Back To 1995: Chapter 225 style

  Chapter 225 Style

  Hearing that Ken Williams didn’t seem to believe in V Agency, Gabe Newell and Harrington immediately became a little anxious, and said quickly, “We are going to develop a brand new shooting game!”

   "John Carmack said that FPS is like the background in some films. Although it is there, it is not the most important!"

  Gabe Newell quoted the classics and directly uttered Carmack's famous quotes. Once he heard this, he knew that Carmack, a god-level figure in the game industry, might also be a boring person.

  Hearing what Gabe Newell said about Carmack, there was a burst of muffled laughter in the conference room, and everyone obviously knew what Carmack's metaphor was.

Although Irene was still a little unresponsive, but looking at the people including Song Yang who were holding back their laughter, she knew that Carmack's words must be bad, so she glanced coldly in the direction of Gabe Newell , Gabe Newell saw Irene's gaze, his heart trembled, and he no longer dared to quote scriptures indiscriminately.

   "The game that V Agency wants to make is to break the shackles of Carmack. We are going to let the plot guide the game process while maintaining the sense of speed and impact of FPS games!"

   Gabe Newell said that Harrington on the side also introduced the background and framework of the game. It can be seen that the two of them are very excited about developing this game.

Carmack, the great **** of the game industry, followed the view that technology is more important than gameplay, so he developed a game engine and continuously introduced various new game technologies. As for the plot and other things, they are all attached. Just like a special effects movie, it’s enough to watch it cool. As for the rationality of the plot, it’s not important, but V Agency wants to have both, and use Carmack’s technology to add more plot. Follow the game.

"We hope to be able to develop "Half-Life", which is the first game of Valve Corporation, but this game requires a calculation plot, as well as game freedom and combat, and players can interact with the game, all of which require a game engine to be able to do it. Arrived, so we need a game engine for Quake!

  ” Gabe Newell said of the two.

Hearing that "Half-Life" was going to be developed, Ken Williams still had some doubts. The Thor's Hammer engine, as the treasure of Carmack's company, would not agree to authorize it. As a newcomer to the company, he has played such a big game since he first came up. Using the "Thor's Hammer" engine, the investment will definitely not be small. Now listening to Gabe Newell and the two of them boasting about "Half-Life", what is beyond Quake, redefining FPS shooting games.

But when it is developed, who can guarantee what it will be? Just like making a movie, before shooting, the best screenwriter and actor are invited to play. Everyone thought it would be an epic blockbuster, but it turned out to be A tuoxiang, don't do too much of this kind of thing.

Although he had doubts, Ken Williams did not refute directly, but turned his attention to Song Yang. After going through CUC International Company, the experience of Ken Williams and his wife has gradually increased. Leshan and the fate of game companies such as V Agency, only Song Yang and ICQ, Song Yang obviously has a decision to buy back V Agency, a newbie.

   "Quake Engine?!"

When Song Yang heard that V Agency was going to develop "Half-Life", he naturally would not stop him. What needs to be considered is how to help V Agency get the game engine of "Quake" or in other words, whether to get the game engine authorization, or , Directly take down the developer of the Thor's Hammer engine?

Gabe Newell and Harrington looked at Song Yang anxiously. When they acquired V agency, ICQ promised to support V agency's game development and give them sufficient R&D funds and R&D authority without interfering with the development of V agency. The management of V agency and so on.

  But Gabe Newell and Gabe Newell couldn't figure out Song Yang's intentions whether he would spend such a high price for V Agency to get the engine of "Thor's Hammer".

   "Will all games in the future need to use game engines?" Song Yang raised his head suddenly and asked a group of insiders in the game industry in the conference room.

Ken Williams hesitated for a moment, but nodded along with Gabe Newell, Mike Mowaime, Sam Hauser and others. This is no longer the era when they fought alone. A graphics editor can develop a pixel graphics game. In the past ten years, the level of game technology has been increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye. For a large-scale game, the game engine is becoming the most basic existence!

Seeing the reaction of the crowd, Song Yang nodded slightly, and then said something that made everyone unexpected, "Then buy the Quake game engine, and its developer Id, Software company, let John Carmack join the ICQ game department as the technical director!"

  Since the money has already been spent, it is useless to deduct it at this time. It is better to do it in one step. The game developer, distribution channel, platform, and game engine are all bought back, and there is no need to be controlled by others.

