Game of the Year Awards Day: Many invited designers entered one after another. When Lucas entered, there were already many people there.
Compared to previous years, this year's awards ceremony was even more lively.
Not only industry designers, but Lucas even saw many players.
This was also a point of difference this year compared to the past.
In the past, although it was also open to players to participate together.
But on-site, there were still only game designers from the industry.
But this year, there were also players who were randomly selected to attend.
Major video live streaming websites were also broadcasting simultaneously.
Many players who were paying attention to the game industry were watching live.
On the screen, many viewers were also discussing.
"Show the screen! Show the screen! Open the door already!"
"It's open, it's open! Is that Lucas!?"
"What's going on? Lucas is signing autographs for players!? Didn't someone say before that if they saw Lucas at the event, they would boo him to resist this warrior of love who hurt our young hearts? How come everyone's mouths are wide open like sunflowers, wanting photos and autographs?"
"Stop talking, I'm the only one who didn't go to the event, otherwise!"
"Otherwise, you would give Lucas a hard time?"
"No, I would definitely want two photos with autographs!"
The annual awards ceremony hadn't started yet, but many lucky selected players were approaching their favorite designers, seeking photos and autographs.
Of course, this was only because there weren't many players participating, only about fifty.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be this part.
Lucas and some designers from Nebula Games entered, and during this time, many industry designers went online and greeted Lucas.
They were all very friendly, because it could be said that the domestic game designers owed Nebula Games a favor.
Otherwise, the domestic market would still be a channel-is-king situation.
After greeting everyone with a smile, Lucas also took his seat.
But to Lucas's surprise, he was sitting with an old acquaintance again this year.
"Mr. Marcus, what a coincidence!" Lucas greeted Marcus.
"Yes, it's quite a coincidence." Marcus was also a bit speechless, as it had been like this for several sessions in a row, and he wondered if the people at Game Division were doing it on purpose.
"Boss Lucas shouldn't need me to carry the trophy this year, right?" Looking at the designers from the Nebula Games group next to him, Marcus said jokingly.
"Ahem... Mr. Marcus, you're joking. It's not certain this year." Lucas coughed twice.
"Come on, which designer who came to participate doesn't know that today everyone is just going through the motions?" Marcus rolled his eyes and said.
Lucas didn't respond, because it was really difficult to answer that.
"But Boss Lucas, 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's' Warzone mode and 'Red Dead Redemption' really had a big impact on this industry." Marcus said with emotion.
"Mr. Marcus, you're exaggerating. The actual impact isn't that big." Lucas shook his head and said.
As for why he said that, it was mainly because he had glanced at his system points after developing 'Red Dead Redemption.'
The increase wasn't as much as he had imagined.
Lucas also summarized the situation.
That was one point: now, earning points required an impact on the industry. Lucas developed two games in between, 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare' and 'Red Dead Redemption.'
But in reality, the impact of the two games themselves was much smaller than their popularity.
The 'Warzone' battle royale mode gave the game industry a direction.
But not every game company can make a battle royale game. In the previous world, battle royale games appeared for nearly six years, and the successful games could almost be counted on one hand.
Including 'Red Dead Redemption,' although it led the concept of open world, 'Red Dead Redemption,' simply put, is an industrialized open-world design concept.
In short, in addition to the design direction of plot and rhythm, it also requires two words: money.
This is also the core reason why 'Red Dead Redemption' lost to 'God of War' in the Game of the Year awards in the previous world.
Marcus, who didn't know Lucas's thoughts, just took it as humility.
Sitting in his chair, Marcus chatted with Lucas about this and that.
Soon, the awards ceremony officially began. Like previous years, the host took the stage, and then David, the leader of Game Division, took the stage to give a speech.
Announcing the list of senior designers selected this year, and then issuing qualification certificates, it was all a set process.
After that, it was a series of awards selections.
But the most watched was Lucas.
Because as of now, Lucas had won almost every award that was even remotely related.
For example, the Best Music Award was directly awarded to 'That's the Way It Is' from 'Red Dead Redemption.'
He also won the first award of the day.
And it was as if this opened the floodgates, starting with some smaller awards.
The continuous appearances on stage made the designers in the audience very envious.
"This year is going to defy the heavens! How many awards is that?"
"The key is that he's winning both small and big awards!"
"It's not surprising. In the previous two years, Lucas didn't develop VR games. Otherwise, it feels like 'Warcraft' could have competed for Game of the Year."
"Yeah, mainly this year, the two games Lucas released are very representative and have special meaning. 'Red Dead Redemption' and 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare' are both big titles for CosmosVR."
