This year should be said to be quite happy for domestic game manufacturers, after all, the amount of edition numbers issued this year is quite considerable. In the months leading up to the end of the year, even in January, there are new surprises every month. Now that it's December, and it's time to wrap up the year, let's take a look at the MMO games worth paying attention to in this year's version number games.
"Zhuxian 2".
In the version number announced in November, I believe many players have seen a game called "Zhuxian 2". Perhaps many players will think of a game called "Zhuxian 2" that was perfect a long time ago, but this "Zhuxian 2" is not the other "Zhuxian 2", but a brand new game.
In 2021, at the Perfect World Strategy Conference, Perfect World announced three new IP games of "Zhu Xian" across the terminal, hand and cloud, namely the "New Zhu Xian World" terminal game, the "Zhu Xian 2" mobile game and the "Fantasy New Zhu Xian".
However, after the game was announced in 2021, there was no more news. According to the information released at the time, this "Zhuxian 2" focuses on "exploring the new era of Zhuxian", and undertakes the mission of creating a futuristic new Xianxia world. The more interesting part of the game is that you can control the changes in time and gravity during the battle, and the game will also support 5G cloud gaming, so players can play this mobile game in more game scenarios.
"Sword Net 3 Unbounded".
Domestic players will certainly be no stranger to "Sword Network 3", but after all, the game has been in operation for 14 years, and it has fallen behind in all aspects. Therefore, the official previously announced the plan of "Sword Network 3 Ultimate Edition" to update the game in an all-round way.
Sword Network 3 Unbounded is the mobile game version of "Sword Network 3 Ultimate Edition", which obtained the game version number in October this year, and according to the official announcement, the work will be officially launched in April next year.
According to the official statement, "Sword Network 3 Unbounded" means that this piece of rivers and lakes will no longer be limited by time and space, and both ends will be interconnected and unbounded. At that time, players can not only experience the ultimate flagship image quality performance on the PC side, but also access the same area at any time through the mobile terminal.
Recently, "Sword Network 3 Unbounded" released a new game promotional song "Dream Sailing" PV, and announced that the first test of the game has opened recruitment, interested players can go to apply.
Swordsman World: Origins
It's also a work of the "Swordsman" series, and in July, "Swordsman World: Origin" also got a version number, this is an MMORPG martial arts multi-terminal mobile game, which has been officially tested on September 26.
"Swordsman World: Origin" is a martial arts MMORPG mobile game, as a new work of the Xishanju Swordsman Love classic series, "Swordsman World: Origin" authentically restores the characteristic settings and core gameplay of the "Swordsman Love" terminal game era, and the five elements of the battle, Song and Jin battlefields, gang battles and other gameplay will all appear. The game's well-designed free trading gameplay aims to benefit players, allowing players to awaken the memories of the rivers and lakes and rekindle the dream of youth martial arts.
However, in the first half of this year, "Swordsman World: Origin" has been released to Southeast Asia. As a Southeast Asian region that also has a martial arts culture, the mobile game "Swordsman World: Origin" has successfully topped the best-selling list in Vietnam, occupying the first place on the Google Play role-playing list, the first place on the App Store free list and the role-playing list in Vietnam, and has won the favor of Vietnamese players.
The performance of the national server after the launch is also good, after all, it is also a classic well-known IP in China, and the majority of players are still very face-saving, and after the launch, it won the first place in the App Store role-playing list, and the super server of 50,000 people also lined up with a long queue of more than 5,000 people.
"Shooting the Condor".
NetEase, which claims to have six years of research and development, a team of 600 people, and a billion R&D investment, got its own version number in October. According to the latest news, the game is currently scheduled to open the latest round of testing before the Spring Festival.
According to public information, "Condor Shooting" is NetEase's first open-world martial arts terminal game in the true sense, the game is built using Unreal Engine 4, and as a "development world" game, "Condor Shooting" will be different from the main gameplay of the traditional MMO heavy team, it will emphasize more on the personal plot and exploration experience of the single-player sense of adventure and immersion.
