This year's Gamescom officially starts on August 22nd.
However, on the evening of August 21st, there will also be a global live opening night event, with a 30-minute pre-show of advertisements before the event.
The advertising slots here are quite expensive.
— The shortest 30-second advertisement costs nearly 500,000 Summer Country currency.
And you have to book in advance.
Dream Building also missed the booking because they got involved too late.
SoftWare Game Box was able to squeeze out 30 seconds to play the trailer for "Project Frost Snow."
However, although SoftWare Company closed the DEI department, they didn't dare to openly confront these extremist organizations.
— When facing diversity issues, the company spokesperson still had to say polite words to appease them.
If they were to do this openly on a program with global reach and over ten million viewers, who knows what kind of chaos it would cause.
Therefore, "Project Frost Snow" will not appear in the pre-show before the opening night.
But Dream Building's staff knew this, while the media, players, and manufacturers from Summer Country did not.
At this time, who knows how many people are waiting to see the promotional video of "Project Frost Snow" before the opening night.
— If Dream Building wants to promote new game technology, where else could be more suitable than this place with explosive exposure and extremely precise audience?
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Illusory Moon finished his German travel plan and arrived in Cologne today.
At this time, he was gathering with three Summer Country students in a luxurious suite, chatting.
These people are all his fans, and they often watch his live broadcasts. After learning that Illusory Moon was coming to Cologne, they immediately patted their chests and said they would host him.
But in fact, these three people are not studying in Cologne at all.
— They are all studying in Berlin.
As a result, after Illusory Moon arrived and asked them what was fun here, these people knew nothing.
In the end, they had to take out their mobile phones together and search online.
The influx of 400,000 players has put the entire city into the rhythm of the game exhibition. Players and manufacturers are everywhere on the street, and many bars and shopping malls have also started related activities.
But they didn't seem very interested in anything they looked at.
So Illusory Moon decided to spend time in the big house he booked, waiting to see if "Project Frost Snow" would appear in the pre-show of the opening night.
It's not time yet, and since they have nothing to do, everyone is eating and chatting awkwardly.
"How long have you all been in Germany?" Illusory Moon asked a common question.
But the three people opposite him all looked a little painful.
They looked at each other and took turns speaking:
"This year is the fifth year of my three-year study abroad life in Germany."
Illusory Moon immediately leaned back tactically, "No, brothers, are you doing a stand-up comedy?"
The three of them showed an expression of unbearable memories.
"Then... what are you studying?" Illusory Moon didn't want to poke people's sore spots, so he changed the topic.
"I study mechanical engineering."
"I study physics."
"I study orthopedics."
"? ? ?" Illusory Moon looked at the third brother, suspecting that he was joking with him, "Are you serious?"
That brother looked painful, "Really, I really study orthopedics in Germany."
"Then do you have a younger sister?"
"I study real orthopedics! The kind that takes people's bones apart, boils them for disinfection, and then puts them back! Not the two-dimensional kind!"
Illusory Moon felt creepy after hearing this description, but he couldn't help but ask again: "So you don't have one?"
The brother opened his mouth and said dejectedly: "Yes."
Illusory Moon nodded with satisfaction, but he didn't continue to make tasteless jokes.
— He just couldn't help but want to play this meme, and he was satisfied when he played it.
"Let's play games, I feel like chatting easily pokes your sore spots..."
"Okay, okay, okay." The brother who studied orthopedics nodded in agreement.
Everyone started "Project Frost Snow", added friends, and entered the new mode of [Dragon Palace Treasure Hunt] to match together.
As soon as he entered the arena, Illusory Moon saw the orthopedic brother with the ID [Relying on Father with All My Strength], and chose Ning Xi, the youngest character in the game.
He was silent for a moment, decided to pretend he didn't see anything, and played the game seriously with the brothers.
Points mode, transport mode, occupation mode, one game after another.
They played until it was dark and the opening night officially began, then they stopped.
—
Two floors below the luxury suite where Illusory Moon was located was the room where Fire Knife was located.
Although it was a business trip at public expense, there were restrictions on reimbursement, and he was not allowed to book too luxurious a room — especially because of Gamescom, the prices of hotels around here have doubled.
But Fire Knife had a good attitude.
— He at least got the information in advance and booked a hotel early.
Many colleagues couldn't find a hotel near the exhibition hall at all, and could only live far away.
Fire Knife turned on the computer on time to watch the opening night.
—
In a five-star hotel about 600 meters diagonally opposite this hotel, Hu Jun, the operations director of "Abyss of Gods", was also waiting for the program to start.
He wasn't waiting for "Project Frost Snow".
At least not entirely.
"Abyss of Gods" is one of the top games in the world, so naturally it won't miss Gamescom.
They have their own super-large exhibition hall and bought 90 seconds of promotional video time in the pre-show before the opening night.
The content of the promotional video is the new version of "Abyss of Gods" that will be launched in September.
Of course, back to the topic.
Whether it is participating in the exhibition or launching a new version, it is not the first time for the "Abyss of Gods" project team, and they are experienced.
Hu Jun didn't need to be there in person at all.
His appearance here, the situation of his own game, is just a side concern.
The real thing he cares about is the new technology of "Project Frost Snow".
According to Dream Building's terrifying efficiency of updating once a month, the new version of "Project Frost Snow" will collide head-on with the new version of "Abyss of Gods" next month!
Currently, "Project Frost Snow" is not enough to pose a threat to the position of "Abyss of Gods".
