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Logically speaking, this suggestion from Photon Studio is a good one.

the reason is simple.

The story development for CrossFire HD was undertaken by the Finnish game studio Remedy.

This studio previously produced Quantum Break and Detroit: Become Human. Earlier this year, Penguin acquired a 4% stake in Remedy, marking the beginning of their collaboration.

At this point, releasing information about CrossFire HD and its development team, Remedy, allows them to use Remedy's positive reputation to overshadow Tencent's negative reputation.

The current CrossFire is considered a major IP within Tencent. While the main CrossFire game itself isn't very profitable anymore, the majority of the revenue comes from TiMi Studio's operation of CrossFire: Mobile.

I previously discussed the internal competition within Tencent.

So although He Shen felt this was a good approach, he was worried that using the CrossFire IP to salvage the situation might cause problems and affect TiMi's CF mobile game.

So I added a sentence.

"Relying solely on CrossFire might not be enough. Although CrossFire has a large player base, its reputation isn't particularly good."

After He Shen finished speaking, the other bigwigs from the studios nodded in agreement.

When you ask them for suggestions, they don't really have any.

But what if you say we should concentrate resources on promoting CrossFire HD?

Sorry, but I'll have to exchange a few words with him, regardless of our levels.

After all, the group's resources were limited, and Smile Gate, the developer of CrossFire HD, was a South Korean company. In this situation, no one spoke up for him.

It was precisely because CrossFire HD was not a "legitimate child" in its previous life that it had no way to obtain any resources in the fierce competition within Tencent, and thus remained lukewarm in popularity.

When he saw that no one accepted his methods.

Undeterred, Chen Zhou quickly came up with a new suggestion.

"Haven't our overseas investments been doing quite well? Should we hire some online trolls to list the studios we've acquired overseas?"

"It would make much more sense to boast about our achievements overseas and then naturally introduce CrossFire HD, wouldn't it?"

As soon as he said that, no one in the room objected.

Because Chen Zhou grasped the core issue and hit Ma Xiao where it hurt.

When discussing Tencent's overseas investments, one question inevitably arises.

Who was in charge of overseas investment before?

The answer is Ma Xiao.

Ma Xiao herself rose through the ranks from the overseas acquisitions department.

Chen Zhou's actions are a double-edged sword: he flatters Ma Xiao and gets Ma Xiao to step in and subdue the various warlords.

That's undeniably brilliant.

All I can say is that this group of people are truly skilled at scheming and backstabbing.

Ma Xiao was naturally very interested in this proposal.

In this life, fame and fortune are the two most important things.

Using online trolls to compile this information is just a way of indirectly boosting Ma Xiao's reputation, isn't it?

So Ma Xiao pretended for a moment and quickly nodded in agreement to the plan.

"That is indeed one approach."

Since Ma Xiao had already nodded, the rest of the people were even less likely to have any objections.

Everyone had smiles on their faces.

Everyone says Chen Zhou's suggestion is good.

It was as if those who initially opposed it weren't even in the meeting room.

Chapter 51 The Crazy Fun Festival Unleashes Its Power

after this.

Chen Zhou continued to make suggestions.

“We could actually acquire Red Alert Online, buy the Red Alert copyright from EA held by Hu Bing, and invest some money to make a remastered version. I’ve seen the remastered version of Heroes of Might and Magic 3, and it doesn’t really have much technical content.”

"In this way, we can also salvage some of our reputation. We don't need to reset everything; just reset a few maps and add an online function. It won't cost much."

Chen Zhou made this suggestion because he wanted to patch up the hole.

The problem with Red Alert Online was caused by him, and Hu Bing had been looking for him these past few days. After all, when the two of them were getting their feet washed together, he had accepted bribes and naturally made a lot of promises to Hu Bing.

Now that things have turned out this way, he has no way to explain himself. If he could salvage the situation a little, or even just acquire Red Alert Online, he might as well.

That's certainly a good thing.

However, Ma Xiao did not agree to this proposal.

"Even if we were to acquire it, that would be a matter for later, and we also need to carefully consider the matter of remastering it."

For penguins.

Spending tens or even hundreds of millions on marketing and advertising, and buying traffic, is possible.

