Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

However, it is more suitable for FGO, especially the improved FGO.

It not only provides a fun experience for players, but also adds an auto-battle feature that wasn't available in the previous game until its shutdown.

If a player's character is well-developed, the dog and wolf dungeons and material dungeons can be completely left unattended.

When it's time to take action, you can control your favorite character to unleash a barrage of attacks on the BOSS.

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Players naturally have no idea what professionals think.

True FGO players felt tears welling up in their eyes at that moment.

This description is not an exaggeration at all.

"This is the FGO we wanted!! Spark Games, you did a great job!!!"

"Indeed, I have no choice but to spend a lot of money on in-game purchases now."

17-year-old Tomohisa Yamada felt inexplicably excited as he watched the two voice actors, Yuichi Nakamura and Nobunaga Shimagi, shouting excitedly on the live stream.

Although the live stream was in Chinese, Spark Games provided real-time translated subtitles throughout the stream to cater to Japanese players.

They even invited FGO voice actors to do a special live broadcast program.

It basically just included the voice actors' reactions while watching the live stream.

Voice actors watched the live stream with the players.

Yuichi Nakamura and Nobunaga Shimaki, both voice actors, FGO players, and even whales (high-spending players), were chosen as guests for this live stream.

The selection process was very effective.

Because these two people really play FGO, and they've been playing it since the game launched.

Therefore, praising all the content announced for the FGO remake feels like the world has suffered under the Qin dynasty for too long.

He easily empathizes with players, especially when talking about touching moments. Nakamura Yuichi wiped the corner of his eye, and there were genuine tears in his eyes.

It wasn't just Yuichi Nakamura and Nobunaga Shimaki.

Even before the Spark Games livestream ended, numerous FGO remake clips had already gone viral on Japanese social media, with many voice actors and even celebrities from the broader anime and manga community sharing them.

Chapter 103 Yu Zhong Reincarnated by Impure World Reincarnation [Please recommend, please stab me~_(:з」∠)_]

Subsequently, many voice actors from FATE also shared their thoughts on their own accounts.

"I have no choice but to come back!"

"Oh no, does anyone remember how to recover an account?"

"Haha, I'm really looking forward to the character I voiced getting a makeover."

"Now I can tell you, I've received a voice acting offer from Spark Games. And it's not just the graphics that's being redesigned! (＾Ｕ＾)ノ~ＹＯ"

Even the original work of Fate.

Kinoko Nasu posted an update.

"I suddenly felt like writing a storyline for FGO..."

He also plays FGO, and was quite addicted to it for a long time when the game first launched.

With the promotion of these people, the new version of FGO quickly became a trend on the Japanese internet.

Across the Japanese internet, FGO players were celebrating like it was New Year's Day, or like they were passing on a secret code. Whenever there was any change in the live stream, screenshots would fly everywhere.

It has a feeling similar to Chinese Weibo users watching the Spring Festival Gala and commenting on it frame by frame.

It is worth noting that Lin Li did not spend any publicity or promotion fees for any of this.

The fact that a simple live stream achieved such a great promotional effect also reflects how popular FATE is in Japan.

Many participants involved in the FATE anime and game were amazed that Spark Games had the courage to reform FGO.

They were also lamenting that they really couldn't hold onto their wallets any longer.

In their past lives, these FATE project participants often joked that they had given their salaries back to FGO, and that when it came time to get paid, they might as well just give them Saint Quartz.

After this Spark Games reset, it's foreseeable that this trend will only grow stronger.

Tomohisa Yamada is an ordinary FGO player.

After browsing through a bunch of blogs, my biggest takeaway is that in just over an hour, the hype surrounding FGO seemed to have instantly returned to how it was when the game first launched...

No... to be more precise, it's even more exaggerated than when the server first launched.

This is certainly something to be happy about for players who truly love the game FGO.

Just then, Tomohisa Yamada suddenly received a call from a friend.

I thought it was something important.

Instead, they called to ask him if his FGO account could be recovered after the company changed distributors.

"You want to get it back? But didn't you sell your account a few days ago?"

Tomohisa Yamada still had some recollection of his friend selling the account.

After acquiring DEworks, Spark Games launched an account transfer feature.

This means players can transfer their current DEworks account data to their Spark Games account.

Of course, you can also choose to directly upgrade your DEwokrs account by filling in the information and turning it into a Spark Games account.

This was originally a matter of changing game distributors.

However, because this account can be linked to different accounts in the middle, it is equivalent to providing an officially guaranteed method of account trading.

As a result, the Japanese FGO account market was very active during this period.

Since the development team has changed, and because of the existence of Girls Frontline, most players still have a relatively high level of recognition for Spark Games' capabilities.

