In March, the grass is green and the birds are singing.
This is a very warm month.
After the first burning promotional video of "World of Warcraft" was exposed, it caused a huge sensation around the world!
“The first game trailer from the world’s most popular king!”
"One minute, fifty million promotional video!"
"The first worldwide promotional film in the history of Chinese games!"
"The most expensive promotional video in gaming history!"
“…”
“…”
While causing a sensation, one after another of the game's gimmicks that were too much to bear looking at directly bombarded the gaming circles of various countries, and the popularity list was close to the world's most popular game "War of the Titans".
Everyone at BBC America is staring at the gaming popularity charts.
They watched helplessly as the popularity of "World of Warcraft" soared, with data in all aspects rising to a level that made people feel like cheating.
This is a game that has not yet been tested!
Chief Executive Officer Revans knew that the impact that "World of Warcraft" had brought to the entire gaming industry was quite terrifying!
With such a terrifying popularity, after the internal beta, if the game quality is not bad, then...
When he thought of this, he immediately called all the people from the BBC's three major departments: game planning, publicity, and technology, and held a meeting that lasted the entire night.
It was not until dawn the next day that the meeting reached a conclusion.
The result is that they use various incentive measures in the hope of maintaining the current data and preventing World of Warcraft from exploding!
after all!
"War of the Titans" has been on this list for nearly a year!
In more than a year since this game was released to the world, it has been occupying the first place, leaving the second place almost twice as large, and no game has ever surpassed it.
In the minds of thousands of gamers, it is an invincible god-like existence.
In a sense, "War of the Titans" is an insurmountable myth in the world gaming circle.
If a myth is broken, is it still a myth?
At this moment, what the entire BBC company has to do is to maintain this myth. No matter how close the data of "World of Warcraft" is to "War of the Titans", no matter how popular it is, it must never let "World of Warcraft" surpass "War of the Titans"!
The position of the number one boss must be maintained!
After carrying out various promotional activities and releasing the latest expansion pack map of "War of the Titans" in advance, the popularity of "War of the Titans" has risen again.
But……
Despite this, when Livingston looked at the rising popularity of World of Warcraft the next day, he still felt a great deal of pressure.
The popularity of "War of the Titans" is indeed amazing.
But "World of Warcraft" is more popular, and the gap between it and "War of the Titans" is getting smaller and smaller.
March 10th.
"World of Warcraft" has opened a screening channel for internal beta registration.
In just one day, the number of players across China who signed up for the internal test exceeded two million!
As for the number of applicants in the United States, it was even more terrifying than that in China, reaching three million...
Other countries...
All right!
Players from other countries are cursing and turning into trolls on major gaming platforms, spewing all kinds of insults!
After watching the exquisite and shocking promotional video of "World of Warcraft", they were really itching to try it out.
pity!
Their country does not have it.
Because at this moment, World of Warcraft has only opened the internal beta registration channels in the United States and China, so players from other countries want to sign up, but can't find a channel...
This moment...
Can they not spray?
Afternoon of March 11th.
The number of Chinese beta test players who have signed up has far exceeded four million, catching up with the latest data of four million in the United States.
"Hello!"
"Hello, are you from the Rongguang Society in Japan? Oh, hello, hello... Are you an agent in Japan? Not yet!"
“…”
"Hello, Canada? Oh, hello..."
“…”
"Bangzi Han... Ahem, South Korea? Agent? Sure!"
“…”
World of Warcraft is born.
but……
The "remote" game is down.
There are not many people in the entire "Remote" company. Even after expanding twice, there are only more than 200 people in the entire "Remote" game.
There are more than 200 people, more than 100 of whom are programmers engaged in game development and maintenance, and the rest are business customers for the game. The only marketing department responsible for external affairs has only more than 20 people...
The twenty-plus marketing staff were almost going crazy answering the phone at this moment!
Before, they were responsible for finding markets, but now, markets all over the world are rushing to them to become agents.
after all……
Not to mention the influence of Michael Vess, the hype of this "World of Warcraft" promotional video alone has made players around the world go crazy!
Facing so many cooperating people.
Liu almost wore off the scalp on his bald head.
He called Lu Yuan and asked what to do.
Lu Yuan only replied with three words.
“Let’s see what happens”…
Let’s see what happens?
What should I do?
In the end, Liu happily packed his briefcase and ran to various countries to discuss agency cooperation.
You say, why not let people come "remotely"?
Feel sorry!
Now the entire "Remote" is surrounded by all the reporters. It is basically packed to the point where no one can get in or out. In addition, there are all kinds of visitors every day. If we allow these agents to come to "Remote", the entire "Remote" building will not be able to accommodate them.
While "World of Warcraft" is becoming a global hit, the entire "remote" game is also becoming a global hit!
after all……
The big words "Huaxia Remote Game" at the end of the promotional video are so eye-catching.
March 12th!
