On November 19, the annual TGA Game of the Year Award announced the 2024 nomination list today. The domestic 3A masterpiece "Black Myth: Wukong" was nominated for the 2024 Game of the Year and received a total of 4 nominations.

The full list of nominees is as follows:

Best Operational Game:
Destiny 2

Diablo 4

Final Fantasy 14

Fortnite

Bad Diver 2

Best Art Direction:
Astrobot

Black Myth: Wukong

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Golden Tree

Metaphor: ReFantazio

Neva

Best Mobile Game:
Lilith: AFK Journey

Joker

Curo: Naruto

MiHoYo: Zero Zone

Pokémon TCGP

Best Performance:
Briana White

Hannah Telle

Humberly Gonzalez

Luke Roberts

Melina Juergens

Best Score & Music:
Astrobot

Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth

Metaphor: ReFantazio

Silent Hill 2》

Swordstar

Best Adaptation:

League of Legends: Two Cities

Fallout

Knuckles

Yakuza

Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft

Best Multiplayer Game:

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

Bad Boys 2

Warhammer 40K: Starfighter 2

Super Mario Party: All-Time Extravaganza

Tekken 8

Best Indie Game:

Animal Well

Joker

Lorelei and Laser Eyes

Neva

UFO 50

Most Anticipated Game:

Death Stranding 2

Ghost of Yotei (sequel to Ghost of Tsushima)

GTA 6

Metro 4: Beyond

Monster Hunter: Wildlands

Best Role-Playing Game:

Dragon's Dogma 2》

Elden Ring: Shadows of the Golden Tree

Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth

Yakuza 8

ReFantazio

Content Creator:
CaseOh

Illojuan

Techno Gamers

TypicalGamer

Usada Pekora

Best Action/Adventure Game:
Astrobot

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

Silent Hill 2

Star Wars: Outlaws

The Legend of Zelda: Rise of Wisdom

Best Action Game:
Black Myth: Wukong

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

Bad Diver 2

Warhammer 40K: Starfighter II

Swordstar

Best Game Direction:
Astrobot

Joker

Black Myth: Wukong

Elden Ring: Shadows of the Golden Tree

Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth

Refantazio

Game of the Year:
Astro Robot

Joker

Black Myth: Wukong

Elden Ring: Shadows of the Golden Tree

Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth

Refantazio

Most nominated game publishers:
PlayStation: 16 nominations

SE: 12 nominations

Xbox: 12 nominations

Most nominated games:
Astro Robot: 7 nominations

Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth: 7 nominations

Refantazio: 6 nominations

As previously reported, TGA recently revised its rules, announcing that DLC, expansion packs, remakes and remasters are also eligible for the Game of the Year Award (GOTY).

TGA has officially announced that this year's awards ceremony will be held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on December 12 (IT Home Note: 8:30 am on December 13, Beijing time), and the entire process will be live-streamed.

TGA official website is now open for online voting, and everyone can choose the best game of 2024 in your mind. Bilibili has also opened the relevant official voting:

TGA official website voting: https://www.thegameawards.com/nominees

Bilibili voting: https://www.bilibili.com/blackboard/era/TGA2024.html

Gezixuan reported on November 9 that game media IGN released a blog post yesterday (November 8), reporting that in the second quarter of Sony's 2024 fiscal year (IT Home Note: corresponding to the third quarter of July to September this year), the revenue of the game and network services (G&NS) division, including PlayStation, was 1,071.5 billion yen (IT Home Note: currently about 50.448 billion yuan), a year-on-year increase of 12%.

Sony's game and network services division profit increased to 138.8 billion yen (currently about 6.535 billion yuan), a year-on-year increase of 184%, and these outstanding results led Sony to raise the fiscal year forecast for the game business.

Sony said the division's growth was largely due to third-party game sales, with explicit references to "new sports-themed games" (presumably EA Sports FC 25) and "action RPGs from China" (presumably Black Myth: Wukong).

Black Myth: Wukong is an action role-playing game (ARPG) set in Chinese mythology, developed by Hangzhou Youke Interactive Technology Co., Ltd. and released on August 20, 2024.

The game's storyline is based on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, in which players take on the role of a "Destiny Man" and embark on a journey to explore the legends of the past, facing various dangers and challenges.

The game sold a staggering 18 million copies on PC and PS5 in just two weeks after launch, reporting more than $700 million in revenue in the process.

Gezixuan reported on November 8 that, according to IGN, Pocketpair, the developer of "Phantom Beast Palu", today updated the latest progress on the patent lawsuit filed against it by Nintendo and Pokémon Company.

According to Pocketpair, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company each demanded 5 million yen in compensation (IT House note: currently about 233,000 yuan) and delayed compensation, and sought to ban the release of "Phantom Beast Palu".

