr. X.
Every week of [Hot Travel Intelligence] We will take stock of the week's hot game news for everyone, zero and zero total a month adds up to a lot, so what are the news hotspots worth reviewing, and what are the new developments after the node? Today Dr. X will take you into the "April Hot Tour Intelligence".
First, the industry events
Key points: the game version number is resumed and released 45 games such as "Sword Net 3 Origins" have been reviewed
After eight months of suspension of the game version, this time the game winter has finally come to an end. In April, the official website of the Bureau finally announced the latest batch of game versions, a total of 45 games, including Xishanju's "Sword Net 3 Origins", Pasia Technology's "Sandstone Town Time", Heartbeat Network's "Party Star" and many other works.
However, the suspension of the version number still has a huge impact on the domestic game industry, according to the statistics of Tianyancha, in the second half of 2021, that is, after the suspension of the version number, a total of 14,000 game companies in China were cancelled.
In the list of the version that has been reviewed this time, there are also some game companies that have not survived the cold winter and have long been written off, such as the operating companies of "Dream Puppy" and "Little City Lord", which have not been found. Even Baidu's self-developed "Attack on Rabbit" was dismembered long before the advent of 22 years.
Of course, there are also some works that have survived the cold winter and ushered in the dawn, like the "Sword Net 3 Origins", which has been operated for free before, which immediately opened the paid undeleted file test, and the heartwarming "Big Brawl" game "Party Star" also launched the national costume at the speed of light. And Pasia Technology, which had been unable to wait for the version number and ran to shoot the movie, could finally do some serious things this time.
But obviously, the release of the version number can only be regarded as a solution to the thirst of manufacturers, releasing a little hope, rather than the inflection point of the entire industry, with more and more stringent version number rules, perhaps the development and launch of new games in the future will become more and more difficult.
Second, can the whiteness be unveiled?
Key points: "World of Warcraft" version 10.0 officially announced Warcraft mobile game is like Royale
At this month's Warcraft conference, the 10.0 version of World of Warcraft" "Dragon Islands" ushered in the official announcement, in which the new map, the new race of dragons, and the new class magician will be launched in the new version.
According to gossip, this new version will be officially launched around the end of the year in the second half of 2022, and will not let players wait too long, which seems to indicate that Blizzard has defaulted to the 9th version is a failed expansion pack, and new content is urgently needed to stabilize players.
It's just that there is not much useful information released in the CG of the current conference, basically only the relevant display of race, skills, and maps, and the plot is not said at all.
There are also players who sigh that in the past, Blizzard just did not do a good job of the game, and now even the CG level has plummeted, really pinching a sweat for Microsoft, the receiver.
However, the "Warcraft" IP mobile game released in April has also ushered in an official trailer in recent days, this Warcraft mobile game is neither a "Pokémon GO" orc-catching game that was revealed in previous years, nor an MMO we imagined, but a casual new work similar to "Clash Royale".
(Violent black looked at the silence, and violent white looked at the tears)
The recently announced Warcraft mobile game is called Warcraft Arc Light Battle, and the gameplay is similar to Clash Royale, where players can place unit pieces on the board to attack from both sides. It's just that compared to Clash Royale, this Warcraft Arc War has more terrain differences, and also sets goals such as "gold mines" according to the characteristics of the old Warcraft RTS, but the overall difference is not much.
This retro clichéd gameplay belongs to the dream back to the summer of 16 years, but I did not expect that it was not Overwatch 2 that made me go back, but Warcraft.
Key: Can you still have no computer without a mobile phone? Diablo: Immortal was released on PC
Also as a Blizzard mobile game, "Diablo: Immortal" announced the release date and PC version of the game in April, and it has been confirmed that the game will open public beta on June 2, and log on to IOS, Android and PC platforms at the same time.
This time, the PC client and the mobile game version are online together, and support the sharing of progress and linkage between the PC version and the mobile game version, players can experience "Diablo: Immortal" through the computer after the mobile game is launched.
It's as funny as playing LOL mobile games on a computer, so why not play Diablo 2: Remastered or Diablo 3 while playing on a computer? One of the two games has just launched a new version, and the other has just launched a new season, and it is more fun to think than to imitate the immortality of the legend.
Key points: "Overwatch 2" opens the test A generation of plug-ins seamlessly connects
In fact, in this April, Blizzard's actions are still very much, perhaps after the acquisition of Microsoft in order to show the vitality of the company, dark, Warcraft, Watch all showed new actions, but at present, the effect of these things is not particularly ideal.
Especially "Overwatch 2", according to the players participating in the B test, although the game has opened up the new hero Sogern, new maps, skills, voice and other changes, but the gameplay is not much different from the previous, and even in the new version, players can also directly use a generation of plug-ins seamlessly.
At the same time, the Destruction Ball also appeared in the test suit with a vicious bug, that is, the Destruction Ball would crash all players by looking down and grabbing the floor downwards, so that Blizzard had to temporarily remove the hero from the beta version.
It can only be said that Blizzard has been a bit hasty lately, and if it is really not alive, it will either bite a lighter live.