However, Xu Meng's new technology introduced some uncertainties into this collision.
He had to pay attention.
Tomorrow morning, he would go directly to Hall 6, where Zh Meng was located, to see what was going on.
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In an ordinary hotel two streets away.
Kong Yaohui, an underling dispatched by Fei Zhiyuan of Moyu Games, and Chen Yujia, the planner of the "Kingdoms" project team, coincidentally became neighbors.
However, in order to avoid accidents, Fei Zhiyuan sent an underling who had never appeared in public.
Chen Yujia, on the other hand, had always disliked showing his face, and few people in the industry could recognize him.
Therefore, even if the two passed by in the corridor, they could not recognize each other's backgrounds.
Their target was also Zh Meng.
However, one was "spying on the enemy's situation."
The other was "spying on the enemy's situation" while considering the possibility of seeking cooperation.
Whether it's pretending to have a fight, engaging in some technical cooperation, or even a collaboration, it would be excellent.
Normally, everyone is a competitor, and cooperation is unlikely.
However, if "Kingdoms" cannot threaten "Project Frost Snow" and only wants to target "Divine Bird," and "Project Frost Snow" needs to start facing the pressure from the leading giant "Abyss of Gods."
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In this case…
There might be room for maneuver! —
Far away on the other side of the Eurasian continent, in Xia Country.
Because of Zh Meng's actions, the Cologne Game Show received unprecedented attention from players.
Even though it was already 1 . in Xia Country due to the 6-hour time difference, many players were still awake.
They were either watching the opening night on their computers or holding their phones.
Hoping to see content about the new technology of "Project Frost Snow."
…
…
Unfortunately, the result of this wait was destined to be disappointment.
"Project Frost Snow" did not appear in the pre-show of the opening night.
But they all waited for something else —
When the 30-minute-long presentation reached the 23rd minute, after a game trailer with a Viking theme that mixed naval battles, exploration, trade, and development elements, the sound of steel colliding and flames burning came from the dark screen.
The next moment, the screen lit up.
Engines roared, and tanks rolled over charred corpses, rushing out of the burning forest!
Raging flames burned overhead, and soldiers wearing gas masks held steel spears tightly behind them.
In the trenches in front of the tanks, soldiers wearing camouflage cloth with dark faces aimed the Iron Fist rocket launcher on their shoulders upwards.
The moment the tank appeared, the Iron Fist was launched!
This old guy crashed head-on into the side armor of the tank!
At the moment of the explosion, the camera suddenly slowed down.
The audience watched as the rocket penetrated the armor, drilled into the tank's interior, and the metal jet from the tail scattered fragments around.
Then the flow of time returned to normal.
A violent explosion immediately occurred inside the tank, and the tank's "braincase" exploded directly, with more fragments shooting out!
Four soldiers in the nearby following squad fell instantly.
And the perpetrator was dramatically sent away on the spot by a fragment because he was too close.
Here the battle ended, and the camera immediately moved away.
Another tank followed a group of infantry.
This time it was a top-down view.
As the camera zoomed out again, the audience discovered that this perspective came from a soldier hiding in a tree.
This soldier unlocked the buckle on his body and took the Iron Fist rocket launcher from his back.
But he did not launch it.
Instead, he waited for the tank to come under his feet, then suddenly roared and jumped down from the sky with the rocket launcher in his arms!
The rocket launcher was activated in mid-air!
With a loud bang, the tank was directly split open.
The body of this righteous soldier who descended from the sky took off again and was thrown more than thirty meters away.
In the next shot, the tank finally exerted its power.
One shot went down, and there was a big pit on the ground.
In slow motion, fragments of the shell and splashing gravel flew past the enemy soldiers, killing two and wounding three.
Then the camera did not continue to show the battle, but instead went inside the tank.
The gunner frantically shook the handwheel of the direction machine while reaching out and slapping the teammate beside him: "Load the ammunition! Load the ammunition! Load the ammunition quickly!"
So the teammate picked up the heavy shell…
At the moment of picking up the shell, the screen suddenly switched to reality.
So millions of viewers around the world saw a person wearing a dark black tights and full-coverage VR glasses, turning around with a shell in his arms, pulling open the breechblock to insert the shell, and then tightening the breechblock fiercely.
The picture seamlessly switched back to the game.
The brand-new breechblock in reality became dirty and old again.
But the camera drilled into the barrel, shooting out with this shell, sending the hiding enemy and their cover into the sky!
Finally, there was a charging scene.
The soldiers in the game charged and shot on the battlefield, and the players wearing haptic suits in reality also charged and shot on the omnidirectional treadmill.
The screen switched back and forth, allowing everyone to clearly see the complete synchronization of the two pictures.
The last two seconds.
One second is left for the game name:
《War of Kings》
《Lord of War》
One second is left for the production company:
Zh Meng Games
Build Dream Game —
After this 30-second trailer ended, the screen continued to play the next trailer without stopping.
But the players, media, and friendly businesses who had waited all night to see the "Project Frost Snow" trailer were directly stunned.
Many people didn't pay attention to this trailer at first, and they were distracted when they saw that it wasn't a second-dimensional game.
It wasn't until the last second of the trailer, when they saw the logo of Zh Meng Games, that they asked in shock and confusion:
"What the hell is this?"
"What did I just see??"
It's 8:22 now, even a night shift is a bit too much.
I'm going to catch up on sleep quickly…
Finally, monthly tickets are requested!