"Condor Shooting" has created a hundred schools of thought contending and each shining in the rivers and lakes, and all the classic schools in the original work can be joined. In the world of "Condor Shooting", you can cross dimensions and interact with Jin Yong's characters. For you, they will no longer be just paper symbols, or an imagination, you can really test the sword with them in the rivers and lakes, experience unforgettable episodes, and spend a happy and chic time together.
The game is based on the evolution of time, simulating a world of thousands of people and faces. In this world, the characters have real life and are no longer just cold programs.
The game abandons the traditional career setting, allowing players to learn Xi various martial arts freely, which makes each player's behavior have a butterfly effect in the Jin Yong universe and affect the direction of major events in the rivers and lakes. The characters in the game have the characteristics of birth, old age, sickness and death, and the sect also has a process of success and failure. The game uses AI calculations, allowing players to freely learn Xi martial arts, create sects, and experience the real world of rivers and lakes.
"Sword and Fairy World".
Sword and Fairy World is a national style open-world metaverse game developed based on the stand-alone works of Sword and Fairy in the past, developed by Mantianxing Studio, a subsidiary of CMGE.
The main plot line of "Sword and Fairy World" takes place after "Sword and Fairy II", Li Xiaoyao took office as the head of Shushan Sword and Fairy, Lin Yuerujiu turned back to the soul bead to continue his life successfully, and Shen Baoshuang returned to the Xianxia faction to revitalize the master, and under this superficially peaceful life, the earth catastrophe appeared, and the turbidity between heaven and earth overflowed, and the young heroes also set sail from the novice village to experience, involved in major events that affected the world, met the protagonists of the past dynasties, and fought side by side.
At the beginning of June, "Sword and Fairy World" conducted its first test, and then on June 25, "Sword and Fairy World" successfully obtained the version number. At present, it has been officially confirmed that the game's "Ask Sword Second Test" is scheduled for December 15. It is reported that this test not only opened the technical test of the mobile terminal, but also carried out a full range of upgrades in the scene, characters, plot, combat experience and other aspects.
In the second beta version, the new original character Dust will be presented to players. As can be seen from the silhouette on the official website, she is a woman of peerless beauty, but there may have been many stories that happened to her, so that she turned black into a boss.
It is understood that in the second test version, the novice village will be fully adjusted, and the overall game plot rhythm, interpretation and lines will be optimized. In addition, the combat system, including immortal arts, QTE, five spirit restraint, combined skills and other gameplay will enter the second beta version, and the combined skills of exclusive IP characters will make people dream back to the past.
According to the feedback of players who participated in the last test, the overall basic gameplay framework of the game is basically a skin change of "Genshin Impact", * refinement, team switching, stamina, holy relics, etc. In addition, there are many problems in the optimization of the game, at present, "Sword and Fairy World" has high requirements for hardware configuration, even if the configuration meets the test standards, the problem of frame drops and freezes often occurs during the game.
"The Legend of Sword and Fairy: Origin".
In addition to the "Sword and Fairy World" that has been in beta, there is another game with the IP of "Sword and Fairy" that has obtained the version number this year, that is, "The Legend of Sword and Fairy: Origin".
If you are interested in the IP of "Fairy Sword", you may still remember that in 2021, a project called "Fairy Sword: Origin" announced by Lingxi Mutual Entertainment. "The Legend of Sword and Fairy: Origin", which got the version number, is suspected to be the game work of this project.
The background of the title interface of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy: Origin" uses the setting short film released at the beginning of "Sword and Fairy: Origin" - this is currently the most direct evidence that can prove the relationship between the two.
The main purpose of the project is to fill the 38-year plot gap between "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" to complete the untold story of the game world and the characters.
However, it is interesting to note that except for a period of time when the project was first announced, the project was "suspended" after August 2021, and it was not re-announced until June this year.
According to the official announcement, "The Legend of Sword and Fairy: Origin" was personally produced by Yao Xian, and it is an orthodox sequel to Sword and Fairy that integrates the content of the 1-6 generations of Sword and Fairy.
