[뉴스워치= 최양수 기자] As the opening of ‘Gamescom 2021’, the largest German game exhibition in Europe, is imminent, domestic game companies such as Com2us and Pearl Abyss will participate and disclose new release information.
According to the game industry on the 23rd, the German Game Industry Association (BIU) will hold ‘Gamescom 2021’, which is called the world’s top three game show, for three days from the 25th (local time) to the 27th at Messe Cologne, Germany. Gamescom, held every year in Germany, has a reputation as one of the world’s three major game exhibitions along with E3 in the US and Tokyo Game Show in Japan.
Gamescom, first held in 2009, is a large-scale game showcase where numerous game companies release and demonstrate new games every year. Last year, the event was held online due to the pandemic of the Novel Coronavirus Infectious Disease-19 (COVID-19). Last year, more than 10 million people participated in Gamescom online.
This year’s event was originally scheduled to be held offline in parallel, but as the delta (δ) mutant virus from India spreads around the world, it will be held online only due to concerns about the spread of infectious diseases.
More than 70 global game companies will participate as partners in ‘Gamescom 2021’ this year. Globally famous game companies such as Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), Ubisoft Entertainment SA, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc., and Sega Corporation are expected to announce new games.
In addition, Microsoft (Xbox), Activision, Bethesda, Epic Games, Konami, Mihoyo, Wargaming, Xbox, etc. will participate and provide a wealth of attractions.
Starting with the ‘Opening Night Live (ONL) showcase on the 25th, the ‘Gamescom 2021’ event will begin in earnest. ‘ONL’ will be filled with news of new releases and updates to existing games, and news from more than 30 games will be delivered for about two hours.
Among domestic game companies, Gamevil Com2us Europe, Pearl Abyss, Some Age, etc. have been added to the list of official partners of ‘Gamescom 2021’, and are expected to introduce each major new game currently under development. In addition, Netmarble and Smilegate Entertainment are planning to release related game videos. All of them are trying to rebound their performance by raising the expected effect of their works through the entry of new works.
Com2uS plans to unveil various information about the new mobile game ‘Summoners War: Chronicle’ (hereinafter Chronicle) for the first time at ‘Gamescom 2021’. Using the intellectual property (IP) as the basis for the global hit ‘Summoners War’, which has a strong fan base around the world, Chronicle is the first PC online mobile large-scale multi-user access online role-playing game (MMORPG) in the Summoners War series. )am. It inherits the story and workmanship of the original, but you can enjoy a differentiated combat experience that is different from the original.
In particular, it is a game that reinterprets the core content, the summons system, according to the MMORPG genre. It embodies the fun of strategic play by fighting as a team with a pet. You can meet various contents such as party play where you fight and grow with your colleagues against the background of continents with various concepts such as deserts and glaciers, and dungeons where you solve gimmicks such as traps and puzzles.
Com2uS will release a question-and-answer format developer interview video together at ‘Gamescom 2021′ and present various information about the work. Through detailed information such as the core content, characters, and development process of the work, it is planned to increase fans’ understanding of the work and to raise expectations before release by releasing screenshots of actual gameplay scenes. Chronicle is expected to be released in the first quarter of next year.
A Com2uS official said, “We plan to introduce various and specific information about the game for the first time through ‘Gamescom 2021’, which will be held this year. ” he explained.
Pearl Abyss plans to showcase new game contents at ONL, the opening event of ‘Gamescom 2021’. ONL is a place where masterpieces of global game companies are unveiled before the full-scale exhibition, and the attention of global game companies, distributors and users is focused. Last year, online ONL was counted by about 2 million viewers.
In the case of Pearl Abyss, specific prior information is not disclosed, but it is expected that the latest information on the metaverse-based open world multiple access online (MMO) new ‘Goblin’ or the open world action adventure ‘Red Desert’ will be disclosed in the industry. . As the release of the triple-A blockbuster MMORPG ‘Red Desert’ has recently been delayed, the possibility of releasing ‘Goblin’ is expected to be greater.
The goblin, which was first unveiled in ‘G-Star 2019’, is a game that goes on an adventure in search of the ‘goblin’ that grows and gains strength from people’s dreams. In the first quarter earnings announcement of this year, it was introduced that the game will be a game in the form of ‘Metaverse’ (3D virtual world) that has recently emerged as a keyword in the IT industry, and it will be a form that crosses reality and virtuality such as cultural experiences and economic activities. has turned off
A Pearl Abyss official said, “We are preparing to release content information through Gamescom 2021.
Some Age plans to release detailed information and in-game play videos of the new PC shooting game ‘Crowz’, which is being prepared for global release within this year, through ‘Gamescom 2021’.
Crowz is an open world shooter game produced by ‘Royal Crow’, the developer of Baek Seung-hoon, who developed the online FPS game ‘Sudden Attack’. It is known that he started developing his work in 2018, and it stands for the PC open world shooting genre that is being developed based on the Unreal Engine.
During ‘Gamescom 2021’, Netmarble and Smilegate West will also release new videos to target global markets including North America and Europe, respectively. However, no new games will be announced at ‘Gamescom 2021’.
At ‘Gamescom 2021’ ONL, Netmarble will show a new trailer for ‘Marvel Future Revolution’, a mobile open world action RPG that will be released in the global market including Korea on the 25th. see.
A Netmarble official explained, “The video will be released through the ONL of ‘Gamescom 2021’ to be held this time.”
Smilegate Entertainment is also expected to disclose information related to the MMORPG ‘Lost Ark’ and the first-person shooter (FPS) ‘Cross Fire X’, which is being developed as a console game. A Smilegate official said, “It is unlikely that new games will be released, but we will additionally disclose content videos of existing games.”
Kim Seon-gon, head of AT Information Technology Research Center, said, “As the world is in pain due to the re-spread of Corona 19, various game exhibitions are acting or finding various ways. ‘Gamescom,’ an online game exhibition, is expected to be a great gift for users and visitors.”
Director Kim said, “The concept of the metaverse is being accepted as the next generation of space and time, and many people are looking forward to it. The game has been playing a role as a metaverse for a long time, and now it is expected that it will achieve great development due to the good surrounding environment. In such a case, even if there is a problem due to COVID-19, I don’t think it would be a problem to proceed non-face-to-face until the game exhibition, since the non-face-to-face media is games in the first place.”
Director Kim continued, “If the non-face-to-face game show is a great success, it is also expected that it will show new possibilities.” This is a good opportunity to look at the game industry trends. It is expected that ‘Gamescom 2021’, which will be the best digital event of the year, will provide a glimpse of entertainment, social cohesion and innovation, and it is expected that domestic game companies will rise to an advantageous position to preoccupy the global game market by releasing new games. ” he said.
In addition, he said, “In the future, there is also the possibility that the release of games will be developed under the basic premise of the global market, and it is expected that the task of globalization of the game market, which will be accelerated by Corona, will be solved.”
Reporter Choi Yang-soo newswatch@newswatch.kr