Pocketpair confirmed that the patent lawsuit in Japan focuses on the design of capturing Pokémon in a virtual setting, and that the company is alleged to infringe such patents. Earlier this year, Palu the Beast received a huge response after its release on PC and Xbox, and people found that the "Palu" character in it had many similarities with Pokémon, and some even considered it "plagiarism". However, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company chose to respond through patent litigation rather than copyright infringement.

It's worth mentioning that Phantom Beast Palu does contain a mechanic that uses orb-like items to capture monsters, similar to the design of the 2022 Nintendo Switch exclusive Pokémon Legends: Arceus. Another related patent relates to the ability to ride Pokémon, and Palu the Phantom Beast also allows players to ride Palu.

Pocketpair said Nintendo and Pokémon are applying for an injunction and seeking some damages from the time the patent was registered until the lawsuit was filed on September 18, 2024.

Patent experts point out that the lawsuit between Nintendo and The Pokémon Company shows that Palu the Phantom Beast does pose a threat to it, and the game is currently available on Sony's PS5 platform.

Pocket Pair's game, Palu the Phantom Beast, which was released on January 19, surpassed the 10 million player mark in less than two months.

Gezixuan reported on November 6 that although Musk is very busy, he can often find time to play games, post, do live broadcasts, and even attend talk shows with major media and YouTubers.

Musk said yesterday in Joe Rogan's latest show that he has entered the TOP20 of the "Diablo 4" deep pit ladder list, and there are only two American players in the TOP20 (as of the press time of IT House, the first on the list is American, the second on the list is Chinese, and there are 13 Chinese in the TOP20).

It has been verified by Forbes and other media that what Musk said is true. In the latest "Diablo 4" Pit Ladder TOP20 list, the 20th place happens to be Musk, and his game ID is his real name. It is worth mentioning that yesterday he was still 19, but today he was squeezed down by one.

In fact, Musk is a heavy gamer, having previously praised Cyberpunk 2077 (and played it with his girlfriend Grimes) and posted his record on the day of Elden Ring's launch.

According to Forbes, some people speculate that Musk was only brought by others, or directly spent money to buy a large number of high-quality equipment to achieve this achievement. It's not impossible, but there's no evidence to support this claim either. But obviously, as a person who runs several giant companies such as SpaceX, Tesla, and X at the same time, if he doesn't spend money on equipment, then he simply won't have the time to invest tens or even hundreds of hours in Diablo 4 to brush up on equipment and rankings, not to mention that he has to send at least a hundred X-articles a day.

As for why he is addicted to "Diablo 4", Musk said in a low-key manner that "I can concentrate and stabilize my mind in "Diablo 4".

gezixuan reported on November 3 that in the just-concluded "League of Legends" S14 championship and runner-up finals, the fourth seed T1 from LCK fought five rounds and defeated BLG to win the S championship again, which is also the fifth summoner championship trophy in the history of the T1 team, and Faker won FMVP again.

With T1 beating BLG 3-2 to win the title, it was also the first team in history to win the championship with the No. 1, 2, 3, and 4 seeds, and Zeus/Oner/Faker/Gumayusi/Keria became the first five-man group to maintain their original lineup to win two consecutive titles!

2015 World Finals – No. 1 seed;

2016 & 2023 World Finals – Second seed;

2013 World Finals – No. 3 seed;

2024 World Finals – No. 4 seed.

Winning the title, Faker achieved an unprecedented 800 assists and 500 kills in the World Finals.

It is worth mentioning that this is also the 5th championship of the Faker player and the second time in his career that he has won two consecutive titles! Faker has reached the finals of the S Tournament seven times, namely:

2013 World Finals, Winner: SKT 3-0 RYL

2015 World Finals, Winner:SKT 3-1 KOO

2016 World Finals, Winner:SKT 3-2 SSG

2017 World Finals, runner-up:SKT 0-3 SSG

2022 World Finals, runner-up: T1 2-3 DRX

2023 World Finals, Winner: T1 3-0 WBG

2024 World Finals, Winner: T1 3- 2 BLG.

This is the second time in Faker's career that he has won two consecutive Worlds, having previously done so in 15-16 years. The previous two consecutive champions were all Faker's teammates, they were Bengi, Bang, and Wolf from S5-S6 (In the history of LOL, apart from Faker and his teammates, no player has achieved two consecutive championships, and BeryL is the only one to achieve two championships as a starter).

With T1 winning the title again, Zeus won back-to-back titles with S13 and S14, making him the first toplaner in history to win the S Crown twice as a starter and the World Finals two years in a row.

