Game Development: I Built a Game Empire

It's from the Games Commission on the other end of the line.

And it was Hou Yalin, the deputy minister of the game committee in Beijing, who called.

won the first and second prizes in "Three Kingdoms Killing" and "The Shore of the Land" before, and when he received the award, it was awarded to Chen Xu by the other party.

This time, the main meaning is to ask if Warcraft has a meaning to be released overseas.

Apparently it was an achievement of "Warcraft" that attracted over there.

The release of a successful RTS work is also a big boost to the game market.

"Of course, there are intentions to do so, but there are no plans yet. Chen Xu also hurriedly responded.

At the same time as "Warcraft" was on fire before, in fact, many game manufacturers came to him.

Among them are many publishing giants such as interactive entertainment.

After all, "Warcraft" is a Western fantasy theme, and anyone can see that it will have a big market overseas.

It's just that the conditions have not been negotiated.

In addition to being divided into this piece, what is more important is a leading power overseas.

To put it simply, that is the content of overseas games, which is not under Chen Xu's control.

No matter how they update it later, even if they change these distribution channels on their own, they don't do anything about Chen Xu, no matter how many copies are sold, they just give Chen Xu money.

This is the most unacceptable thing for Chen Xu.

Although Chen Xu also wants to open up "Warcraft" overseas as soon as possible to form a trend, but he has no initiative, so Chen Xu would rather let Fengyun Games accumulate a foundation.

It's a big deal to open up an overseas market and find a local channel overseas to promote the game.

He didn't believe it, and without Zhang Butcher, he could only eat pigs with hair.

In this case, if you have time, Mr. Chen, you can make an appointment to talk about this aspect of things. Hou Yalin said to Chen Xu on the other end of the phone.

"Okay, Minister Hou. Chen Xu also nodded.

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In the afternoon of the next day, Chen Xu had a negotiation with the people sent by the Game Committee in the office of Fengyun Games.

The overseas distribution of the game "Warcraft" is undertaken by a publishing company called Xingbang Software.

I hadn't heard of this name at all, but the other party was obviously prepared, and showed Chen Xu one of his own situations in advance.

Compared with interactive entertainment and other publishers, this Xingbang software still has a certain official color.

Originally, it was a subordinate unit under the Game Committee, but it was later restructured into an enterprise system.

Although it has become a corporate system, the relationship is still there after all.

Some of the official agency distribution and introduction work are basically carried out by them.

To put it simply, there is a relationship and strength, but because of a special identity, it is far less well-known than interactive entertainment.

And the games it publishes are also relatively picky.

The two sides sat here and chatted for a while, and after an hour, Chen Xu shook hands with the person in charge of the other party with a smile on his face: "Happy cooperation." "

"Happy cooperation, Mr. Chen. "

In response to Yu Chenxu's several requests, the other party actually agreed to all of them.

First of all, Chen Xu is in charge of the game dominance, and they are only responsible for publishing.

Including the finished product of an overseas game, it is also necessary to refer to an opinion of Chen Xu.

There is also the cost of game distribution, which is only 30% like the official platform, of course, this piece is 30% after tax, that is, net profit.

Such a condition, Chen Xu estimated that it was impossible for any relatively large agent in China to agree.

Xingbang Software can agree, it is estimated that it is still the reason for the game committee.

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In the next few days, Chen Xu has also been in contact with Xingbang Software.

Discussed a direction for the overseas release of "Warcraft", including some content-based things for follow-up games overseas.

And during this period, the players of "Warcraft" are also very active.

Because a "Warcraft" e-sports event held by Shark TV was officially held.

The contestants are basically old faces in the RTS world who have transitioned to Warcraft from other RTS games.

There are a total of 8 contestants, all of whom are more famous in the RTS circle.

It is precisely because of this that it also absorbs some players who know about Warcraft but have not yet entered it.

After all, these professional players have a lot of fans.

During this period, Shark TV was also preparing to contact Chen Xu to be a guest guest, which could be regarded as adding some heat to this game.

However, Chen Xu refused.

After all, the past few days have been quite busy for Chen Xu.

The main thing is the overseas release of "Warcraft".

Including some laws and customs in other countries, this piece of Xingbang Software also explains to Chen Xu, simply put, don't have any misunderstanding about them.

It sounds simple, but Chen Xu feels that this part of the matter is much more troublesome than making games.

Even the finals of the first e-sports competition held in "Warcraft" during this period, Chen Xu didn't pay attention to it.

"I feel like it's almost time to prepare for this department!" Chen Xu rubbed his temples.

Put down the stack of materials passed by Xingbang software.

Chen Xu stretched.

It's really complicated.

If that's the case for every game in the future, then he won't develop games.

Including the layout of the later part of e-sports, as well as promotion, Chen Xu feels that he also needs to form a team.

It's impossible to do everything himself, although he knows a little bit about these things.

But his energy is also limited, and for Chen Xu, doing these jobs is mainly to promote the game.

But all the energy is put into this part, and there is no time for the development of game content, isn't this putting the cart before the horse?

But in Chen Xu's heart, he was thinking about these times.

There was a knock on the door, and after getting a response, the door was pushed open, Han Yue walked in front with a stack of data sheets, and walked in with a somewhat panicked expression, followed by Qin Yi and a few people.

"Mr. Chen, no, the balance of Warcraft is wrong!"

"yes! Players have already protested on the community forums, and it seems that there are a lot of competitors who have bought a trolls to bring the rhythm. "

"Yes, yes, Mr. Chen, some professional players have also made suggestions on the Internet. "

"It is said that the orcs are too strong, and the night elves and the undead are too weak, how do we respond, Mr. Chen?

A few people said babblingly.

Listening to everyone's words, Chen Xu was a little stunned.

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