After the New Year, Nebula Games employees have joined the company one after another, and at the same time, major online game manufacturers have also made various big moves in the new year.

The main direction comes from two pieces.

The first one is the battle royale gameplay triggered by the 'War Zone'. Many game manufacturers are trying to launch new content.

The second is the open world created by the hot global "Red Dead Redemption" created.

Many game manufacturers have followed suit.

Although many game manufacturers do not understand the open world kernel.

But a similar gimmick is enough.

As for how it looks similar?

Excellent picture performance, large maps and various tasks that can be completed.

Especially on the side of atrai, a new project was announced without stopping.

As for the type, it is naturally an open world.

However, this time, Atrai did not use any IP adaptation methods, but the designer who served as the new project was an ordinary designer.

Judging from the content released by Atrai, some senior designers in the gaming industry basically understand their ideas.

That is to use the scraps of "Operation Storm" and "Beautiful World" to make do with it and create a new game, and then make it an open world, similar to a canned product.

On the one hand, it is to test the waters of the open world, and on the other hand, it is also a big deal.

As for reputation?

It seems that their reputation was very good before.

And in Nebula Games, there are also many new employees added.

"Now it has completely turned into the shape of a nebula game." Meng Zuo said with emotion in the office.

I thought about it for a long time before, but in the end he contacted Chen Xu and joined the Nebula Game.

After all, there is nothing to choose, there are only a few domestic first-tier game manufacturers.

Moreover, he also agreed with NetDragon, so he went to Nebula Games directly after the New Year.

"Teacher Meng, please don't say such strange words." Chen Xu next to him was speechless.

But he was also quite happy. Because it was not just Meng Zuo, he also brought a small group of technicians.

Of course, many of these people’s corresponding contracts with NetDragon will take one or two months before they can join the company because they are still in charge of NetDragon’s project and need to complete the handover.

As for things like competition contracts, the company has communicated with NetDragon before.

After all, the two sides are still in a honeymoon period of cooperation.

"Hey, Mr. Chen, you are?" Meng Zuo suddenly noticed a device on Chen Xu's desk.

"Shenyouji, of course, is now a brand under Nebula Games." Chen Xu smiled.

This is an old brand in China. Of course, if you are old, it is really not worth much.

After a little contact, he revealed a little intention, and Shenyou wanted to sell it.

Of course, it was not acquired in the name of Nebula Games, otherwise it would have been a bit of trouble.

"Mr. Chen, are we really going to make handheld machines?" Meng Zuo looked at Chen Xu and asked, it can be said that he felt very belonging to the camp.

"That's right, Teacher Meng, just like what I said before, I think the handheld machine is still very marketable." Chen Xu nodded with a smile.

Regarding the handheld machine, Chen Xu didn't think about finding third-party manufacturers to cooperate with them.

After all, switch is not very strong in technology, it is more of a game with design concepts and matching.

Moreover, in terms of technology, parallel worlds are much better than in previous lives, and at least it is completely enough to use it on switches.

"Mr. Chen, don't call me Teacher Meng. Just call me my name, but where should we cut in the next direction?" Meng Zuo asked Chen Xu.

Hearing Meng Zuo's words, Chen Xu nodded, but he actually didn't care much about this.

"The next thing is the game, and there are third-party game manufacturers in Nebula Games that cooperate with them, and some game porting will be carried out at that time."

"At the same time, some suitable games under Nebula Games will be transplanted at that time." Chen Xu looked at Meng Zuo and said.

After all, it is impossible to have no games in the early stages of online launch.

It is certainly impossible to develop brand new games.

So that is to transplant some classic games, third-party game manufacturers and their old games under Nebula Games.

Of course, at that time, we must be at ease with the price.

It is impossible to say that the old games sold more expensively than new games, just like switches in previous lives.

After all, in parallel worlds, the cost of porting this kind of platform is not high.

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When Chen Xu talked about these aspects to Meng Zuo and also started to layout the content.

A rumor came out of the Internet, that is, Nebula Games acquired Shenyou Handheld.

At the beginning, many players didn't believe this news. After all, in the eyes of most people, handheld consoles are basically products that are about to be eliminated.

Otherwise, how could Shenyou, the former big brother in the handheld machine industry, have survived to this point?

It was not until some players discovered that the relevant logos of Nebula Games were added on the official website of Shenyou and the corresponding links that they were sure that this was true.

After the news spread, players and people in the gaming industry were shocked instantly.

There are many discussions from players on major forums.

"Ye Qing is back, is Shenyou's handheld machine resurrected again?"

"Ahem... I'll remind you upstairs that your youth is still gone, because Shenyou has become the same as Mr. Chen and Xingyun Games."

"When it comes to Mr. Chen, why did he go to make a handheld machine? Quickly develop the sequel to "Red Dead Redemption: Redemption"!"

"Are you thinking about Taozi? You're still sequel to my cousin? I'm also thinking about developing the VR version of "Warcraft"! There are all numerical easter eggs in Stormwind City! When will the game be released?"

"However, the handheld machine feels like it is almost an old antique that has been eliminated by the market. How could Chen Xu specialize in it?"

"Yes, I feel like the handheld machine shouldn't have much room for survival?"

Many players, even some people in the gaming industry, were surprised.

If the Nebula Games is not the one who made this decision, then many players and industry designers may think that the other party is definitely in a brain.

But now? Looking at the development of nebula games, many people really don’t dare to draw conclusions.

But can the handheld machine really be rescued?

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While there were various discussions and speculations in the outside world, Chen Xu didn't care much about it in the Nebula Game.

They didn't even respond to the public. After all, they are not listed companies, so they don't care at all no matter how the market looks at it. Then it's not a matter of switch to be truly targeted at players for a while, so there is no need to respond for the time being.

At the office, Chen Xu received the person in charge of Shenyou.

Yan Xiong, who is also an engineer at Shenyou R&D Department, sat on the bench in the conference room with some anxiety.

After all, the direction of the future storm is really hard to say.

At the same time, he also had a glimmer of expectations, after all, it was Nebula Games who acquired them.

As a game practitioner, Shenyou naturally knows the weight of Nebula games.

"Next, all production lines in the handheld machine business will be stopped, and we will develop a brand new handheld machine."

"Dr. Yan, please take a look at the requirements for a new product. Is there any technical problem?"

Chen Xu watched Yan Xiong hand over a first draft.

"Switch?" Yan Xiong looked at the title of the file and was stunned for a moment.

"Well, the name of the new handheld machine." Chen Xu nodded gently.

switch, in English, is a switch converter.

It sounds a bit out of place, but it is actually quite appropriate to refer to the switch handheld mode.

Because one of the biggest features of switch is that as a handheld machine, it can be switched back and forth between home machine and handheld machine.

At the same time, a joy-con can be combined into a dual handle and a somatosensory controller, which fully exerts the characteristics of the switch to the extreme.

It can be said that the birth of switch is all functions for the sake of games, and this is also the biggest difference between handheld consoles and mobile phones.

Chen Xu did not study the specific hardware technology content, so he just gave it to the professional.

The design plan of this handheld machine surprised Yan Xiong, which can be said to have never been seen before.

It is not a novel key point to switch between handheld consoles and hosts at will.

The main thing is the somatosensory mode and the joy-con handle that can form a double person. These settings are very novel.

"Mr. Chen, from a technical perspective, it can be fully achieved at the current level, but these functions need to be adapted by game manufacturers. If not..." Yan Xiong didn't say anything.
To be continued...