"But it feels like these game themes are a bit too Western! Won't Game Division take that into account?"
"Have you played it? The game makes a lot of jabs at the West, and the domestic scene is great while overseas there's turmoil. That's positive energy, okay."
"No, I don't like hearing that. What do you mean by jabs at the West? Lucas is just telling the truth."
"Actually, these are all minor things. The main thing is that CosmosVR's market overseas is now almost competing with Zeus. That's the most important thing. If they can squeeze out Zeus's market and directly set the standard for VR devices in the future, that's the key."
The industry designers were discussing.
As for the online players, they didn't think so much.
On the live streaming platform, players were swiping through the screen.
"Haha, this scene reminds me of the scene a few years ago when Lucas attended the Game of the Year, he seemed to win a lot of awards then too."
"LOL, did no one notice? The designer next to Lucas seems to be the same one from a few years ago!"
"Unknown designer: Are you being polite?"
Whether he was being polite or not, Marcus definitely felt a bit of resentment now.
He thought he wouldn't have to help hold the trophy because there was a Nebula Games designer next to Lucas, but in the end, he couldn't escape.
"Mr. Marcus, I'm troubling you again." Lucas said apologetically.
Marcus didn't speak and rolled his eyes, full of resentment. Please don't emphasize the word again, okay?
And there, as the host took the stage and announced the final Game of the Year winner.
But in reality, everyone knew that the Game of the Year was completely without suspense.
Even the host on stage didn't play it up like before.
He announced it directly.
Without any question, just as everyone had guessed in advance.
'Red Dead Redemption' won Game of the Year.
And it was the undisputed kind.
Because not only in the country, but before the domestic Game of the Year awards ceremony.
'Red Dead Redemption' had also won countless awards abroad.
As Lucas went on stage to accept the award and give thanks, accompanied by the most classic scene from 'Red Dead Redemption,' the dying Arthur riding his horse back to camp in the background music to complete his final path of redemption.
As Lucas waved the Game of the Year trophy in his hand, this Game of the Year awards ceremony came to a perfect end.
Amid the warm applause and cheers from dozens of players at the scene, the designers in the venue also left one after another under the guidance of the staff.
Lucas handed the trophy to the staff at the ceremony, entrusting them to mail it back to Nebula Games later.
He then found a restaurant with Marcus, taking the opportunity to have a good gathering and chat.
"You're not working at NetDragon anymore?" Lucas asked in surprise as he bumped glasses with Marcus.
"Actually, NetDragon treated me pretty well, but the main thing is that I don't have that passion for developing games anymore, I feel like something's missing." Marcus nodded and said.
"It's like eating with you, Boss Lucas, at least get a beer, two grown men eating barbecue and drinking herbal tea, does that make sense?" Marcus rolled his eyes, filling his glass and speechless looking at the moving bubbles.
"Drinking is bad for your health, herbal tea is much better." Lucas casually replied, "But Mr. Marcus, if you haven't decided on your next company, how about considering Nebula Games?"
"Let me think about it." Marcus was a little tempted, but didn't give an answer right away.
"Right, Mr. Marcus, what are your thoughts on handheld gaming consoles?" Lucas suddenly asked.
"Why are you suddenly talking about handheld devices?" Marcus asked strangely, but still said, "As for my thoughts, I personally think that handhelds are a market with some potential, and different from PCs, VR, and mobile phones, handhelds are a relatively balanced point among the three."
"But that's just my personal opinion, because I'm quite sentimental about handhelds, and to be honest, mobile phone configurations are getting higher and higher now, so handhelds really don't have much competitiveness." Marcus thought for a while and said his opinion.
This is also a more mainstream view in the game industry, and Marcus is quite regretful to see some old domestic and foreign handheld brands declining.
Because this thing is also considered the youth of people his age. When he was young, he couldn't play computer games at home, and there were no VR devices, and as for mobile phones, on the one hand, the configurations weren't that high at the time, and on the other hand, his family was strict and he only had a phone card without data.
The only way to have fun playing games was the small handheld console.
"Boss Lucas, do you want to make a handheld?" Marcus asked strangely.
"I can't tell you that yet, after all, Mr. Marcus, you're not one of us yet." Lucas said with a smile, without directly answering.
"Never mind if you don't want to say." Marcus rolled his eyes and didn't continue to ask anything.
Looking at Marcus's appearance, Lucas smiled.
As for handhelds, Lucas didn't just come up with the idea on a whim, but indeed had this idea and consideration.
(End of this chapter)
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