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Good weekend everyone, I am Dr. X.

[Hot Game Information] will consist of two parts: "New Game Updates" and "Global Popularity".

It’s hard to explain it in a few words, so let’s follow Dr. X to find out what the hot news is this week.

【New Game News】

Key points: The biggest scam of the year, the MMO online game? The second test of "Kunfar" is online

On July 10, the second test of "Kunfar", an open-world MMORPG game with the largest map in history, was launched.

Due to the developer's mistake, the promotion that was supposed to be sending activation codes to invite players to participate in the test turned into "Play Now" on the Steam store page. This caused a group of people who didn't have activation codes to find that they were not eligible to enter the game after downloading, and angrily accused the developer of "cheating players."

In addition, due to the early promotion of the game as "the largest map in history", "super high degree of freedom", and "a new generation of MMO online games", many players purchased activation codes with high expectations and paid for a trial. However, the freedom of this test was limited to players being able to learn most of the professional skills, but the sense of combat was terrible, and the gameplay on the large map was only boring business trading, which disappointed many people.

However, after all, the game is in the second testing stage, and things like poor combat feel and general degree of freedom can be changed. In addition, the map is really large, and players can earn enough resources even by doing business. If you play it as a sword and magic travel simulator, it is still quite good.

In short, this game is more like the PLUS version of ArcheAge than a new generation of MMO online game.

Key points: Is it really boring? The estimated global revenue of "Zero" in the first 5 days exceeded 600 million

On July 11, the application data platform AppMagic announced the mobile revenue of miHoYo's new work "Zero" in the first five days of its launch, successfully attracting 24.6 million US dollars, exceeding the total revenue of "Genshin Impact" and "Honkai Impact 3" in the past week.

Taking into account that the data does not cover the mobile revenue of the Chinese mainland market and the revenue of the global Galaxy S5 platform, if calculated based on the ratio of 1:1 for consoles and 1:1.5 for iOS and Android channels in mainland China, the total global revenue of "Zero Zone" in the first five days is estimated to exceed 600 million!

Considering that on the first day of the game's public beta, "Zero Zone" was on the hot search due to the topic of "boring", many players are a little confused as to why the game's revenue is so high.

An overseas analyst counted the game shipment pool and found that compared with other Xiaomi games, although the drop rate of S-level characters is the same, the drop rate of A-level characters and weapon cards in "Zero Zone" is significantly higher, which means it is easier for people to form a team and makes players more interested in spending money to draw cards.

In addition, as the game level increases, the playing methods of different characters are also discovered by players, gradually calming the rhythm of "this is a 3A masterpiece with three AAA characters".

Of course, if you want to say that this game is fun, right? It's a matter of opinion.

Key points: Are you anxious? King of Glory opens a new round of test recruitment

On July 8, the new game "Codename W" based on the King of Glory IP started a new round of test recruitment. According to player feedback, "Codename W" should be the open world game "King of Glory: World" based on the King of Glory IP. This test is a confidential test, mainly for ** terminals, and the specific test time has not yet been announced.

It is worth noting that in addition to questions related to "Honor of Kings", the recruitment questions in the questionnaire also asked whether people had played well-known stand-alone games such as Devil May Cry, Monster Hunter, and Zelda. At the same time, many MMO games including Jian Wang 3, Ni Shui Han, FF14, Perfect World, etc. appeared in the options.

In addition, the questionnaire asked in detail about players' social pursuits in the game, and the options included various social needs such as relaxed social interaction, atmosphere social interaction, and reality social interaction.

Considering that the last test of the game was in April this year, which caused a fight between Xiao Hai Ge and Tencent's legal department, and now it is being tested again after three months, it seems that under the pressure of large-scale testing of a number of open world games such as "Sixteen Sounds of Yanyun", "Infinite Nikki", and "Blue Star Plain: Journey Ballad", the King's team should be a little anxious to release it.

Key points: Tencent's 2A blockbuster "The Edge of Rebirth", which took 5 years to develop, was shut down and survived for only 10 months

On July 9, the sci-fi strategy shooting game "Reborn Edge" created by Tencent's NEXT Studios officially announced that the game will officially stop operating in mainland China at 11:00 on September 9, 2024.

Users who have purchased "Edge of Rebirth" products before 11:00 on July 9, 2024 and have tokens retained in their accounts can enter the compensation page during the compensation activity to receive relevant gift packs for "Fearless Contract", "Honor of Kings", "Peace Elite", and "Cross Fire" (mobile game) games based on their account balance.

Looking back at the game's operations over the past 10 months, this sudden suspension of service should have been affected by overly heavy commercial KPIs.

In the game, **damage is linked to rarity. The weapon stats that players get from the permanent/UP pool by spending money are several levels higher than other purple, blue, and green weapons that can be made by brushing treasures. This almost tells players explicitly that only by spending money can the damage be higher.

In terms of long-term operation, "Reborn Edge" does not understand the principle of steady and long-term operation. Most of the gameplay was exposed during the test period. During the public beta period, there were almost no new and attractive gameplay, and no benefits that people had to take, which led to the poor reputation of the game at the beginning.

Especially one month after the launch of the server, on the important milestone of National Day, "Rebirth Edge" strangely chose to launch their new version "Golden Gun Flowing Shadow" after the National Day, which caused controversy among players.

The most speechless thing is that in the handling of the first major version update of the game "Golden Gun and Flowing Shadow", "Edge of Rebirth" also created a magical BUG that mistakenly gave away 10,000 home coins with the 198 gift package.

Under the strong protest from the players, the official had to admit the BUG and gave each player who purchased the gift pack a total of 18,000 Home Coins as compensation.

