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Good weekend everyone, this is Nostalgia Weekly.

[Nostalgia Weekly] is mainly composed of two parts: "Popular Nostalgic Game Trends" and "New Nostalgic Game Works".

Let’s take a look at what’s worth paying attention to this week!

[Popular nostalgic game trends]

Did the new system crash World of Warcraft? Old players are victims again!

On August 1, the pre-launch content of the "Ground War" of the official Chinese server of World of Warcraft, which was originally scheduled to be launched at 12 noon, was suddenly launched ahead of schedule at 6:48, which brought a small surprise to many players. But after the surprise, a large number of old players found that their accounts were all stuck on the "Get Character List" page and the link was disconnected infinitely, and they immediately began to "frighten" them.

Afterwards, the Chinese server officials quickly carried out hot fixes and optimizations, but what is speechless is that this problem cannot be solved unilaterally by Leihuo, but is caused by the new Warband system added by Blizzard in 11.0: every player needs to transfer the character data to the Warband system when logging in for the first time. The more characters there are, the slower the reading and the greater the possibility of being bombed.

Affected by this BUG, ​​Leihuo was forced to turn off the character boost service on the first day of his return, and was scolded by a bunch of players:

—No, then you should close the recharge channel as well. You will find out that it cannot be used after you recharge.

— Players spend too much money and the server is down! Helicopters are unsalable, help us!

—I just want to say that I bought 888 for the direct upgrade. I want to catch up with the progress in the Asian server. You closed the direct upgrade when you opened the server. What do you want me to do? Train a new trumpet? Then what is the point of the direct upgrade? Do I have to do quests and fight monsters with others?

Finally, at 8 a.m. on August 2, the official "World of Warcraft" fixed the problem of not being able to upgrade directly, but some characters will still have the problem of getting stuck on the blue bar when loading, so everyone can only wish them good luck.

No nostalgia, true synchronization! Black Desert Online announces future development plans

During the first test of the Chinese version of Black Desert Online, because the Chinese version was tested with the original version, jokes such as "The tenth anniversary of the international version, but the Chinese version is still nostalgic" were made. In response to this, the project team made a special explanation on this issue at the Chinese version of Black Desert Online Media Exchange Conference.

They said that the Chinese server will not rigidly apply the original version, but will give priority to putting popular professions in overseas regions or professions with good inheritance and reputation into the public beta version based on players' test feedback.

At the same time, in order to better serve Chinese players, the project team is preparing a series of game content with Chinese characteristics, including fashions designed specifically for the Chinese market, and incorporating more visual elements of Chinese culture into the game, including plans to incorporate China's natural landscapes into future versions.

In short, the current attitude of the Chinese version of "Black Desert" is still very "advisable", but I don't know whether the version that comes out in the next test can satisfy most players.

The dead are resurrected! The Chinese version of Fortnite wins the resurrection game

Some players with older Internet experience should all know that in 2018, Tencent was able to obtain the agency rights for "Fortnite" and launched multiple tests. It was not until 2021 that it was forced to abandon the plan to launch the national server due to problems with the version number.

It is also because of this incident that "Fortnite" in the Epic game store has been slow to launch Chinese language support, which has caused the popularity of this game among domestic players to remain low.

At present, with the convenience of obtaining game licenses in China, things seem to have taken a turn for the better.

A video account called "Fortnite International Server" suddenly released a video saying "Everyone look at me, I have an announcement! - Fortnite will be localized in Chinese soon!", saying that "Fortnite" will come back in a new way, and the Chinese version of "Fortnite" International Server will soon meet Chinese players through the Epic Games Store.

Many old players were moved to tears:

—I had a dream that I was riding a bus with my friends. Now I am awake and it turns out that it was a dream come true.

—30,000-hour player, played the entire season, 983 skin finally waited for this moment, Wuhu

—Finally, the light finally broke through the haze and shone on the earth. After so many years, until today in 2024, an international game finally waited for Chinese to be added. Over the years, many Chinese translators have worked hard until they were exhausted, and so many fans still persisted. The victory at this moment belongs to the players, and the cheers also belong to the players. Let Fortnite fill my computer.

New DLC is ready! Guild Wars 2 opens offline fan meeting in Beijing

The new DLC "The Wilds of Jynthir" of the subversive fantasy MMORPG online game "Guild Wars 2" will be launched on August 23, and the official also took advantage of the opportunity to hold an offline meeting in Beijing. It is reported that in addition to face-to-face communication with the planners, the meeting also allows players to play the new DLC content, which can be regarded as a catch-up of offline activities.