In China's entertainment and gaming circles, World of Warcraft continues to dominate the charts.
It is a sunny morning.
Under the attention of the public, the "Remote" game finally announced that a total of 500,000 players were selected from the players who registered in China and the United States as internal beta players. The internal beta test will last for a short ten days. If the game operates normally during the ten days without too many bugs, then the public beta test will be directly opened. However, if there are too many bugs, then the internal beta test time will be delayed.
Of course, everyone is not concerned about the bugs in this game.
All people are concerned about is the number of screenings for the internal test.
Five hundred thousand!
Compared to the current number of registrations which is close to 10 million.
Especially...
Isn't this twenty to one?
Twenty to choose one, doesn't that mean...
Many people can only wait?
Why don’t you learn something else from “remote gaming”? Why do you have to learn thirsty marketing?
Is it interesting?
…
March 13th.
"Oh my god, this game has so many professions!"
“This is part of the map of Azeroth. Wow, the 3D animation on the homepage is so beautiful!”
"My previous guess was correct. This game not only has many races, but also many professions and factions to choose from. My god, this map looks huge!"
"This is our novice village. Do you see it? As one of the first beta testers of World of Warcraft, maybe I will become the most awesome one!"
“…”
“…”
At noon, the first batch of internal test players in major game sections on the Internet posted exquisite 3D screenshots of the game.
Stormwind City, Coldridge Valley, Shadowglen...
Each map is well-made, and the scenery is extremely delicate when viewed from a distance. Although it is far inferior to the promotional video, it is much more exquisite than "War of the Titans". The maps even look very impressive.
Horde, Alliance...
Dwarves, goblins, humans, night elves...
Magician, Warrior...
So many professions, races, and two major camps make everyone feel like they are in another mythological world. The worldview of the entire world is extremely huge, which is much more awesome than "War of the Titans"!
After the screenshots were released, the popularity of "World of Warcraft" exploded again.
Players who didn't get the internal test qualification were drooling with envy...
At this moment, they truly understood the meaning of the idiom "looking forward to something".
They have great resentment!
Once again, I started posting a series of hunger marketing, and even felt that it was not enough, so I started posting insults like "Er Gouzi is shameless" and "Er Gouzi is a bastard" on the Internet...
Lu Yuan, who was far away in the United States, was once again scolded by players and made headlines.
And this time, not only China was scolded in the headlines, but also in the United States...
…
March 14th.
The entire Chinese land is still shrouded in bright sunshine.
However, the entire Chinese gaming community is filled with excitement, tension, and excitement!
Ma Huaming, CEO of Tianxin Games, is keeping a close eye on the popularity of World of Warcraft.
The heat keeps rising and keeps exploding!
Right now.
His mood was extremely complicated!
once……
He boasted in major media that in the future their Tianxin Company's "Myth" will be closer to "War of the Titans", and that in the future Huaxia Games will one day surpass "War of the Titans", and the one who surpasses it must be their "Tianxin" game company!
In fact, the Chinese game industry has indeed been booming in recent years. Although it seems that no Chinese game will be able to surpass "War of the Titans" within ten years, there is still a chance.
But……
Ma Huaming could never have dreamed that less than a year after he said this, "World of Warcraft" would suddenly come out!
Then……
Like a ferocious devil, it devoured countless focuses and then set off a huge wave that swept across the world.
once!
He thought his "Myth" could suppress "World of Warcraft".
But now it seems that it was just a joke of overestimating one's own capabilities!
turn out to be……
World of Warcraft’s opponent has never been itself.
Never...
Neither!
March 15th.
After much effort and publicity from the American BBC company, "War of the Titans" finally succeeded in becoming the second on the game popularity list!
With nearly 100 million views, "World of Warcraft" has attracted countless people and topped the list!
This day.
The BBC was completely silent.
This day!
Chinese game players are excited!
"War of the Gods" is a crazy gaming era, dominate the gaming world for many years!
It was once a myth, a legend!
In fact, everyone predicted that it would be impossible for anyone to break this record in the next decade or so.
but……
No one knew that this day would come so soon.
It came so suddenly.
Anyway…
This day!
The legend has fallen!
A new king ascends the throne!
A brand new era of gaming has begun with the roar of Warcraft!
Amidst a roar.
Ragnarok!
Brilliant sunset...
Overnight!
All major forums were flooded with comments, and the Chinese entertainment industry exploded with popularity several times...
"Chinese games are rising!"
"Chinese special effects are rising!"
"Huaxia, awesome!"
“…”
However, when all the Chinese people were roaring with excitement.
A small number of people stared at Lu Yuan.
Five days later, it will be the Oscars ceremony.
And Lu Yuan...
He is the first Chinese to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor!
Yes!
This news should have been shocking.
But because "World of Warcraft" was so popular, it was directly overshadowed.
but……
This small group of people took a deep breath.
perhaps……
This is not just the beginning of a new era of gaming...
But...
An era of the great devil?