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At this time, Henry handed a document to Simon Hodge, saying: "This is an acquisition list, which details the information of the companies we want to acquire! The professional car magazine RoadTrack is just one of them, we Also need to acquire the game development team!!!”

Simon Hodge took it, flipped through it, and read in a low voice, "Sports-Interactive?"

Henry explained: "This is a company that develops sports games in the UK. The company is still very small, but it has good potential. I think it can be acquired! Our FIFA1994 and FIFA Football Manager can let this team join and develop together!!!"

The FM football manager produced by this company in the future can be said to be stronger than EA's FIFA football manager, and the game development ability is very good!

But obviously, the game called "FIFA Football Manager" was launched in the 1994 World Cup, which was highly recognized and more popular! ! ! FIFA means FIFA and its responsibility to organize various football competitions around the world! For fans, FIFA is football!

The production team of Need for Speed ​​has not been established yet, and Henry could not find them. You can only recruit game developers and develop it yourself! Need for Speed ​​requires a unique game engine, including graphics, AI, sound effects, and physical effects to perform very well! Therefore, since the original team of Need for Speed ​​has not been found, Henry intends to give the new team to be formed enough time to develop a good engine! ! !

Three years to sharpen a sword.

At that time, as soon as the flying car comes out, who will compete!

In the football category, there is Sports-Interactive, and the development team recruited by Firefly Games should be enough to produce excellent works!

Henry didn't rush, let them develop slowly, anyway, by the end of 1993, the game should be made!

Now there are at least two more years, and more than two years to make two football games. It is definitely built according to the quality of the game! ! !

But there is still a lot of work to be done before the game is developed.

Before Need for Speed ​​develops, take down the car magazine RoadTrack!

Before FIFA1994 and FIFA Football Manager development. To get official licenses for events, players and FIFA!

Firefly Games has accumulated hundreds of millions of dollars in funds by publishing the works of other game companies over the years. At present, Henry no longer needs to inject capital into the company!

After Henry left Firefly Games. Simon Hodge started a big expansion strategy according to Henry's instructions. Advertise on TV, in newspapers, on the Internet, recruit a lot of programmers, game developers. The number of recruits has reached more than 1,000 people.

And this move. Immediately scared EA company!

Overnight, I suddenly found out that my competitors are actually recruiting thousands of new employees. Is there something big that cannot be done?

EA held an emergency meeting to discuss how to deal with it.

At the same time, EA sent a lot of people to find out what was going on!

However, this matter is known to Simon Hodge and Henry Henry.

The development of the Firefly game platform is confidential and will not be disclosed to the outside world for the time being! And those programmers who just arrived immediately signed nondisclosure agreements. And arrange for the secret research and development of the platform in a remote office building! ! !

As soon as the Blizzard game comes out, the platform will officially debut! At that time, everyone's eyes will definitely be blinded...

At the same time, Firefly Games also officially made an acquisition request to RoadTrack Automotive Magazine. The market value of RoadTrack car magazine is only a few million dollars, and the magazine is not profitable, so under the strong check offensive of Firefly Games, it will surrender!

In the end, the RoadTrack auto magazine was wholly acquired for $5 million!

This move has made EA see a little sign.

"Firefly Games is going to develop a racing game?!!" EA wondered.

At this time, Simon Hodge has sent people to the UK, and then launched the acquisition of Sports-Interactive. Sports-Interactive is still a small company. Faced with the acquisition of the world-class Firefly game company, quickly agreed!

However, Sports-Interactive is a new company whose founders still want to retain a stake and have some autonomy over the company's game development. The reason for this request is that Firefly Games has developed into the second largest game publishing giant in the United States. Its business model is already well known. Its subsidiaries are equivalent to independent companies, and they can develop any game they want to develop. The parent company will generally not intervene, unless, say, the subsidiary will cause significant losses…

Sports-Interactive also took a fancy to this, and was naturally happy to join it.

Backing against a big tree is good for enjoying the shade, and there is a backstage covering it, which is better than fighting alone and going out alone! ! !

So, soon, Firefly Games completed the acquisition of Sports-Interactive, taking 75% of the shares and leaving the remaining 25% to the founders and game development employees. Sports-Interactive was acquired without any attention because it was a small company…

However, the next action, it is shocking! ! !

Firefly Games has done a PR with FIFA and spent $100 million to win all future tournaments, players and FIFA's official game licenses! ! !

As soon as the news came out, it caused a sensation all over the world! ! !

EA was stunned. They originally had this plan, but before it was implemented, it was taken first by Firefly Games! ! ! What's even more surprising is that Firefly Game Company has the courage to spend 100 million US dollars to win the official authorization! ! !

Fans all over the world cheered. Firefly Games is so awesome. Since they are willing to spend 100 million US dollars to get the license, they will definitely invest heavily in game development. Presumably, the football game produced must be very fun! ! !

For a time, fans and players are looking forward to the upcoming football game developed by Firefly Games! ! !

Simon Hodge was not very difficult in the process of communicating with FIFA. FIFA FIFA is naturally very happy to see that a company will develop football games, because in this way, the influence of football can be expanded! ! !

And Simon Hodge offered to get official authorization, FIFA thought about it, and finally agreed in a short while because of money. And it is the official exclusive authorization within four years, and it is obliged to promote the Firefly Game Company in the 1994 World Cup!

Every game, the silver screen commercials play a short clip of Firefly Games' football game! ! !

Firefly's big move made EA feel an unprecedented sense of crisis!

EA's CEO and founder, Tripp Hawkins, personally took charge of the company and presided over the company's game development. He pointed out that Firefly Games wanted to use football as a breakthrough to enter sports games, and EA would never tolerate it. Snip it out! So, EA's next game - Soccer! ! ! ! ! ! !

Subsequently, EA held a press conference, declaring: "EA has decided to spend huge sums of money to develop football games!!!"

After the press conference, it was lively.

The two major game publishing companies in the United States will compete in football games! ! !

In the end is good at making sports games EA company wins, or the sudden emergence of Firefly game company to win?

Countless people are speculating, but most of the media and players still voted for EA to win, which specializes in the art industry. After all, EA is a professional sports game developer, while Firefly Games currently only publishes games from other companies, and has not yet produced them. When a game is released, no one knows how powerful it is! ! !

Suspense will be revealed in 1994! ! !

At this time, several gaming companies in Las Vegas and the United Kingdom announced that they would officially open the odds at the end of 1993, and bet on whose game is more popular! ! ! But at present, they are more optimistic about EA. Therefore, the external spokesperson of the bookmaker claimed that if the odds are opened now, EA will open the odds of 1:3 against Firefly Games! ! !

(To be continued ~^~)