The account was already much higher than when DEwokrs was around.

Yamada Tomohisa's friend sold his account under these circumstances, and Yamada Tomohisa advised him to wait a little longer.

But since it's already been sold, it's not a big deal. Yamada Tomohisa even got a free meal from his friend, so it wasn't a complete loss.

Why did I regret selling it so soon?

"Didn't you see the current state of secondhand accounts? Since the FGO reset plan was announced, FGO accounts have increased in value several times over!!! I sold mine at a loss!! I'm so angry."

While Yamada Tomohisa outwardly offered words of comfort, he inwardly felt a strange urge to laugh.

After hanging up the phone, he also took out his phone and glanced at a second-hand account website.

Sure enough, just as his friend said, even before Spark Games' live stream ended and they announced the FGO remake project, the entire FGO account market started to skyrocket.

It has already increased several times over.

Some accounts are so expensive that you could just create a new account, complete the tutorial, and then spend real money to get even more characters.

"Wow, my account is actually worth 15000 yen... That's amazing, I only made my first purchase."

The surge in the account trading market doesn't necessarily mean anything.

Players like Tomohisa Yamada are even less likely to sell their accounts at this time.

But that didn't stop Yamada Tomohisa from feeling inexplicably good. In addition, this incident also reflects an extremely real situation, that is, players' confidence in FGO has truly returned.

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Penguin Building

Game Investment Department

Zhao Ming, Tencent Games' investment manager, clapped his hands after watching the Spark Games livestream on the projector broadcasting FGO content.

He gestured to turn off the live stream.

"The live stream from Xinghuo Games was very successful."

"Ok, I know."

"Lin Li is indeed quite capable."

"In terms of sensationalism, yes."

Someone in the meeting room heard this and voiced their opposition.

"He's just trying to get attention? Hah, what about you?"

Zhao Ming frowned, not knowing why.

I always feel that as long as this person is in front of me, the whole meeting is very difficult to start.

"Alright, let's not talk about that anymore. After watching the live stream, the trailer for the new version of Battlefront Girls has also been released. Tell me your thoughts, Yu Zhong."

After saying that, Zhao Ming picked up his teacup, took a sip, and sighed inwardly.

Deep down, he didn't want to listen to this loser at all.

But there was no way around it; he was the one who spearheaded the signing of the betting agreement between Yu Zhong and San Bao.

He also approved the investment.

Now that something has gone wrong, he naturally has to take the blame.

"The problem is that this promotional video doesn't really contain any information."

Yu Zhong looked much more haggard than he had a few months ago.

The past few months in Japan have been vastly different from what he had imagined.

His account was frozen, and he didn't have enough cash on him. If Tencent hadn't found him last month, he probably would have been in real danger of dying in Japan.

Therefore, after returning to China, Yu Zhong had a few days of peace and quiet.

But even though he's quieter now, he's still as stubborn as ever.

"It's just a low-quality zombie-shooting video... What do you want me to say?"

"What's the thought process behind Battlefront Girls? What will the next version look like? If you were to do it, how would you do it? Can you replicate the success of Battlefront Girls in a different way?"

Zhao Ming's patience was running out. Seeing that Yu Zhong was still unmoved and indifferent, his tone became increasingly impatient.

If it weren't for his own blind decision to throw the shotgun, things wouldn't have come to this.

Chapter 104 Penguins' Path Dependence

Since Yu Zhong ran away.

Scatterbang is basically in a semi-paralyzed state, only able to maintain the daily operation of Girls' Frontline.

Even so, under the temporary supervision of the Penguin manager, the game was restructured based on feedback from the player community.

After simply and crudely deleting all the text related to Del and some strange copy, the revenue gradually stabilized.

But it's clear that this is all Girls' Frontline can do.

Even if the bizarre plot points are removed, the existing production team is not capable of filling in the gaps with new scripts.

The project's revenue is enough to keep the remaining employees from the scattered explosions, allowing them to do some minor repairs, add some insignificant content, and maintain a semblance of normal updates—that's already quite an achievement.

As for recouping the nearly 100 million yuan in marketing and distribution costs?

It's not impossible. With the current revenue, it should be able to recoup its investment in about a hundred years through stable operation...

It's a truly sad conclusion.

So, inside the penguin.

Scatter bombs become a complete waste of resources, neither useful nor worth discarding.

Why is it a pity to discard it?

Because this is a project that has invested nearly 100 million yuan in marketing and promotion, the current revenue is still enough to keep the project team running.

Shutting down the servers directly seems unnecessary.

But leaving it hanging like this isn't a good solution.

For Zhao Ming in particular, this failure not only caused him to lose face, but more importantly, Tencent also reduced his investment authority.