Live Action Opens Up and Gets Blocked, Backhandedly Rectifying the Gaming Industry

The WGA awards ceremony is still on December 30.

This time, Naughty Cat went to a lot of people.

Except for Wang Yi and Wang Zichen, two people from Electronic Arts You Liangzi strongly requested to go to the scene.

Du Rui, Zuo Xuming and Gu Ranmin can only bring one more at most.

After drawing lots, Du Rui became the lucky one.

Zuo Xuming was sent to receive the Golden Handle Award.

After arriving in Lighthouse Country and resting for a day, it was the official opening day of the WGA.

On that day, it was still the afternoon in the Lighthouse Kingdom and the morning in the Imperial Capital of China.

On this day, Lao Xue started the live broadcast early.

Nowadays, no one questions his knowledge of Lin Mo anymore.

On the contrary, many people hope to learn some new works about naughty cats from his mouth.

[Old Xue, let me get some inside information! 】

[I heard that Naughty Cat’s new game has been announced and it will be an open world game. Is this true? 】

Lao Xue looked at the question and shook his head: "You don't have to ask me. I never ask Mr. Lin about these things, and I won't tell you anything."

Then the topic changed, and he smiled mysteriously and said, "But if you are curious about some things about me, it's not that I can't tell you."

【Who cares? Passed, let’s watch the awards]

【you? Hemorrhoids happen again? Taking time off for surgery? 】

Lao Xue looked embarrassed and said angrily: "Be respectful, if I had the shamelessness to sneak into Naughty Cat, I would be a member of the best team of the year after all."

[Does serving tea and pouring water count? Then forget it]

[As expected of you, you can be so shameless]

[What is the situation? You also want to make a game. Do you want to go to WGA? 】

Seeing this barrage, Lao Xue said seriously: "Don't tell me, I really want to invest in a certain domestic game project."

As soon as these words came out, it really aroused the curiosity of many people.

Among domestic games, in recent years, apart from Lin Mo, Counter-Terrorism Special Forces has been pretty good.

He was even killed by CSGO himself.

Other than that, there are mobile games.

Further down, there are only some turn-based games that are still doing well.

The barrage continued to ask, and Lao Xue immediately shut up and acted like the Riddler, but he looked very proud.

Who doesn’t have a game dream yet?

Watching a friend who once drank together enter the WGA stage for three consecutive years.

To say that my heart is not itchy is nonsense.

Is it possible to have a break with Lin Mo's game?

There is always a dream.

Just then, the signal in the live broadcast room was connected.

The wide-angle lens first gave a panoramic view of the venue.

Sitting here are the outstanding gamers who received invitations this year.

If a bomb were dropped, the gaming industry would be set back ten years.

"Where's the naughty cat? In the first row! What is a card table?" Lao Xue exclaimed, "I wonder if I have a chance to go up there?"

I don’t know if Lao Xue will have a chance to go up, but the WGA workers are full of emotions.

In WGA seats, the further forward you are, the higher your status is.

For the first time, Lin Mo took Du Rui to sit in the middle.

Now for the third time, the four members of the dark force Naughty Cat are all in the C position in the first row.

And the lineup is quite luxurious.

Lin Mo, the two-time WGA Best of the Year winner, Wang Yi, the chief designer of last year's Best Action Adventure Award "Dark Cage", Wang Zichen, the winner of the Best Narrative Award and Best Screenplay Award the year before, and the levels of many Naughty Cat games. Du Rui, a major contributor to the design and Road to Survival project.

In comparison, Electronic Arts' seats are more awkward.

Electronic Arts has never won any annual award in history. Due to the size of the company and its status in the industry, the seats are in the fourth row.

The so-called worried people are extremely jealous when they meet.

Wang Yi and Wang Zichen were filled with hatred when they saw the people from Electronic Arts.

Wang Yi, in particular, paused immediately after seeing Martin, and then made a disdainful sound.

Lin Mo, as for Lin Mo, didn't care who was from Electronic Arts at all. He found his seat and sat down, waiting for the opening.

Werner looked provocative.

Without you naughty cat, I would still be where I am today.

Naturally, Bao Ken was not present. He was just the CEO, not a gamer, and he did not have that qualification.

This WGA is full of gunpowder.

Jeff looked at the two giants in the gaming industry who sparked sparks just by meeting each other.

Some people touched the hand card with "Game of the Year Award" written on it in pain.

I hope I made the right choice today.

The award ceremony begins.

Wang Yi, Wang Zichen and some people from Electronic Arts glared at each other for a while, and quickly sat down in their seats.

Seeing Lin Mo so steady, Wang Zichen asked curiously: "Mr. Lin, don't you get angry when you see people from Electronic Arts?"

Lin Mo chuckled and asked, "Why am I angry with them?"

"Well"

Wang Zichen choked for a few seconds and was speechless for a moment.

Yes, what are you angry about?

The two best of the year trophies that Qi has already won?

Is the game from Electronic Arts dying suddenly?

Or is it because Electronic Arts games have a bad reputation?

Except for the Black Knight.

