Super Game Empire

On May 4, an order was passed from Beijing to Longteng game stores around the world. "Diablo 1" was open for supply. The limited sales for 3 days was finally lifted. Specialty stores in various places called to notify players to come and buy, and the specialty store was 24.

The business is open every hour and you will be able to move out of the warehouse. You will also receive various dark figure gifts with the game.

After multiple rounds of media exposure and publicity, plus parade protests, professional trial reviews, players' reputations were circulated. In the next week, the sales of Diablo 1 exploded, and the global cumulative sales were sold.

1.4 million copies, Europe, the United States and Japan contributed more than 80% of sales, and even poor markets like mainland China accounted for about 3%, which is really amazing!

"This is indeed the most anticipated RPG game this year. It is an enhanced version of Warcraft 1, and it allows PC game players to truly experience what a boutique TV game is. They should envy SS players for enjoying high quality for so many years

Have you played?"——The magazine commented that this is equivalent to promoting the TV game and giving a super high score.

"The product of Longteng must be a fine product! Those players who have been waiting for a year have finally come to enjoy it, and it is all worth it!" - "Volkswagen Software" made such a summary after a long game review. First,

The eight-character standard was publicly spread throughout the world, and this sentence was almost unanimously agreed, because this is the fact and there is no water.

"Subverted the rules of Western magic, this is a brand new dark world!"

"Although I've only been three days since I got the game, I'm already looking forward to its next work. Oh my God, I'm afraid it will be another two or three years! But I think it's worth it! Diablo 1.

Very fun!”

"Compared with those simple and crude dnd tabletop games, the dizzy rules and regulations. And the extremely boring dice action, Diablo 1 is really satisfying! Perhaps, I will only remember it in the future

Live in the DND game "Dragon Spear Chronicle", and nothing else is worth mentioning, because I have become a complete dark fan!"

Players have praised it one after another, initially waiting for a year, but then it was artificially postponed because of the development of the PC version. In the end, it was clearly on the market but still had to purchase restrictions. These anger and dissatisfaction became after playing the game.

Everyone was very satisfied and never said those words that made people feel discouraged, thinking that waiting and suffering were very worthwhile.

Almost at a rapid speed, "Diablo 1" fan novel, some game strategies for difficult waves, players' abuse or abuse experiences spring up like mushrooms after a rain, and at the same time, they are teaming up and fighting through the Internet.

It began to develop slowly, and PC games and SS games were first exposed to physical levels.

The ss game host needs to connect a modem to the m-side interface, allowing the standard phone line to connect the game host to the network.

The same is true for PC. Although the configurations of the two are different, you can also choose the inter battle mode in the game version. At the same time, you can enter Longteng’s free battle network server to see other players and create new games. Or add games created by others.

Invite strangers to fight together, or go out to the dark world with a few friends.

Although the maximum number of players in online battles is four people. The 20 free IP servers provided by Longteng in the early days often showed unstable phenomena, and the speed of modems and telephone lines was too slow. The network delays of players from all over the world are different, and in the game, one

A lot of bugs emerge. The compatibility between SSS and PC is not stable, but none of this can stop the excitement of players.

This is the first large-scale RPG game that can fight online. All the best-selling RPGs in history are stand-alone versions. Diablo 1 tells players that they can find friends who can play together without leaving home, and from then on, they will never go back to the next day.

Don’t worry about not being able to find a playmate. This is the blessing of tens of millions of gamers on the SS platform. They will no longer be lonely, and they will also enter the Internet age!

"The Great Tarasha, the Great Khdilam", this comment on game historical materials has been published and reprinted in many game magazines and newspapers, telling the life of the great master Tarasha.

Players pursue every little detail in the game, carefully study every sentence of Deka Kane, then read the official dark novel carefully, and finally add a complete story of Tarasha in his mind. He worked hard in his early years.

In combat, he was full of glory in his middle age and made great sacrifices for mankind in his later years. He can be called the greatest mage of the Khdilam organization in thousands of years. He was moved by his legendary life.

"The Autobiography of Skeleton King Leorek", this anonymous fan story is based on the official novel setting of Longteng, but in the town of Tristrime, in the court deeply invaded by religion and aristocrats, the author himself

It supplemented the large number of royal struggles, struggles between faith and reality, and supplemented the growth and depravity of the hero Leorek to almost perfectly, making it fake and real.

