Next was the second award, Best Art. This time it wasn't an indie game, but a VR game from Zen Entertainment, Road to Heavenly.
The designer of Road to Heavenly was very excited, thanking his superiors, the company, and the players as usual.
Soon, the awards were handed out one after another, Best Visual Art, Best Debut, Best Level Design, Best Character Creation …
The focus of these awards was different. For example, the Best Art Award focused on the quality of the art, while the Best Visual Art Award focused on the game's graphics from an artistic perspective. The game had to be created in a relatively freehand style to win this award.
The first few awards were split between PC and VR games. There were a few indie games as well, but there weren't any mobile games.
Chen Mo's games, like Onmyoji, were some of the best in the mobile game industry, but it was hard to compete with the big names on PC and VR.
Soon, it was time for the awards. Best Shooting Game, Best Fighting Game, Best Adventure Game, Best Sports Game …
Finally, it was time for the Best Strategy Game.
There were a few different leaders on stage, and Qiao Hua was the one giving out the award.
Many people knew who this award was, because there was only one person who dared to make an RTS game this year, and only one person could make a really popular RTS game!
Qiao Hua said in a serious tone, "I hereby announce that the winner of the Best Strategy Game of the Year is Warcraft, Chen Mo!"
Thunderous applause filled the venue!
Many people were already prepared for this award, as Warcraft was too eye-catching in the RTS genre. It even beat Legion Conquest. Moreover, it sold well both in China and overseas, so this award was well deserved.
Chen Mo went on stage to receive his award.
Qiao Hua handed the trophy to Chen Mo and smiled, "Congratulations."
Chen Mo nodded and took the microphone to give his acceptance speech.
"Everyone knows that Warcraft is a great RTS game. Therefore, I would like to give my full support to the judges. Thank you all. "
The audience was stunned for a second before bursting into enthusiastic applause!
"Hahaha, Chen Mo sure knows how to be funny. Even his acceptance speech was so dramatic!"
"My goodness, does his family know he's so awesome?"
"Warcraft's results are indeed something to be proud of."
"But isn't he too arrogant? After all, this is an award ceremony. The higher-ups are watching from below! "
The leaders in the front row also had different reactions.
"This Chen Mo is quite aggressive." Minister Zhang, who was in charge of the application market, frowned.
"It's good for young people to be hot-headed. Besides, this industry is one that requires individuality. " Chairman Zhang Zhongxiang waved his hand. "As long as he can develop a good game, it doesn't matter if he's arrogant."
It didn't take long for the category awards to be given out. Next up were three relatively important awards: Best VR Game, Best PC Game, and Best Mobile Game.
Qiu Jiang's Moon Lord's Oracle won the Best VR Game Award. The VR version of this game was released at the end of the year, and now it seemed like it was going to surpass Legend of the Sword and become a hot contender for the Best Game of the Year.
The award for Best PC Game went to Zen Entertainment's role-playing game, Makino God's Song. This was Zen Entertainment's main MMORPG this year, and was seen as Zen Entertainment's next hit after Tale of the Sword.
Next up was the award for Best Mobile Game.
In previous years, this award wasn't given much attention as most mobile games were casual games. Even if there were one or two decent games, the monthly revenue would be around thirty to forty million.
But it was different this year. Onmyoji pushed the monthly revenue to more than three hundred million, far more than most PC games.
"I feel like Onmyoji will be Onmyoji for sure."
"But Onmyoji is a Japanese theme, will the leaders like it? Most of the winning games are China themed. "
"That's hard to say, but Onmyoji's monthly revenue is way too high."
"The leaders don't just look at how much money the game makes, they also look at the art and creativity. It's hard to say."
Everyone was looking forward to it.
The leader on stage announced solemnly, "I hereby announce that the winner of Best Mobile Game of the Year is-"
"Chen Mo, the designer of Onmyoji!"
Another round of applause sounded. Chen Mo was a bit surprised, but he still stood up and walked towards the stage.
There was a lot of discussion in the audience.
"It really is Onmyoji!"
"Does that mean the leaders don't mind the theme?"
"Do you think the leaders are that petty? They can accept a western fantasy theme, why can't they accept a Japanese theme? Moreover, doesn't that mean it's a good game if the players like it? "
"That's true."
Chen Mo took the award and the microphone.
"To be honest, I'm a bit surprised to get this award myself. Strictly speaking, I don't think Onmyoji is a perfect game. "
"I think Mr. Zhang Yuanchao's independent mobile game, The Returner, and Mr. Lin Yuan's mobile game, Sunset Rain, are both excellent Chinese classic games. They're better than Onmyoji in terms of artistry. So I don't deserve this award. "
"I'll continue to work hard and develop more China themed, artistic games so that I don't let this award down. Thank you everyone! "
There was another round of applause. Many people thought that Chen Mo would give a dramatic speech like he did with the last award, but he didn't. Chen Mo admitted Onmyoji's flaws very honestly. This made people feel that Chen Mo wasn't an arrogant kid, which won him a lot of applause.
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Next was Emperor Dynasty Entertainment's VR game Wolf Soul, which won the most important Game of the Year award. This was an action shooting game developed by Qin Xiao. It had a modern war theme, and the story and design were excellent choices. The award this time could be said to be well-deserved.
Now that all the awards had been given out, the Game Awards Ceremony had come to an end.
However, the person that received the most attention wasn't Qin Xiao who won Game of the Year, nor Qiu Jiang who won Best VR Game, it was Chen Mo.
As a newcomer who had only been in the industry for more than two years, it was incredible that he could win two awards at the award ceremony.
After the ceremony, many video game media sent out press releases.
Annual Game Awards Ceremony Comes to an End, Chen Mo Wins Two Awards!
"Best Strategy Game: Warcraft"
Best Mobile Game: Onmyoji
Chen Mo: I don't deserve it
Chen Mo: Arrogant or humble?
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