Back to the weekly news, here we will share news and events in the game industry with players.
Tencent plagiarizes Capcom
Recently, Tencent AI Game Zhiji released a birthday short film. However, this short film was found by many players to plagiarize Capcom’s new game Pragmata apology film. Although the character modeling of the film is different, their actions and shots are almost very similar.
The difference is that Zhiji Video hopes that everyone will say a happy birthday to her. After this film was ridiculed by many players, Tencent has deleted the film.
Player enters the hospital because of lousy teammate
A player in China lost the game due to his teammate’s poor performance, so he suffered a heart attack and was admitted to the hospital. After being diagnosed by the hospital, his symptoms were ventricular tachycardia. When he was sent to the hospital, his heart rate was about 220, which is quite dangerous. Fortunately, he was sent to the doctor in time, and was relieved after using the medicine.
Regarding the cause of the disease, the doctor said that the player was staying up late to play the game, and that he was under pressure from work recently and was in poor physical condition. After losing the game, his mood fluctuated and eventually led to a heart attack.
Take Two sues It Takes Two
Take-Two, the parent company of Rockstar, sued many companies, claiming that it owns the trademark copyrights of Rockstar, Take Two, etc., and even Hazelight Studio, which developed “It Takes Two”, was also sued. It is reported that Take-Two sued Hazelight studio because the game name “It Takes Two” used “Takes Two”, a variant of “Take Two”, and caused infringement.
However, a business analyst stated that It Takes Two does not need to change the name for this matter, but they have no way to protect the name. If someone uses the name It Takes Two in their products, then Hazelight Studios has no right to pursue it.
PS5 reseller was shot
A 19-year-old player from Texas wanted to resell his PS5 console online, and then a buyer who claimed to be interested contacted him. They met in a meeting place, and the buyer suddenly took out a gun and threatened him to try to steal the console in his hand. The attacker then shot the seller from the side, then left the console to escape.
The victim was rushed to the local hospital. Fortunately, after receiving treatment, his condition stabilized and his life was not in danger.
Sony executive have a relationship with minors
A few days ago, a video broke out on the Internet. In the film, the photographer wanted to communicate with a man and used the police to threaten him. This person is a senior Sony administrator and also a vice president. The Sony executive appeared to have sex with a 15-year-old boy.
However, his plan is revealed and the photographer come to the door. The video caught the attention of Sony and immediately issued a statement saying that they had understood the situation and fired the senior employee.
End of the Titanfall Era
A few days ago, Respawn Entertainment issued an announcement stating that the classic game Titanfall will stop selling and will officially leave the subscription service of EA Play in March next year. Although Titanfall announced the suspension of sales, the announcement also stated that the server will continue to operate, allowing some old players to continue playing.
In addition, Apex’s game director and design director both chose to leave the Respawn studio. In addition to making Apex Legends, they are also the creators of Titanfall, and even worked at Respawn in the early days of the studio.
Final Fantasy 14 set new record
After numerous postponements, the DLC Endwalker of Final Fantasy 14 is finally released. After the DLC went live, more than 25 million players registered globally, which even caused the server to crash. In order to make up for the server crowding during the weekend, producer Yoshida Naoki also stated that he will provide players with extra free game time to prevent them from spending time on the server. He also said that if the performance of the server deteriorates again, he will make up for the lost time.
In addition, the game reached a peak of 90,000 players on the Steam platform, which is higher than the previous record of 60,000 players in July. It is worth noting that Steam does not fully account for the PC player base of the game because some players use the Square Enix platform.
The above is this week’s news, what do players think about it.