Third, online games are big news
Key points: "Against the Cold Water" Fourth Anniversary Breaking News: Linkage "InuYasha Fork" New Door Sect Ararayu first exposed
This month, "Reverse Water Cold" officially announced the major revelations of the new jianghu on the fourth anniversary of Reverse Water Cold, including many contents such as "Decisive Battle Kunlun", "Genre Strange Conspiracy System", "Emberless Battlefield", new IP Dog Night Fork Linkage, and new genre "Wild Feather".
The new genre "Aragami" will be officially launched in June, this character uses the chain blade as a weapon, and his body style is also very dexterous, often using extremely fast moves to directly take the head of the enemy general.
At the same time, in the new version, the game will also usher in a new IP cooperation, and the linkage object is the once famous "Inuyasha Fork". The linkage content includes the classic costumes of the protagonist group, the same baby fashion of Shippo, iron teeth and natural tooth hanging ornaments, pet mica and even classic feather movement methods, which will be added to the game in the subsequent update.
Interested players may wish to pay attention to it in advance.
Highlights: Guild Wars 2 April Highlights: Reward Enhancements for Mega Events The eighth anniversary event lasts for a full month
Following the launch of the new expansion pack, Guild Wars 2 also ushered in several updates in April, starting with the introduction of new Daily Event Rewards, which added a rare void theme to the Daily Treasure Chest after the Daily Dragon's End event.
In addition to this, the game will also usher in an upgrade to DirectX11, and in the May 13 update, DX11 was officially set as the default option for new accounts.
Not only that, on April 29, the national costume "Guild Wars 2" ushered in the eighth anniversary celebration of the game, and opened a carnival with players.
This year's Guild Wars 2 anniversary will run from April 29 to May 26, which means that players will be immersed in activities and rewards throughout the month of May.
Fourth, the new tour dynamics
Key points: The Xianjian Yuan universe game "The Legend of the Paladin Sword: The World" was first tested in August
In April, CMG released the annual performance data of 2021, of which "Paladin VII" sold more than 40 copies of the PC version in 2021, and what was unexpected was that the cloud game version also sold 200,000 sets, which is a domestic stand-alone game that adopts a new technology and is controversial, and the sales of 600,000 copies are already very good.
After the Xianjian sequel received a good market response, CMG also announced five categories that will continue to be laid out this year, including the meta-universe product "The Legend of the Paladin Sword: The World", and plans to launch the first real PV and the first test in August this year, which will be officially launched in 2023.
However, the concept of the metaverse is still very vague, and it is still unknown what kind of effect the game will present, but if it is an open-world game that draws characters and is so incompatible with the Xianjian series, it will presumably cause an uproar in the game circle.
Key points: Tencent's two new tours this month have hit the street in succession?
In This April, Tencent, which has always been known for its wide user base, has suffered a setback in game release, and the two "masterpieces" launched last month have all hit the street.
One of them is "Noah's Heart" released in cooperation with the old man Zulong. Because the finished product level of "Noah's Heart" is too poor, the discordant factors of standing drawing and modeling, the old-fashioned gameplay, bug optimization and other problems emerge in an endless stream, which eventually leads to a sharp decline in the popularity of the game just after its release.
According to the income estimate of Qimai Data, the single-day revenue of the "Noah's Heart" IOS platform has fallen to about 5,000 US dollars, that is, about a day there can be players to charge more than 30,000 yuan, I don't know which kind of complaint.
Another "Black Desert Mobile Game" is not much better, as a Korean mobile game that has been successfully verified in the global market, the response to the domestic mainland is not very good.
On the one hand, the operation of the complete hanging up of the machine makes many players scream and can't stand it, and the things that burst out are not attractive enough, on the other hand, the current gameplay content of the national costume is too poor, and the welfare is completely hung by the next door Taiwan costume, and even the main feature "greasy master sister" is slightly less flavorful under the tightly wrapped national costume fashion.
At present, the decline of the game is also very obvious, and Tencent can reflect on it.
5. The collection of unjust species will be suspended this month
Key points: This month Tencent once again suspended the operation of two works or made way for dark mobile games
Saying that Tencent is not having a good time is not that the new game release is not smooth, and the operation of old games is also difficult. Following the previous "Cloud Feather" suspension storm, Tencent quietly shut down two games.
One of them is the older "QQ Tang", as an old game that has been in operation for 17 years, it is understandable to shut down and stop shipping, but the old players who love this game may lose a classic memory again.
The other is once under the banner of "Dark Mobile Game", benchmarking the immortal "Rachel", and finally these two "Dark Mobile Games" did not even have the opportunity to compete head-on, and the game was hastily removed from the shelves before the real Dark Mobile Game was launched.
According to players, Tencent still rolled up a wave of this time before running away, because just in early April, the game just ended a paid Kryptonite campaign, when the event ended, the game immediately announced that it was suspended, looking like a leek.
In this regard, Dr. X can only say that the players who have not yet seen the face are really a little young.
Key points: "TERA" officially ended operations, leaving only a group photo of Wang Sicong and Bunny Girl
In addition to Tencent's two games, the MMORPG game "TERA" on which Blue Hole Studios made its fortune also announced its suspension in April, and when it waited two months later in June, the game Hanbok would be officially closed.
In fact, this game once launched a national costume, but it did not run long because of the rough and ugly eating phase to stop operation, leaving players with only the happy photos of Wang Sicong and SNH48.