is based on the content reporting scope of Game Daily , which summarizes the major events and focus news of the week in the game industry. This issue (6.27-7.03) of Weekly Travel News has a total of 3 focus events and 24 hotly discussed events. If there are any omissions or other questions, please contact us.
Tencent architecture has seen multiple key adjustments
News that has been confirmed so far: ① The establishment of an The position of vice president of Tencent and no longer holds other management positions in the company; ③ Tianmei studio group J3 studio was adjusted to Y1, Y2 and Y3 studios, with Yao Yuan continuing to be in charge, and the newly established Tianmei G1 studio to follow up on 3A products Build. Unconfirmed news: There are reports that Tencent will lay off about 20,000 people overall.
Game Daily learned from some practitioners that Tencent has indeed been making large-scale adjustments recently, and many employees/teams with more than 10 years of experience have been optimized.
The outside world is optimistic about Giant Network selling Playtika shares
Since jointly acquiring Playtika with some domestic consortiums in 2016, Shi Yuzhu and Giant Network have been trying to incorporate it into the listing report for five consecutive years, but they have always been unable to do so due to suspicion of gambling. Advance. Not long ago, Giant Network issued an announcement revealing that its equity subsidiary will sell approximately 25.73% of Playtika's shares, with a total transaction value of approximately 14.9 billion yuan. Judging from the comments of readers of Game Daily, although some people think that the transaction price is low, most are optimistic about the positive impact of cash flow brought by the transaction.
Lilith stepped on the thunder Minmetals Trust became the "Game King"
Many companies including Lilith stepped on the thunder of the Minmetals Trust products, and the total scale of this product series exceeded 2.3 billion. After this news spread, a new meme "Game Leek Emperor" was born (players/ordinary shareholders are Leek, and Lilith and other companies that have concentrated player contributions are Leek Emperor). However, Lilith later told the outside world that the company did not suffer too much loss in this incident. The relevant prosecution will be heard in late July, and Game Daily will continue to pay attention.
The following is a classification of hotly discussed events:
Domestic company news
1. Changwan Group submitted a prospectus to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The prospectus showed that the net profits in the past three years were 29.742 million yuan, 31.379 million yuan and 55.748 million yuan respectively.Currently, its shareholders include Chengdu Tianxiang Interactive Entertainment and Perfect World ;
2, Kaiying Network announced that the 64.8 million shares held by the controlling shareholder Wang Yue will be subject to judicial auction in mid-August. According to the current stock price, The total value of these stocks is 356 million yuan;
3, Jiuzun Digital Interactive Entertainment announced the sale of 100% equity of its subsidiary Guangzhou Jinyi Electronic Technology, with a transaction price of 2.5 million yuan, which owns game software such as "Pet Le Xiaoxiao";
4. Perfect World released the 2021 Sustainability Report. Chairman Chi Yufeng summarized it in his speech as "moving toward newness, toward stability, and toward good." The report mentioned that the total number of employees in 2021 is 6,272, and female employees account for 33 %, and women account for 30% of senior executives;
5. NetEase announced a two-month special campaign to protect minors during the summer vacation. Specific measures include increasing nighttime audits, strengthening related reporting audits, and cracking down on illegal production studios. Selling accounts for minors, etc.;
6, Kaiying Network and China Academy of Art signed a school-enterprise strategic cooperation agreement to jointly establish an "Employment and Entrepreneurship Apprenticeship Base". The first cooperation content of the base will be around the animation IP "Baigong" A research team was established for the "Ling" project;
7, Polk City withdrew its shares from Guangzhou Wenhao, which previously owned 15% of the shares. It is understood that Guangzhou Wenhao's main business brand is Jiami Games, and its main casual games include "Shenshou Mahjong" and " "Happy Everyone Fights Landlords" and so on;
8, Winger Network invested in Guangzhou Womeng Network, accounting for 15.09% of the shares. It is understood that the latter's main products are dating software;
9. "NetEase sued Beijing Jianyue (Lingxi Mutual) Entertainment subsidiary) infringement" was made public. The court ruled that Jianyue published an apology statement on the official Weibo of "Three Kingdoms Strategy Edition" for 10 consecutive days and compensated NetEase 11,600 yuan;
10, OMG E-sports Club officially announced that the club CEO ( CEO) Shan Xiaowen resigned;
key product updates
1. Caesar Culture stated that " Once upon a time there was a Spirit Sword Mountain " IP authorization failed to negotiate after the expiration of the IP authorization, and it has terminated the contract with Tencent Games and terminated the cooperation.It is worth noting that Game Daily reviewed this product at the end of 2020, but it has not yet been launched;
2 and Tencent's " Tianya Mingyue Dao " mobile game were updated after players questioned the unreasonable minimum number of props in the game. Official The response stated that there was no problem with writing or setting errors, but the minimum guarantee times of some props would be adjusted;
3, NetEase's "Light·Yu" character revival plan caused controversy, and "Samurai Head" conflicted with domestic festivals, and was later officially updated Re-engraved ancestor;
4, "The Division 2" national server official blog published and released the national server technical test recruitment information, this product is developed by Ubisoft and operated by Tencent agent;
5, Perfect World " Fantasy Tower " The PC version has landed on the Steam platform and is expected to be launched in Q4. However, it is not currently open to the country. Its publisher is Proxima Beta, a subsidiary of Tencent;
6, Tencent's " Peace Elite " Oasis Qiyuan gameplay has been added to "Zhongchuan Islands", this The gameplay is an online virtual graduation ceremony jointly created by School of Animation and Digital Art of Communication University of China
7. Many UP owners at Station B said that their lives were affected by large refunds from minors. Game Daily reported to Station B For verification, the other party said that the UP owners only need to return their share;
Overseas news
1. Naspers Group, Tencent’s main shareholder, will sell some Tencent shares, but did not disclose the specific proportion. Last year, Naspers Group publicly stated that it would not reduce its holdings within 3 years. Tencent;
2. According to foreign media reports, Uinty is undergoing layoffs, probably involving hundreds of people. Some employees anonymously confirmed the news on external platforms, but Uinty officials have not yet responded;
3. Bandai Namco announced that it will join forces with ILCA A new company "BANDAI NAMCO ACES" was established to be responsible for the planning, development and operation of console games and online games;
4, Blizzard is acquiring Proletariat, the studio of "Spellbreak", and this 100-person team will be used to help develop World of Warcraft , including the new expansion pack "Age of Dragons";
5, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said at Nintendo's annual shareholder meeting that China's PC and mobile game markets are large, but the console market is not. In the future, we will join hands Tencent continues to promote Switch;
6. The war survival game " This is My War" developed by 11 Bit Studios will become the first game in the Polish secondary education extracurricular reading program. Poland said it has anti-war educational significance;
7. " "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds " developer Krafton announced the launch of ANA, a virtual human based on Unreal 5, and plans to use it on e-sports events and metaverse-related platforms.
