ATPnovel Chapter 148 Game of the Year
Chapter 148 Game of the Year
Chapter 148 Game of the Year
At 4 PM in the British Empire, it is midnight in China, while in the United Kingdom it is 11 AM.
This timing was decided by the GJA organizing committee after careful consideration, in order to simultaneously take into account the two largest gaming markets in the world: China and the United States.
China, Hangzhou.
Chen Dong sat on a soft leather sofa in the villa, holding a glass of iced cola. On the table in front of him were barbecue and crayfish, which are essential for late nights. The TV screen was showing the live broadcast of the GJA Awards ceremony.
Compared to attending the awards ceremony in person, Chen Dong prefers to sit alone in the spacious living room of his villa, enjoying some barbecue and crayfish, and drinking a Coke that he just took out of the refrigerator.
To be honest, Chen Dong is very lazy and hates trouble.
If he were to travel to the UK to attend the GJA awards ceremony, it would waste at least three to five days of his time, which wouldn't be worthwhile.
Therefore, Chen Dong believes that the GJA organizing committee's choice to hold the awards ceremony online is a model that many awards should learn from.
Besides the awards ceremony playing on the TV screen, the computer on the coffee table was also showing live footage from anchor Su Tao's studio.
The reason for showing Su Tao's live stream was that Chen Dong also wanted to see what domestic players thought of the final winner of the GJA awards. After all, sometimes watching a live stream is not as interesting as reading the comments.
As an official contracted streamer of StarCard, streamer Su Tao unsurprisingly rode the wave of popularity of the GJA Awards ceremony, with the number of viewers in her live stream exceeding 200,000 and still increasing rapidly.
Chen Dong was not paying attention, and the number of viewers displayed in the upper right corner of the live stream jumped from 200,000 to 220,000.
However, at this time, the GJA Awards ceremony had not yet officially started. Instead, the host read the opening remarks and introduced the list of guests who had arrived at the ceremony.
Seeing this, Chen Dong shifted his gaze from the 100-inch TV screen to the live stream room, which was now flooded with comments.
"This host is so long-winded. He takes so long to finish his opening remarks. Doesn't he get tired?"
"Don't rush, I want to see more of the host's long legs."
"Speaking of which, the GJA awards shouldn't end up like the TGA, with a result that seems to be rigged."
"Of course not. Player votes account for a large portion of the final GJA awards results, and both Terraria and Escape from Chickenkov took first place in their respective categories!"
"That's right! Moreover, the vote difference between the two games and the second place is huge. Unless the GJA Awards committee wants to ruin their reputation, they won't tamper with the results."
"Alas, even though Terraria won the Game of the Year award from the GJA Awards, it couldn't have much of an impact on the TGA Awards committee."
"There's nothing we can do. After all, the mainstream awards in the gaming industry are organized by foreigners, so the power of discourse is in their hands, and we can only be at their mercy."
"I heard that Mr. Ren from the Steam platform is about to launch an award, and it's even international!"
The computer screen was too small, and there were too many bullet comments, each moving very fast. As a result, Chen Dong could only pick and choose which bullet comments to read. Just as he saw someone mention Ren Kang in the bullet comments, Chen Dong's phone rang immediately.
Speak of the devil and he appears; the caller was none other than Ren Kang.
"Hey Mr. Chen, congratulations! You have two games that won GJA awards this year."
"It's all thanks to the concerted efforts of domestic players." Chen Dong didn't take all the credit for himself and Xingka, but instead attributed it to all the players in China.
On the other side, Ren Kang sat alone in the empty and deserted office. It was late autumn, and the capital city had already gotten cold. Even with the air conditioning on full blast, Ren Kang still felt a chill.
After exchanging a few brief pleasantries with Chen Dong over the phone, Ren Kang hesitated before speaking.
"Mr. Chen, how's the development progress of StarCard's first AAA title, 'Black Myth: Wukong'?"
When Ren Kang brought up the production progress of "Black Myth: Wukong", Chen Dong guessed that Ren Kang was preparing to steer the conversation toward the award he was hosting.
"Progress is going relatively smoothly. We're aiming to finish the closed beta version of 'Black Myth: Wukong' before the Chinese New Year."
By the way, the first PV for "Black Myth: Wukong" has been completed and will likely be released on StarCard's official account next week.
Chen Dong didn't hide anything; instead, he generously told Ren Kang about the entire production progress of "Black Myth: Wukong".
Chen Dong had a good impression of this game developer who still harbored dreams; otherwise, he wouldn't have agreed to let Ren Kang submit "Black Myth: Wukong" to the game awards he hosted.
"I see." Ren Kang spun his chair, facing the brightly lit city skyline outside the window, and said with a smile, "President Chen, your research and development is progressing very quickly. I remember it's only been less than half a year since you started the project, right?"
Only a faint "hmm" came from the microphone.
Seeing that the atmosphere was gradually getting awkward, Ren Kang simply stopped beating around the bush and directly expressed his thoughts.
"Mr. Chen, the awards I'm hosting will be held next May. I hope you can produce the complete version of 'Black Myth: Wukong' by then."
May?
Chen Dong was calculating in his mind that if he wanted to finish producing "Black Myth: Wukong" before May, after deducting the holidays before and after the Spring Festival, he would only have about half a year left for Xingka to complete the project.
Seeing the silence on the other end of the phone, Ren Kang's heart sank. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Chen Dong's voice suddenly come through the receiver.
"No problem, Mr. Ren. Xingka will produce the official version of 'Black Myth: Wukong' before May next year."
Upon receiving Chen Dong's promise, Ren Kang immediately breathed a sigh of relief and leaned back against the soft cushions of the boss's chair.
"In that case, thank you very much for your support, Mr. Chen."
"You're welcome. After all, it's also my dream to have a game award with global influence in China."
As soon as Chen Dong hung up the phone, the GJA awards ceremony playing on the TV screen got right to the point.
The first award announced is the most prestigious Game of the Year.
At this very moment, there are over a billion eyes in the world watching the host on the awards stage, holding a note and a microphone.
Following the organizer's instructions, the host glanced down at the slip of paper and then looked up at the camera, repeating this several times until the audience's anticipation was at its peak. Only then did the host stop wasting time and announce the winner of the Game of the Year with a smile.
Congratulations to Starcard's Terraria for winning Game of the Year at the GJA Awards!