Hello players! Let's take a look at what major events in the game industry have happened from last night to today.
Blizzard retired veteran Chris Mason returns to the World of Warcraft team
Former World of Warcraft creative director Chris Metzen, who announced his retirement in 2016 after 23 years at Blizzard, is now returning to Blizzard. World of Warcraft general manager John Hight has announced that Chris Mason will return to the Warcraft team as a creative consultant.
Mason's work at Blizzard is very good, he not only became the vice president, but also the main architect of Blizzard's four major IPs "World of Warcraft", "StarCraft", "Diablo" and "Overwatch". Since 1994, he has been involved in the production of Warcraft series games, including art art, game setting, etc. The plot of "World of Warcraft" until version 7.0 was dominated by him, or the voice of the famous NPC Sal in the previous game.
After Mason retired, Blizzard even built a statue of him in the Blizzard campus to commemorate the veteran who accompanied Blizzard along the way.
World of Warcraft has been in operation for 18 years since it began in 2004, and recently celebrated its 18th anniversary, as a classic old game, perhaps everyone can expect it to return to glory with official efforts this time.
Tencent announced it has acquired a 20% stake in South Korean game studio SHIFT UP
Tencent announced that it has acquired a 20% stake in South Korean game studio SHIFT UP, after which Tencent will become the second largest shareholder after SHIFT UP founder Kim Hyung-tae.
Shift Up is a game R&D company with original design and development technology, including the narrative collectible card game "Children of Destiny" and the beautiful girl shooter "Nikki Victory Goddess".
The domestic mecha war single-player game "Panzer Front: Operation Valkyrie" was exposed
Yesterday, the domestic mecha war single-player game "Panzer Front: Operation Valkyrie" released their teaser video.
"Panzer Front: Operation Valkyrie" is a top-down third-person shooter mecha war game, currently developed and produced by two independent game developers in China. With a top-down, dual-stick operation, you'll fight off enemies in a randomly generated battlefield map with powerful walking mechs.
The new game of sci-fi mecha warchess "Steel Lan" was exposed
Yesterday, Purple Dragon Games announced the first PV of the new sci-fi RPG "Steel Lan".
According to the official introduction, "Steel Lan" is a sci-fi RPG work with mechanized soldiers as combat weapons and a near-future background. In the game, players will follow a mercenary squad named "Cheetah Logistics" to deal with various forces in the world, and uncover the conspiracy behind the mysterious "Tan" girl organization.
In terms of core gameplay, the production team combines wargame gameplay with the theme of mecha, and while players experience commanding the battle as a commander, they can also provide players with multi-angle strategy choices such as battlefield decision-making and pre-war mechariot Build collocation by customizing the head, hands, legs and weapons of the mechan.
"Steel Lan" is developed by BlackJack Studio, which previously produced the "Fantasy Sim Battle" mobile game and "Heaven and Earth Tribulation: The Return of the Ghost City", and the game is planned to be released on multiple platforms around the world, including mobile.
Today's morning report is here, let's see you tomorrow~