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Regarding the experience of purchasing the Lord of the Rings IP authorization this time, I almost reminded Chuhe that although everyone keeps an open-eyed attitude towards non-profit MOD, if the copyright owner insists on it, this is also a big problem. .

In the meeting room of Tianhe Network, Chuhe was discussing with the internal senior management: "What do you think about purchasing a part of the IP authorization? Non-commercial profit authorization, such as allowing players to use the war series of games, making corresponding non-profit MOD."

"But the license fee is a big problem." It was brought up.

Warner has already paid 2 million euros for the authorization of the Lord of the Rings series from Warner. It is definitely wishful thinking to make a 3A game at this price, but it can definitely produce a good commercial game.

If each copyright costs millions of dollars, it is really not worth it.

"You can try to talk about it. After all, Warner is not having a good time now." Chu He thought about it and said with a smile.

The reason why Warner asked for 2 million was not just to take advantage of the fire, but because it was under Warner's banner during the same period, and there were also Lord of the Rings games produced by it.

"It would be great if we could bring over the IP under Blizzard." Pigeon said with some emotion.

Warcraft and Interstellar, just relying on these two games, it may be a little difficult to make Blizzard eat for a lifetime, but it is definitely not a big problem to rely on these two games for more than ten or twenty years.

At the same time, under the framework of the War series, if the wars in Interstellar and Warcraft are made into MODs, it will definitely be shocking enough.

In the game industry, these two IPs under Blizzard can definitely be called legends.

"Forget about Blizzard's IP, contact EA and Ubisoft, and start with their IP." Chu He said with a smile.

The relationship between Blizzard and Tianhe Network is not particularly good. From the previous DOTA copyright dispute with Blizzard to the subsequent collapse of Blizzard's DOTA, it may be a bit exaggerated to say that they are sworn enemies.

But Blizzard is sure that Tianhe Network will not deal with it, and Blizzard is far from degenerate to the situation where it needs to authorize its IP to survive.

Not long ago, Blizzard seemed to give people a feeling that the sun was setting, and even the sci-fi MMPRPG Titan, which had been secretly developed, fell into the sand, but a subsequent card game relying on the IP of the Warcraft series directly made them rise again.

It is simply impossible to get the authorization of two of the three sons from Blizzard. Chuhe and the others just think about it.

"Don't think about it in the game industry, no one will give us official authorization." Chu He smiled and shook his head.

Ubisoft and EA can barely be regarded as their own family members, and they exchange interests with each other, meaning that they can get it.

But other game manufacturers are not so stupid.

Warner authorized you because the first Lord of the Rings game did not sell well, and the other party did not focus on game development. Although there is a sequel, it is still far away.

This target should be replaced by people in the game industry. For example, you licked your face and ran to ask Microsoft if you can authorize the IP of Halo to us for MOD?

Microsoft will definitely follow you with a smile, Halo IP?

Little thing, look at our game host platform login, do you want to talk about exclusives or limited-time exclusives?

spend money to buy?

Is Microsoft short of money?

Of course, Chuhe thinks that others will not sell it back, but in fact, someone still needs to talk about it.

If the other party's asking price is not too much, then agree, but if the other party's asking price is too much, then turn around and leave.

In addition to these things, Chuhe also asked special people to set up the MOD community of the war series, and set up a separate department to operate the MOD community.

Some excellent MOD teams will select 30 excellent MODs every month, and the team will give a reward of $5,000.

The cost of 150,000 US dollars per month can be exchanged for a large number of MODs to maintain the vitality of the game. Chuhe thinks it is very cost-effective if it can be done.

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Along with the promotion of the war series, in addition to the MOD of Lord of the Rings, there are also some well-known MOD teams at home and abroad to announce the news on the relevant game social platforms.

The popularity of these two games in the War series continues to increase. On the other hand, the Steam platform in their eyes is also anxious. Although they have recently discussed a large cooperation project with Microsoft, the Halo series will be launched on the Steam platform. In the infinite project under development, the halos of all dynasties will be available on the Microsoft Store and the Steam platform.

But after all, this is just an old game. Compared with Tianhe Network's TEU lineup, the masterpieces on the steam platform have been a little less flavorful recently.

Helpless, this is the feeling of the steam platform now, TEU is different from EPIC, they do not engage in monopoly, they produce and sell their own profits to players, and on the steam platform, it is not so simple for them to get a discount even if they pay for it themselves.

Other manufacturers are also watching. Tianhe Networks can offer discounts because they are game manufacturers themselves. They don't let the platform pay for it, and the manufacturers pay for it themselves.

Disaster!

This is the current feeling of the steam platform. I watched TEU develop savagely, and even reached into the trouser pocket of their steam platform to grab users, but there was nothing I could do.

And just when the steam platform was in trouble and EPIC was still looking for third-party manufacturers to discuss monopoly, under the expectation of countless players, Tianhe Network and TEU platform officially announced that the war series will be unlocked for purchase, and the game will be released on the same day Server and MOD community.

At the same time, players of the console version can already pre-order on the official website, gamestop, Amazon and other stores in advance.

As soon as the news came out, countless players became excited.

Whether it is domestic or foreign game circles, they have basically been massacred by these two games of the War series.

The official revealed the launch time of a game, and then there was no more news?

Except for MOD, which is a major feature of the gameplay content, do you know anything else?

It doesn’t matter, take out the two series of promotional videos that were released on the Tianhe Internet Carnival back then, just find some original painting promotional pictures at E3 and the Cologne exhibition before and make up a little story, the Lord of the Rings MOD video that was just released some time ago You can also make up the number.

The article can be unprofessional, but the popularity cannot be ignored.

It's not just the game media that publishes related articles, some self-media and portal websites that have nothing to do with the game industry also publish related news.

All players are waiting for the day when the two wars will be unlocked.