Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

This time, however, Spark was also included.

The budget allocated was not much.

The requirement is that it be completely free and for public benefit.

But for Lin Li, this seemed like an opportunity.

Of course I can play the game for free.

However, there's nothing wrong with downloading games through the Spark platform, right?

Limited budget?

It's okay if the budget is small, Xinghuo will cover the cost.

Therefore, Lin Li not only wants to do it, but he wants to do it on a large scale.

The only problems are the subject matter and the timing.

"No, Brother Xiong, it's due in October, why are you only telling me now?"

Speaking of this, Xiong Rui coughed lightly.

"The plan has been under review for a while now. I wouldn't dare tell you anything before it's approved."

"..."

Lin Li could only sigh at this.

No wonder the two charity games from Tencent and NetEase in their previous lives didn't look very polished; they're probably having a headache right now.

"Alright, I'll give it my all then."

Lin Li originally wanted to invite Xiong Rui to stay for dinner and catch up.

As a result, Xiong Rui heard Lin Li agree.

Turn around and leave.

"I happened to be in Shanghai on business, so I stopped by to see you. I'm heading back to Beijing tonight."

"Then walk slowly."

Xiong Rui nodded, and before leaving, he gave one more instruction.

"I'm waiting for your good news."

~~~

After Xiong Rui left, Lin Li returned to the conference room.

this time.

Although the person hasn't changed.

But Lin Li clearly felt that his words were more effective.

At least this time.

When Lin Li brought up the topic of wanting to discuss some more practical issues, Spencer did not insist.

However, this interruption...

Both sides found it difficult to focus their energy back on the main issue.

One afternoon, aside from the intention to cooperate.

The specific thing is that nothing was agreed upon.

Yuan Ming and the others were as dejected as eggplants after being hit by frost.

During the meeting, Yuan Ming took the initiative to ask if he could treat Xiong Rui to dinner.

Lin Li told Yuan Ming that Xiong Rui had already returned to the capital.

Just look at Yuan Ming's expression.

I guess there's no news.

Chapter 244 If it were your turn, you'd lick it too.

In early November.

News of Spencer's personal visit to China.

The photo quickly spread around the world, and major gaming media outlets reprinted it.

Suddenly, the internet became lively again.

Everyone is speculating about what Spark and Microsoft discussed and what kind of cooperation they reached.

Unfortunately, this was not mentioned in the news released by both parties.

Although many cooperation intentions have been mentioned, only two have actually been implemented, as announced by the FreeSpark platform.

Microsoft's Age of Empires series remasters, Forza Horizon, and Destiny will be available on the Starfire platform.

At the same time, Spark will establish East Asian servers for all three series of games.

The data is globally interconnected.

Translated.

Spark will handle the game licenses for these three series. At the same time, the Chinese server will not be separate from other servers, but will appear in the selection interface.

In other words, if Chinese players get tired of playing on their own servers, they can go to the American or European servers if their network allows.

Of course, Western players can also play on the Chinese server.

In addition, two other rumors have been circulating widely.

One theory is that Microsoft is considering bringing XGP to the Spark platform as a Microsoft Zone.

Another rumor is that Microsoft will hand over the Minecraft IP to Spark, which will then develop a remastered version.

Both rumors are quite significant, but at the same time, they also sound extremely unreliable.

However, in any case.

Microsoft and Spark have teamed up.

This series of news.

It instantly ignited the global gaming media, especially the Chinese media.

For many players.

Although they can now play overseas games through the "accelerator" mode, this mode still requires an accelerator.

There's still a difference between being able to play openly and honestly and actually doing it.

In particular, the introduction of Age of Empires.

This means that not only will the gameplay be improved, but also the competition, server quality, and a whole range of other services will be enhanced.

And just one day after this pile of information.

Sony Games CEO Kazuya Eguchi arrived at Xinghuo, and soon after, that afternoon.

Both Sony's official website and Spark's official website posted a photo of them together.

The location of this group photo is exactly the same as Spencer's.

Ever since.

There isn't much news from Sony on their official website yet.

But on the Spark website.

You will then witness a spectacle.

A webpage.

Two consecutive news articles featured almost identical images.

The left side is lined with trees.

But on the right, one is Spencer, and the other is Kazuya Eguchi.

"If Nintendo were to join this, it would be a family portrait of the new era!"

"Sony's attitude is too humble."

"When Microsoft comes, Sony follows suit. Is this really the Sony I know? Why are they being so obsequious?"

Why are you licking it like that?

When Kazuya Eguchi saw these comments...

I thought to myself, if you were making billions of dollars a year, you'd probably be even more eager to please than I am.

For Sony...

As time progressed to 2019.

The importance of Spark has also been further enhanced.

The film and game "The Wandering Earth" released at the beginning of the year, along with the reform of the animation production committee and Spark's plan for the animation and interactive game industry chain.

Not to mention *Girls' Frontline 2.0*, the upcoming *Mobile Suit Gundam*, and *Destiny's Path*, which has already surpassed 500 million pre-registrations on the Sony PlayStation platform.

It's worth noting that, aside from older games like Girls Frontline, all Spark games released after 18 were launched simultaneously on the PS console.

In other words, once a player initially logs in using PS, they will continue to play using PS.

Although Photoshop's servers are interconnected with Spark, accounts are not.

In other words, you can add friends on PC and mobile while playing on PS, but you can't log in to this account on other devices.

In this way, Sony has effectively completed consumer bundling.

In this situation.

When Sony saw that Microsoft's Spencer had joined Spark, they didn't even dare to call and question Spark immediately, given the current cooperation model.

What Sony gave to Spark was merely remastered rights to some first-party works.

And just like I said before.

Spark and Sony have a contract for each game, whether it's the copyright for a remake or the game distribution rights that Spark grants to Sony.

At first, Sony didn't think much of it.

However, as the momentum of the spark grew stronger.

Now he regrets it terribly.

After visiting Xinghuo, Kazuya Eguchi gave interviews to Sina Games, GamerSky, 1717, and even Bilibili that same afternoon.

They talked at length about the unbreakable friendship between Spark and Sony.

To demonstrate the depth of the friendship between Sony and Spark.

Kazuya Eguchi even confirmed that the PC port of God of War 4 will be completed before this year's Spark Carnival, and that God of War 4 will only be released on the Spark platform.

Unlike Microsoft games, which are released on multiple platforms on PC.

This humble attitude.

Many Chinese players are still not quite used to it.

It's not just players who aren't too demanding; many developers aren't either.

It's Sony, after all.

Is it really possible to lick like that?

"I know Xinghuo has been very strong in the past two years, but it seems that it is even stronger than we imagined."

This is probably what most Chinese players and industry professionals have felt through this incident.

Ding Lei from NetEase also called Lin Li immediately.

They inquired whether Spark had partnered with Microsoft in Minecraft.

Lin Li's reply was very straightforward.