Thinking about it this way, there is really nothing to be angry about.

When I finally thought about it, I could only say weakly: "Qi, are there any awards that Electronic Arts can win?"

Lin Mo couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and said, "The awards that several Electronic Arts studios combined are not as good as mine, why are you angry?"

"Well, it seems so."

At the beginning, there are still some small awards.

And in this WGA, it can be seen that the awards have been further divided.

For example, in the past there was only an award for the best mobile game.

But this time something different happened.

"The winner of the Most Anticipated Mobile Game of the Year award is"

When Lin Mo revealed the answer, he suddenly said: "Frontline War 2."

"Um?"

Du Rui was used to it, but Wang Yi and Wang Zichen both looked at Lin Mo in surprise.

Is this a prediction?

The next second, the answer was revealed.

"Frontline War 2."

Looking at the result, Wang Zichen said somewhat unhappily: "Why not "Canyon"? I quite like this mobile game."

Wang Yi nodded and expressed confusion.

"Rift" currently only has a trial version.

It is a mobile game that focuses on solving puzzles. It is very well-made, with imaginative ideas and reasonable puzzle difficulty.

It is a game favored by many game producers.

Lin Mo said calmly: "What kind of mobile game is "Frontline War 2"?"

"Krypton gold."

"Second dimension."

The two of them answered one after another.

Lin Mo nodded, looking at the awards with intent, and said at the same time: "The award ceremony is actually more than just awarding awards. In addition to selecting outstanding games, it also has another purpose. It is actually a capital guide book."

The two of them were obviously stunned, unable to understand this sentence.

"Last year's best mobile game was "Frontline War". Is it because of its high quality? Partly. The main reason is that it pointed out a repeatable path for the industry. Mobile games with krypton gold lottery as the core, There is a market and a reputation.”

Seeing that the two people still didn't understand, Lin Mo continued: "CSGO won the award because of its replicable new ideas, classic gameplay plus micro-innovation, free, anti-cheating and selling accessories. It can create a A replicable idea. So "Thunderfire Ranger" and "Edge" were born."

“The reason why Two Players won the award is because we saw the huge potential of cooperative puzzle-solving or PVE games, so we launched many games similar to Two Players and Left 4 Survival in this natural year.”

After saying this, the three people, including Du Rui, frowned and thought carefully.

really.

After every year's Best of the Year, there are many game projects of the same type.

It will obviously be much easier to find investments.

Because winning the award means a double harvest of word-of-mouth sales.

Investors in the game industry do not mean that they really understand games.

At this time, WGA awards represent the direction of the trend.

Profitable trends.

This is why there are so many game award ceremonies, and some small award ceremonies are still held without any ratings.

Is that an awards ceremony?

That is a manual for the gaming industry’s trends and investments from different angles.

After thinking about this, the two of them suddenly realized.

Wang Yi smiled bitterly and said: "These things are really not familiar enough for me as a designer."

Lin Mo said calmly: "It doesn't matter, don't worry about this. Because you are in Naughty Cat, and here you and I create the direction of the wind."

Du Rui was fascinated by what he heard.

It’s really Mr. Lin’s style.

Confident to the point of arrogance.

The next series of awards, the Best Hardware Innovation Award, was given to Genting VR1.

The best VR game is given to "Hunter Call of the Wild".

The Best Family Game Award, because of the special existence of the educational version, is still "Hunter Call of the Wild".

"The winner of the Best Esports Game Award is"

Wang Zichen smiled and said: "Mr. Lin, do you want to make a prediction?"

Lin Mo gave the answer without hesitation.

"Overwatch. The best esports game, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds League."

When the answer was revealed, it was indeed the case.

From then on, Lin Mo had to predict every award to be awarded.

Not all correct, but the correct rate is over 80%.

There was not even a single mistake in predicting the grand prize.

"Best narrative, Titanfall."

Prediction right.

"The best co-op game, Monster Hunter World."

Prediction right.

"Best Innovative Game Award, Dark Souls."

Prediction right.

"Best Art Direction, Best Director, me."

After saying the word "I".

Suddenly there was a burst of laughter from behind.

Lin Mo turned around subconsciously and saw several designers he didn't recognize.

Several people quickly looked apologetically, indicating that they had no other intentions.

While looking around, my eyes have long been focused here.

Lin Mo understood the reason instantly.

The scene was actually not quiet, and there was often the sound of conversation.

But before the name of the award is announced, there will still be a brief moment of silence.

At this time, Lin Mo's voice was very noticeable.

But all of them were predicted correctly.

The laughing designer coughed and stopped laughing.

"Congratulations in advance. I like Dark Souls very much. I hope to have time to ask Mr. Lin for his thoughts on this type of game."

Lin Mo nodded and said: "You are always welcome."

Looking towards Electronic Arts in the middle row of seats, several people's expressions were not very good.

So far, Electronic Arts has not actually received any reliable awards.

The most promising to win the Best Narrative Game Award and Best Screenplay are Titanfall and Wang Zichen respectively.

Only Black Knight won the Best Art Direction Award for Accessible Game of the Year.