With Lucas posting something official, players instantly went wild.
Because what he posted was just too clear.
You almost didn't even need to guess.
This was a sneak peek at Nebula Games' new game.
But that wasn't even the most exciting part for the players.
What excited them most was the main character mentioned in the post: Arthur Morgan.
If you only looked at the name and a little bit about him, you wouldn't really see anything special.
Arthur Morgan – the character's name.
The number three guy in the Van der Linde gang – the character's role.
The important thing was how the character looked, and the final sentence, "One of the best gunslingers in the West!"
Along with the cowboy clothes and the revolver.
This instantly made many players realize that Nebula Games was planning something big this time!
'Wow, wow, is Nebula Games making a Wild West game too?'
'Are they going to go head-to-head with Atari?'
'Haha, wasn't Antonini from before kind of praising "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" while also putting it down? Now Lucas is just straight up saying they're going to fight for real.'
'Interesting, let's wait for more news, probably won't be able to play it for a while anyway.'
With Lucas posting something official, the players instantly got really excited.
Especially since Atari had been teasing a Wild West theme for a while.
Lots of sequels, lots of hype, which made players very interested in the Wild West in general.
But even outside of video games, in movies and TV too, the Wild West is a pretty small thing.
So there aren't many good things out there to satisfy the players' cravings.
Now Lucas has joined in, and combined with the still-popular "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare," everyone's expectations have gone through the roof.
In just one day, Lucas only posted something official with a picture of Zack, but it got tons of attention from players.
At Atari, including Antonini, everyone was upset.
They were the ones who started hyping up the Wild West theme, getting it popular, and talking about projects.
If you guys wanted to make a Wild West game, you should have said something earlier!
So annoying!
"I want to see what kind of Wild West game you can even make!" Antonini said, taking a deep breath.
But he still couldn't forget his idea from before.
But Atari definitely wasn't going to let him do whatever he wanted.
Because the whole project had already been decided, it was going to be based on a popular book.
He was a little sad about this, but not too much, since it was just an idea he had.
And he wasn't going to be too arrogant, because Lucas is one of the top designers in the business, especially after just making "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare."
So he was taking this seriously, and the next thing to watch was how fast they could make the game.
And Atari didn't do anything else for now.
Mainly because it was still early for game development, they were just trying to get people interested early.
Their hype was also kind of helping to get people interested in Nebula Games' Wild West game.
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While everyone in the business was talking about it, Lucas at Nebula Games wasn't too bothered by it.
And he had already planned out the development and marketing for "Red Dead Redemption."
The 'Beautiful World' and 'Red Dead Redemption' projects, which were both in development, surprisingly entered a quiet period.
But Lucas quickly broke that silence, and players and designers outside the company found out the name of Nebula Games' Wild West game.
That day, Nebula Games officially announced that they would be releasing a "Red Dead Redemption" themed background for Nebula Games platform users.
This announcement surprised a lot of people.
On PC and phones, the background is just a wallpaper, but the fancy ones have moving parts and things that react when you touch them.
For example, when you click with the mouse or touch the screen, things happen.
And there are also backgrounds for VR, and the fancy VR backgrounds are like their own little worlds.
Some of them even have simple things you can do in them.
There are even companies that only make these backgrounds, and sell them like they're games.
Keeping a whole game looking high quality all the time is hard for most game companies.
But making a simple, high-quality scene isn't that hard.
And there's a decent market for it, for example, the wallpaper Engine software sold ten million copies worldwide, because everyone likes things that look nice.
Also, for a lot of players who can afford VR equipment, they'll just buy a background they like when they see it.
Some VR games also use this idea, for example, giving away limited edition backgrounds for pre-ordering or buying the deluxe version.
For game companies, it doesn't cost much money because they're just using leftover pieces from the game.
Of course, most of the time the quality isn't as good as the backgrounds made by companies that only make backgrounds.
A lot of players were confused.
But even though they were confused, they still chose to download it.
Because if you've ever bought anything on Nebula Games, you can get this background for free.
A lot of players had done that, so they didn't want to miss out.
And a lot of players wanted to see what this "Red Dead Redemption" game was even like.
Because all they knew was that it was a Wild West game, and there was a character named Arthur Morgan, but that was it.
At least Atari had a book that it was based on, so they had something to show.
Zack, who had just finished playing 'Warzone' and was still wondering why he had become a $4500 Zack, immediately saw the announcement from Nebula Games.
"Ben, stop talking, look at the announcement from Nebula Games, what's this? They're giving away a background before the game is even out?" Like most players, Zack was very surprised.
"Dumb people are still surprised, while smart people have already downloaded it," Ben's voice came from the voice chat.
"You jerk!" Zack cursed, and quickly clicked download.
Soon, the 'Farm Life' background had downloaded, since it was just a background.
But when he opened it, the first thing he saw made him a little surprised.
(End of this chapter)
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