The content of the game begins when the sacred tree collapses and the earth rises, and players will use the Soul Immortal Dream to travel to the past generations of the fairy sword, looking for the culprit and digging out the truth. While writing your own adventure story, immerse yourself in different corners of the world and discover the undisclosed past of past generations.
"High Light 84".
The name "Farlight 84" may be confusing to many people, but if it is replaced by "Farlight 84", many people should suddenly understand. "Yuanguang 84" is a typical case of "export to domestic sales" game, the game was first launched on the overseas App Store, Google Play and Steam outside the region on April 24.
At present, the game is on the iOS free list in 42 markets, and the top 100 best-selling list in the top market, excluding the three major markets of the United States, Japan and South Korea. As of June 5, "Farlight84" has more than 10 million ** on Google Play, with nearly 180,000 comments and a rating of 46 points. The rating of the game on the Apple Store is similarly not low, at 45 points.
High Light 84 is a battle royale game in which players settle as survivors of an animatronic zombie apocalypse in a mobile platform called "Isle City" around the coastline of Kanko. Players will be launched into every corner of the unknown world to fight, survive and explore through the water platform cannon, collecting different objects to build their own home.
Players can participate in battles with various types of vehicles such as vehicles, multi-legged, and flying vehicles on the battlefield to get a refreshing and exciting combat experience. In addition, the original power system can provide energy for **, vehicles, jetpacks, and energy shields, providing players with more combat options in addition to the traditional **!
Super Bucky Ball
Players who like simulation management games will definitely not be able to model the developer Pasya Technology, and its "Portia Time" and "Sandstone Town Time" are quite popular games among players. Perhaps many players don't know that there is also a sports competitive game under Pasya Technology, that is, "Super Bucky Ball", which got the version number in June.
I have to say that "Super Bucky Ball" is also an ill-fated game, the game was first released in 2019, and the official said at that time that it would be launched on the Steam platform later in 2019, postponing the early access version. Unfortunately, this promise has not been fulfilled, and now almost 4 years have passed, and the game is still in development and has not yet been officially launched.
Super Bucky Ball is a competitive ball game that currently supports 3v3 mode, in which players need to control their hero character and try their best to send the ball into the opponent's door to win. Different heroes in the game have different skills, and players need to be able to use the characteristics of these skills to their advantage. In addition to the character's own skills, a variety of items will be spawned during the game, and the use of these items is also a key factor in victory.
According to the latest news on the official Weibo, the console and PC versions of "Super Bucky Ball" are currently under simultaneous development. I hope that now that I get the version number, I can speed up the launch of the game, after all, players have been waiting long enough.
Planet: Reboot
Planet: Reboot is a sci-fi survival game set in an alien invasion, operated by ByteDance's Sunrise Lightyear**. It is worth mentioning that on December 10, 2022, at the 13th Global Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Awards, "Planet: Reboot" also won the Best Science Fiction Game Creative Award.
Since it was first revealed in July 2021, the game "Planet: Reboot" has been anticipated by many players who love sci-fi and survival games, and "Planet: Reboot" will start public beta on November 16.
As a sci-fi survival RPG set in an alien arrival, "Planet: Restart" supports mobile, PC dual-end experience and data interoperability. In the game, players need to collect survival resources and make food and clothes to ensure their basic survival. On top of this, the survivors rely on continuous exploration, collect more remaining **parts, and create their own battles**.
After ensuring their own safety and solving the problem of survival, the great problem facing mankind is life. In Planet: Reboot, survivors can build their own homes with the materials they collect. From Chinese architecture to cyber-inspired courtyards, the design of your home is up to you. This is people's shelter, and it is also the warmest place for people in crisis.
Previously, "Planet: Reboot" has been tested in overseas markets, and was launched in Hong Kong, China and Taiwan in February this year. Previously, after the launch of the Japanese server on April 20, it won the first place in the double list of Apple and Google Store. The quality of the game is still ***, interested players can try it.
Operation Delta
25 years ago, Delta Special Forces, a military simulation game based on the Delta Special Forces, won the love of countless FPS players because of its hearty combat experience and wonderful creativity.