But spending money to remake an old game just for nostalgia?

That is impossible.

"We are not a charity, and aside from the fact that Red Alert Online has a terrible reputation now, buying it would be a money-losing proposition."

"Even if it's just for copyright reasons, it's not worth it."

"Don't be fooled by the current excitement surrounding Spark. This kind of remake is completely useless, and it will definitely lose money if we continue doing it in the long run."

This is Ma Xiao's assessment of the remastered game.

have to say.

This judgment is actually accurate.

Nobody's a fool. If remaking an old game could make a fortune, then Lin Li wouldn't be able to scavenge for IPs everywhere.

Therefore, Ma Xiao's judgment was actually correct.

The remake really doesn't make money.

but.

This argument is based on the perspective of capital.

If we look at it from a broader perspective...

The redesigned version of Spark has demonstrated a very strong ability to attract new users.

However, in Ma Xiao's view, acquiring new users and driving traffic is something that Tencent doesn't need to spend so much effort on.

It's like a crazy fun festival.

They didn't use the game remake as a gimmick, yet they still attracted a lot of people, didn't they?

If we ignore reputation and only look at the number of new user registrations during this period...

WEGAME is no worse than the Spark platform.

Based on this information.

Ma Xiao naturally had no interest in resetting the game.

However, he also responded to Chen Zhou's suggestion.

"Of course, although we won't do it ourselves, we can spread the word that the project is being initiated internally."

"Releasing some false information to relieve the pressure is not a bad idea."

"If this strategy works, we'll launch the Crazy Play Festival immediately, and during that time we can also choose a game to enter the promotion phase first."

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After a lot of trouble.

The penguin ship has finally set sail again.

In early November.

Suddenly, many articles and videos about Tencent's overseas influence have appeared on the internet.

Subsequently regarding

What's the story behind that Finnish studio that made the HD version of CrossFire?

CrossFire HD, PVE mode trailer, a masterpiece from Finnish developer Remedy.

CrossFire HD has successfully entered its promotional period.

The promotional video, which was originally scheduled to be released in January 2019, was released ahead of schedule.

CFHD has received more leaks than in its previous life.

The dream of 100 million mouse clicks has been brought up again.

Many veteran CF players, both real and fake, came out to cheer, and a video blogger even imitated Mrs. Lu and had a "heartfelt outburst" of tears.

In short, the penguins demonstrated through their actions what it means that what you think may not be what you think.

Public opinion also shifted accordingly.

It seems that in just one week, the penguin has shown signs of turning over a new leaf.

In this situation.

Penguins struck while the iron was hot, launching the first phase of the Crazy Fun Festival.

Fortnite is now available and free to play.

Originally, He Shen wanted "Dimension: Glory Showdown," which is the anime-style version of Honor of Kings, to be the first game launched.

However, due to the positive reputation of Red Alert Online.

This made Ma Xiao worried about works that had not been tested by the market, fearing that this hastily launched project might have problems.

He really didn't dare to gamble anymore.

Therefore, they forced He Shen to refine his work further.

Let's launch Fortnite first, the most stable product.

The following day, Fortnite was released ahead of schedule.

Sure enough, it salvaged the reputation of the Crazy Play Festival.

Fortnite itself doesn't have any pay-to-win elements and is free to play.

When the server was launched, I was worried that something unexpected might happen with Spark.

Chen Zhou also arranged many benefits.

For example, after playing for 7 days, players can choose a skin that can be used in the open beta.

These measures, coupled with Tencent's all-out push for publicity and online marketing, have led to a surge in online activity.

This caused the reputation of the entire Crazy Fun Festival to gradually begin to turn around.

Seeing that Fortnite had an effect, Chen Zhou posted several more PVs of playing the new game in one day.

This is laying the groundwork for the games that will be available for trial play after the Crazy Play Festival.

Until this time.

The impact of Red Alert Online has been temporarily suppressed by Chen Zhou.

Thanks to the penguin's massive size, the Crazy Fun Festival has gotten on track.

A few days later.

The Crazy Fun Festival has officially begun.

The penguins' popularity has reached its peak.

In particular, the addition of the PC version of "PUBG" under the pseudonym "PUBG Mobile" after its censorship caused a frenzy among players.