However, considering that World of Warcraft 11.0 has an early access collector's pack, players who purchased it can experience the "War at the Center of the Earth" content three days in advance, that is, on August 23. It seems that in the dark, these Blizzard brothers are here to compete on the same day again.

【New nostalgic game】

Final Fantasy 14 mobile game is really coming, developed by Tencent Photon Studio Group

In early July, there was news that the Final Fantasy series of mobile games developed by Square Enix and Tencent was under full development. The cooperation project between the two parties can be traced back to 2018 and was successfully restarted in recent years.

What no one expected was that the news from the uncle party would come true so quickly. In the list of imported version numbers in July, we can already see the review information of "Final Fantasy 14: Crystal World".

It is reported that the mobile game of Final Fantasy 14: Crystal World is officially authorized and supervised by SQUARE ENIX and developed by Tencent Photon Studio Group. The main gameplay of the game has not yet been announced, but the possibility of synchronization with the PC game is relatively low, after all, the main development team is Tencent Photon Studio, not SQUARE ENIX.

Looking forward to the launch! Bluehole's new mobile game "Getting Darker" starts large-scale global testing

Recently, the Korean game company KRAFTON announced that the new mobile game "Getting Darker" developed by its Bluehole Studio will be tested globally in South Korea, the United States, Japan, Turkey and other regions from August 1 to 12. At the same time, it said that because the number of test participants exceeded the target value, the company decided to expand the number of servers to twice the original number.

It is reported that the reason why KRAFTON launched this large-scale test is because they are warming up for the "Opening Night" of the Cologne International Games Show on August 20.

By then, KRAFTON will further release new trailers and the latest information of "Get Darker Mobile" and "InZOl", and it is likely that the global release date of "Get Darker Mobile" will be announced.

As for the current performance of the mobile game? Compared with the previous test version, the UI page has obviously been optimized again, which is more in line with the player's operating habits. Many consumables are also placed on both sides of the health bar, making it easier for players to use them.

In addition, this game comes with simplified Chinese. Based on the previous situation of "Kingdom and Freedom", it is estimated that KRAFTON may also open registration with mobile phone numbers in China.

Ubisoft responds to the new "Star Wars" heroine being too ugly: I won't pay attention to these criticisms

Julian Gerighty, director of Star Wars: Outlaws, said in a recent interview with The Washington Post that players' criticism of the appearance of the game's heroine Kay Vess is malicious and the team will not pay attention to it.

"I think these criticisms are meaningless and unworthy of attention. Kay should be approachable and she is beautiful."

Recently, some players compared Kay's image with her facial model, believing that Ubisoft deliberately made the character ugly to cater to the needs of "political correctness". Former World of Warcraft team leader Mark Kern took the lead in boycotting Star Wars: Outlaws: "This is a 3A game with poor AI, mediocre gameplay and Ubisoft's profit model. This is a game we need to pay attention to in the near future. Don't buy it and let Ubisoft's stock price suffer."

Considering that Ubisoft has gone so crazy as to distort Japanese history and let black people wield samurai swords and maces, relying on their tall stature to kill people in the crowd, many players are not surprised that "Star Wars: Desperadoes" will uglify the heroine's face.

Will it work? A well-known blogger revealed that Blizzard will restart the Overwatch mobile game, but was questioned by the former head of Netease

Recently, the well-known blogger "Snowstorm King" broke the news that Blizzard will restart the Overwatch mobile game. Judging from the content of the revelation, this restart is suspected to be a major project led by Microsoft. It seems that Blizzard has placed a lot of ambitions on the Overwatch mobile game.

Snow Leopard said that Blizzard's reboot of "Overwatch" mobile game is Microsoft's first major move in the gaming field after the acquisition. The King team that was originally responsible for the production of new games in Barcelona has basically been emptied and came to Blizzard headquarters to support the rebooted mobile game project. The purpose is to realize the slogan of "Blizzard IP entering the mobile terminal" shouted by Microsoft at the beginning of the acquisition.

In response to this, Zhang Dong, the former head of NetEase, was the first to rush to pour cold water on the situation, saying: "Then they will soon find that a team making casual games is of no help in making FPS mobile games..." Considering that the King team had previously been maintaining the match-3 game "Candy Crush", and indeed had no experience in making FPS mobile games, Zhang Dong's message also received support from many people.