This article even received official praise from Longteng. Many people found that the style of the article is almost exactly the same as "Dragon Spear Chronicle", which makes people suspect that this is the anonymous work of the original author, but no one admits it!

"The Butcher Evolution Trilogy", a famous American bestselling writer, Brian and game critic Rory, jointly signed it, uses humorous words to deeply analyze the butcher in the dark, from his normal life to his depravity and slaughter after the depravity and darkness.

Ordinary human residents can even use a broken axe to kill the fragile mage and archer, and designed a hilarious sitcom, which attracted Longteng's attention and made a public statement to invite them to screenwrite the Diablo movie in the future.

Work.

There are many more, and the Diablo Storm swept the world. The improved version of Diablo 1 has conquered the hearts of players all over the world at the game level.

At the same time, behind the game, in the commercial fields that make players feel a bit boring, a series of dazzling related acquisition cases and cooperation plans have been announced. Some careful game colleagues have sorted out all the matters, but they all can't figure it out.

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On May 10, the British Deputy Prime Minister visited China with a huge trade group. The next day, there were results. Many large British enterprises married Chinese companies and found partners to jointly develop the Chinese market. Among them, Pearson Publishing Group

A strategic partnership has been reached with Longteng Entertainment Games Company, and both parties have in-depth development of electronic games and related publishing industries.

Pearson Group sold S private studio to Longteng Hong Kong Press for a super low price of US$1 million. Longteng Publishing House began to produce Longteng Company-related game stories and English books with Chinese cultural backgrounds, Longteng Publishing House and Tsinghua University The publishing house collaborated on editing the Langwen English series of books...

This series of cooperation plans is easy to understand. Pearson gave S privately as a meeting gift to Longteng. Longteng helped to expand the Chinese market for Pearson. This is a win-win situation.

The key to the problem is that the TSR company that developed the DND rules was not acquired by Longteng Company or by EA Company. They knew that they had become the focus of dispute between the two parties, so they quoted a cash and debt acquisition price of US$120 million. , They desperately need cash to maintain their daily operations!

The quotation of $120 million is too high. Longteng doesn't want to, and he can't afford the money. Yang Yun has no intention of spending this money to buy Tsr at a high price.

Ea didn't want to do it either. At most, they came to find a bargain. After their game testers played Diablo 1 in depth, they gave a frustrating answer. If Ea acquired Tsr, they would definitely be able to sue Longteng for infringement. Arcade games, but they have more than half of the chances of not being able to pull Dark 1 off, and their winning rate is not high.

Apart from EA, there are no other fourth-party interested buyers who want to compete head-on with Longteng on tabletop games and DND games.

There is a stalemate between multiple parties, and Tsr is unwilling to reduce his value. They become the next distinctive. In the confrontation between Longteng and Ea, no one dares to take over or intervene. Everyone watches them on the verge of bankruptcy.

"God, please send someone to save the DND rules and games!" The ashes and loyal players called out, hoping that anyone in the world would stand up and buy a full set of DND copyrights from Tsr, and then continue to develop Pure dnd game.

Unfortunately, after realizing the facts, seeing the best-selling of Diablo 1, which is based on the rules of DND and is very different from DND, few companies are willing to take over this mess.

"Longteng Company, please continue to develop pure DND games after acquiring S private and obtaining the authorization of DND official exclusive PC game adaptation!" Players retreated and could only rely on their hopes for Longteng Company, hoping that this professional game production company would be able to make a decision!" Developed a pure dnd rule rpg game that is no less than the "Final Fantasy" series.

Unfortunately, Longteng Company never responds to players' requests directly. As long as someone asks, they never give positive answers. They only recommend "Diablo 1", and no one knows Longteng's true thoughts.

"Tsr, Longteng must have tried to replace the authentic DND with Diablo 1. Please lower the price and sell it to other third-party independent companies! If this continues, the DND rules will change in less than one or two years. It was a pile of waste paper, and no one in the world came to play this kind of game again!" The pessimistic and loyal players finally asked for Tsr's disciple, and they were heartbroken.

Tsr is silent. The price of $120 million is not high. Maintaining daily cash flow requires 20 million. They have to pay the publisher's printing, pay the new book royalties, advance various transportation and sales costs, and there are tens of millions. The board of directors refused to cut the price for US dollar debt.

This is a dead knot that no one can untie. (To be continued...)