Although this operation soothed the hearts of players who had just purchased gift packs, it also made those players who filled up their gift packs as soon as the server was launched become "fools" in disguise, directly discouraging a wave of core fans.

It is said that a short pain is worse than a long one. The decisive shutdown of "Rebirth Edge" may not be without the intention of recovering operating energy and costs and using them to develop the next game.

【Global Popularity】

Burning to make a name for yourself! The PV of the new area Nata in Genshin Impact is released

On July 12, "Genshin Impact" announced the new PV "Forge a Name with Burning Fire" for the new 5.0 region, the Fire Nation Nata. 11 new characters were revealed one after another, and the female greatsword character, the Goddess of Fire Mavika, attracted the attention of many players.

Because in the previous exposure by the uncle party, Kagami was set up as a flat-chested old aunt, and in the official comic strip, there was also a setting where Wendy called Kagami "an extremely willful aunt", it is hard for people to imagine that the final version of Kagami will be a cool and sassy queen.

Later, according to the supplement of a big hand in the comment section, the setting of the Fire Nation in "Genshin Impact" may be based on Polynesian mythology, and the God of Fire is a character who accidentally passed the first fire to mankind, so this god does not necessarily stand on the side of the players.

In addition, the new PV of Vulcan is also the most confidential one by MiHoYo in recent years. Before the announcement, both the official plot and the uncle party were leading players to the primitive tribe, but the result is a high-tech country with a punk style, which can be regarded as breaking a wave of players' stereotypes.

Half of the country's ACG circles went to Shanghai? BW2024's first day visitor flow exceeded 80,000

On July 12, BiliBili World 2024 officially opened at the Shanghai National Exhibition and Convention Center, and its popularity exceeded many people's expectations. According to feedback from players present, some people lined up at the venue at 3 a.m. in order to grab a free commemorative edition of the peripherals at the booths in various exhibition areas.

Afterwards, according to statistics from relevant data agencies, the number of visitors to the BW exhibition on the first day exceeded 80,000. More than 700 leading domestic and foreign ACG manufacturers such as Intel, Sony, Marvel, Disney, MiHoYo, and Paper Games were all present. In addition, more than 800 well-known UP hosts, virtual idols, and domestic guests joined, making it the largest ACG event in the country.

This 2D event also boosted the development of Shanghai's local food, clothing, housing and transportation economy, allowing many people to witness the spending power of 2D players.

According to data from Meituan, the Shanghai Comic Exhibition has led to a 59% increase in hotel advance bookings. The advance sales rate of hotels within 5 kilometers of the Shanghai National Convention and Exhibition Center and priced below 800 yuan reached 20%, and the hourly sales rate of high-star hotels reached 90%. As the comic exhibition lasted for 3 days, many tourists stayed for more than 3 consecutive days, driving the "continuous stay rate" of hotels in popular business districts to increase by 400%.

In addition to grabbing peripherals and hotels, Coser is also a highlight of this year's BW, especially those who go for abstract style, who are frequently popular.

Someone dressed up as Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, and started the "Mingchao" app on his phone, playing the joke of "the beginning of the end of the universe":

Some people also cosplayed as Dave, and fired a pea shooter at Qiqi (a zombie) passing by:

Some people also played the joke of Shinji Ikari fighting the Water Angel, mopping the floor in the rain outside the comic exhibition, and the mop used was still EVA detailed color:

It is also with the backdrop of these abstract Cosplayers that activities like the Trick-or-True Cat Parade, which are designed to create show effects, have gradually become normal.

Of course, the popularity of BW also sparked another topic: who can skip work and school and fly to other places to visit comic conventions?

Tencent's investment in MiHoYo Korea is successful in listing

Shift Up, the developer of "Nikke" and "Sword Star" and known as the "Korea miHoYo" and invested by Tencent, was officially listed in South Korea on July 11. Its stock price rose by 18.33% on the first day of listing, with a market value of 4.11 trillion won, or about 21.7 billion yuan. It has jumped from a "small studio" to the fourth largest listed game company in South Korea.

And considering that Shift Up currently only has two games in operation, "Nikke" and "Sword Star", many analysts are very optimistic about this stock, saying that the increase has not met market expectations and the stock price is promising in the future.

Tencent should be the happiest company to see Shift Up's stock price soaring. Because before Shift Up launched "Nikke", Tencent became their angel investor and is now the second largest shareholder, holding 35.03% of the shares!

Of course, the reason why Shift Up has achieved such high results is largely because they sang a different tune when the ZZZQ trend was emerging in the global gaming industry.

Facts have proved that if you work hard in the gaming industry, you can really make a lot of money!

Guild Wars 2: New plot of the Wilds of Jance reveals the origins of the lowland Kodan

On July 11, the official "Guild Wars 2" revealed to players the mystery of the life experience of the protagonist of the new expansion pack - the bear-man lowland Kodan.

The Lowland Kodan have called Janthir home for generations. Despite the region's extreme dangers and inhospitable conditions, they are experts at survival, carving out a comfortable, even hospitable way of life in the land. All Lowlanders are capable fighters, learning survival tactics from the time they are young.

Unlike the northern kodan that players are familiar with, lowland kodan worship the environment and their relationship to it, and consider themselves responsible for stewardship of the land. Unlike other kodan, who consider themselves the chosen revelatory protectors of the kodan, lowlanders act out of obligation to maintain a necessary balance in the harsh land of Janthir, where taking is easier than giving and survival is harder.

In short, this wilder bear tribe will become the player's guide to go deep into the wilds of Jense, teaching the player various wilderness survival skills, which is quite like Bear Grylls.