As the No. 1 seed in our LPL region, the BLG team was once in trouble in the Swiss round, but still struggled to break through to the finals, and finally fought five games against T1, but unfortunately missed the championship trophy.

Tencent Esports commented, "This is not the end of the defeat, but the prelude to the next victory." ”

各自选 reported on November 2 that Capcom's "Zombie Siege Deluxe Remastered" has officially landed on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S platforms on September 19, with a price starting at 248 yuan.

This is a remake of the original 2006 "Zombies Siege", which is claimed to be developed with Capcom's RE engine, and has completely overhauled the graphics of the original series, and provides full voice, auto-save and other functions, and improves details such as operation and UI.

However, blogger Crowbcat posted yesterday that Capcom made extensive use of AI technology in this game to be lazy and violently high-definition the low-definition textures in the game, which was self-defeating.

Referring to his posts, for example, the "chocolate milk" model label on the shelf is now a bunch of random subtitles, and the stickers for box items such as cookies and doughnuts are stretched and quite incongruous.

▲ Image source blogger Crowbcat (the same below)

Bloggers believe that Capcom made the same mistakes as R-star "GTA Trilogy: Ultimate Edition" in "Zombie Siege Deluxe Remastered", and as a comparison, R-star's 2021 "GTA San Andreas: Ultimate Edition" was complained about for using AI brute-force high-definition scene models, and the well-known meme meme at the time was that R-stars "HD" the hexagonal nuts of the store in the game into circles.

▲ "GTA San Andreas: Ultimate Edition" uses AI to brute-force HD, resulting in the hexagonal nut being "HDIZED" into a round shape

各自选 reported on November 1 that Riot Games announced at a press conference just held that the 2025 League of Legends World Championship championship and runner-up finals will be held in Chengdu, China. This will be the third time since 2017 and 2020 that the League of Legends World Championship has landed in China.

2025 MSI: Canada, 10 teams participating

2025 World Finals Champions and Runners-up: Chengdu (Schedule to be held yet to be announced)

2025 New Dreadnought Draft Event "First Stand": Seoul, South Korea

各自选 Attached Event Introduction:

The First Stand event will be held March 10-16, 2025 at LOL Park in Seoul, South Korea.

With the end of the second region, 10 teams from 5 regions will travel to Canada for the 2025 Mid-Season Championship!

After a long hiatus from streaming LOL esports events in Canada, we're excited to bring this international event back to Canada for fans in Canada.

Finally, the tournament official also announced the relevant information about the league upgrade and competition system, which is currently divided into 5 major regions in the world, namely LPL (Chinese mainland) division, LCK (South Korea) division, LEC (Europe) division, LCP (Pacific) league, and LTA (Americas) league.

各自选 reported on November 1 that game developer Re-Logic announced in the latest issue of "Terraria" (Terraria) game state update that the sales of "Terraria" on all platforms exceeded 60 million, reaching 60.7 million, of which 33 million were sold on the PC platform.
各自选 Note: Terraria is a 2D sandbox adventure game developed by Re-Logic, first released in 2011 for Windows PC, and later released on Android, iOS, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, Mac, Linux, and other platforms.
In July, the developer announced that the game had sold 58.7 million copies, surpassing the original version of Nintendo's Mario Bros.

October 31 that the "Navigator's Journey" 2024 High-quality Overseas Forum for Chinese Enterprises was held at Zhongguancun International Innovation Center on October 30. Wu Dan, CEO of Hero Games, the first investor and co-producer of "Black Myth: Wukong", was interviewed.

When asked how long it took to make the decision to invest in "Black Myth: Wukong", Wu Dan said: "At that time, the team talked with us about making "Black Myth: Wukong", maybe only two or three minutes of chatting, and they had already decided to give you another 100 million to do this, and the rest of the time was talking about how to do it, which was a quick decision. ”
Wu Dan also revealed that he met this team as early as 2018, and first invested in the company (Game Science), and Game Science made 2 unsuccessful products in a row (IT House Note: "Hundred Generals" and "Art of War: Red Tide"), and then the money burned out, so he invested again.
Wu Dan said: "Because I was also in the VC industry, many people in China are impatient to invest and look at the current ROI. But to make game investment, it needs to spiral, it needs to iterate, and often a lot of things can be found in failure. ”

When asked how he would choose if "Black Myth: Wukong" and a certain game in the West were linked, Wu Dan responded that "I won't choose anything". He added, "Journey to the West is all-encompassing, but it is Chinese culture, and it is difficult to compare with anything else in the world."
According to a previous report by IT House, the Xbox version of "Black Myth: Wukong" has successfully passed the Xbox Series S|Grading review for the X platform, and at the same time, the physical version of PS5 is also ready. With sales of more than 20 million copies in its first month, it is a veritable world-class bestseller.