In the version released in July, a game called "Operation Delta" appeared, which immediately attracted the attention of many players. Perhaps because of the more confident version number, on November 3, the game started its first test.
Operation Delta is a brand-new cross-terminal operator tactical shooter that will be available for free on PC, console, and mobile. The game is jointly developed by iDreamSky and Tencent, and published by Tencent in Chinese mainland.
In the game, players will be part of the world's elite squad, and experience a variety of strategic combat methods in the classic maps of each series. At the same time, the Black Hawk Down, Mogadishu's classic operation and other episodes will be recreated with a new look.
Operation Delta currently offers four major classes: Support, Reconnaissance, Assault, and Engineering. Each class can carry two pieces of tactical equipment: Tactics***1, Tactical Items*1, and an Operator Talent. If you are familiar with Valorant and Rainbow Six Siege, it should be easy to understand the setting of this part.
According to the official statement, "Operation Delta" is currently mainly composed of three core gameplay, namely "Dangerous Operation", "Total Battlefield" and "Black Hawk Down - Campaign". In the previous test, it mainly tested the "dangerous operation" mode, which is the well-known chicken gameplay of players.
Avatar: Return to Pandora
The new "Avatar" developed by Ubisoft has been pre-sold, in fact, there is also a "Avatar" IP-licensed game in China, and this game has obtained the version number in August.
Avatar: Return to Pandora, developed by Zulong Entertainment and published by Tencent Games, is an innovative shooting RPG mobile game with an alien planet adventure theme. The game will immerse players in the new appearance of Pandora with high-quality visuals. A new and independent story experience, players will become "Avatar", put themselves in the battle between the RDA and the new Neville clan, and make their own choices.
Avatar: Return to Pandora was originally the first to be released at the Tencent Games Annual Conference in June 2022, but at that time, the official did not announce much news except for a promotional video. Later, at the 2022 Disney & Marvel Game Conference held in September 2022, a new hands-on demo was unveiled again.
At the launch event, regarding the timing of the game's launch, Executive Producer Jared Yeager of Walt Disney Games used the word "soon." Considering that "Avatar 2" has been scheduled to be released in North America on December 16, maybe there will be accurate news by then.
The Division: Dawn
Now it seems that it is still beneficial to rely on Tencent's father, some time ago, Ubisoft's "The Division" national server has just been launched, and now the derivative mobile game "The Division: Dawn" has also officially obtained the version number in November. The game previously opened the second round of beta testing in the United States, Brazil, Australia and other regions on November 16, and perhaps the national server may be launched around the same time as the international server.
This is a free-to-play third-person RPG shooter based on the The Division universe, where players will experience a new independent storyline in a vast open world, experiencing the key story events that took place in The Division and The Division 2 from a unique perspective.
The game is optimized for mobile devices and features both single-player and co-op play, as well as a variety of activities such as story missions. Players can collect loot in the game, craft and install mods to enhance your character. Leveling up also unlocks new tools and features**. Each specialization provides new abilities for a specific role.
"Phantom Tang Zhi: The Present World of the Flood Wilderness".
Recently, the TOEIC network should be more depressed, after all, anyone who faces the situation of "I can't use my own name" will be very depressed. Recently, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court made a final judgment on the case of Wushen Century suing Duoyi Network for infringement of the trademark right of "Wushen", ruling that Duoyi should stop using the game name of "Shenwu 4" and compensate Wushen Century more than 450,000 yuan.
However, in the version number announced this time, Duoyi Network has a game called "Phantom Tang Zhi: The Present World" to obtain the version number, which can be regarded as more or less a consolation.
At present, there is not much news about the game "Phantom Tang Zhi: The Present World". However, it is worth mentioning that after not being able to use the name of "Shenwu 4", Duoyi has changed the name of "Shenwu 4" to "Phantom Tang Zhi: Easy Gaiden".
At the same time, in March this year, Duoyi Network applied for the soft copyright of the game called "Fantasy Tang Zhi: The Present World". Judging from the name alone, the work should be a related work of the IP series that Duoyi once used the name "Shenwu".