A group of people in the meeting room looked at Song Yang in a daze, and when they heard the sentence that they bought "Thor's Hammer" and even gave away its developer and Carmack, when they bought it back, In Gabe Newell's heart, he suddenly knew what it means to hug his thighs, and he also began to understand why Blizzard and Xueleshan sold themselves to the gold masters. This feeling of buying, buying, buying, buying, buying, and buying without a word is really... too special What a fun!

   It’s just that Blizzard and Xueleshan were unlucky before and didn’t meet a real financial backer, but now V Agency is relying on, no doubt, a big thick leg.

To develop a new game, you need to use a game engine, so you just buy a company that develops a game engine directly, and invite someone like Carmack to come over and give you technical guidance. This treatment, the entire game industry has seen, I'm afraid I'm going to cry, we're all colleagues, the difference in treatment is really too big.

   "Boss, we..."

Gabe Newell and Harrington were at a loss for words for a while. Song Yang gave V agency such a high salary. Now the two are a little worried. Will the developed "Half-Life" fail to meet the standard? Song Yang paid such a high price.

  Song Yang waved his hand, "I just hope that I can see that Valve will complete the development of "Half-Life" as soon as possible!"

  Gabe Newell and Gabe Newell hurriedly nodded to Song Yang. Even if Gabe Newell gained three hundred catties after suffering for a year, they decided to get "Half-Life" out.

After solving the problems of Xueleshan, Blizzard and V Agency, Song Yang looked at Sam Hauser and Dan Hauser, who were a little bored. Compared with other people, the Hauser brothers are the gamers. The out-and-out newcomers in the industry are all halfway into the industry.

   Seeing Song Yang's gaze, the brothers Sam Hauser and Dan Hauser exchanged a look, knowing that in ICQ, if we continue to dawdle like a BGM company, it won't work.

Gritting his teeth, Sam Hauser said, "R Star Studio, when I was in BGM before, came into contact with a game "Racing and Chasing" from DMA company. We want to buy the copyright of this game, yes This game, redevelop!"

  Sam Hauser and Dan Hauser proposed the idea of ​​redevelopment of this game, which is different from the current mainstream game style, but an alternative game concept with a dark style.

In the game, driving a car ignores traffic lights, pedestrians and detectives. You can **** cars and fight with street gangsters. It can be said to be completely deviant, even with a taste of hodgepodge, combining shooting and racing. The game map is also It is astonishing and completely subverts the current and previous game concepts.

This kind of game concept is inseparable from the characters of the Hauser brothers. These days, those who like rock and roll, whoever is not rebellious, are a bit deviant, unwilling to abide by the current rules, and the Hauser brothers like Western movies, gang movies, and the Hauser Brothers also brought this concept into the game.

Hearing that the Hauser brothers were going to develop "Grand Theft Auto", Ken Williams was stunned. He felt that this was a hodgepodge of blood on the streets. It's out of date, and the Hauser brothers are still kidding.

   "Open ended game?"

   "Free exploration?!"

However, people on both sides of Blizzard and V Agency are obviously very interested in the game design concept of "Grand Theft Auto" proposed by the Hauser Brothers. This kind of dark style game has never appeared in this game era. .

   Fatty G looked at Sam Hauser and Dan Hauser, and couldn't help but think that the game companies that Song Yang was able to buy back had something special about them.

"Grand Theft Auto" is obviously a game with a special style, and it will definitely cause controversy when it is developed, but Gabe Newell can imagine that as long as the game is qualified, it will at least gain a large number of diehard fans. If you can't do things in the game, you can do it heartily in the game. Even if you are G fat, you are ready to experience it.

   "The Grand Theft Auto project is decided by Rockstar itself, and ICQ will fully support it!"

Song Yang said directly that after buying Blizzard, V Agency and R Star, Song Yang will not interfere too much, and will not interfere too much with their projects. As long as the game project can be completed on schedule and the sales of the game are qualified, then Song Yang will be happy to let They toss by themselves, a qualified leek can grow up, cut itself, and then send it to Song Yang.

   Standing up, Song Yang looked around the conference room, "Welcome to ICQ, I believe that the game industry in the future will be redefined by you!"

   After cooking a bowl of chicken soup, Song Yang clapped his hands, "Tonight, there is a party, everyone can come over!"

This party was prepared by Gallo. It was a clean-up for Blizzard, Rockstar, etc. to join ICQ. When they heard about the party, everyone reacted differently. Ken Williams and his wife have no more parties. Mike Morhaime, Gabe Newell, Harrington and the others looked forward to how much interest they had. As for the Hauser brothers, they looked like veterans. After all, their father ran a jazz nightclub.

  (end of this chapter)