Versatile Superstar: Rise In Hollywood-Chapter 366: The announcement
The Game awards was a major event at the end of the year for all gaming companies and fans. It was the night when the Game of the Year would be announced.
A prestigious award that every game wants to get.
But the major attraction of the event was actually not the different types of awards or which game would be crowned the best game of the year.
The major attraction were the game announcements that would be made every year. Aside from that, there would also be footage from the games that had already been announced.
With gaming becoming a huge media and entertainment industry, getting billions and billions of dollars revenue everyday, more and more companies have started taking a step into it.
That had increased the amount of games that were being made by a lot.
Though, only major companies were able to announce their games at the game awards and it cost a lot for an indie developer to do it.
Silver Games were able to do it because Cory was well connected with everyone in the gaming industry. Actually, his next game has already been talked about in whispers among the gaming insiders.
Even a lot of fans were aware that he was making something. Though they had no idea what it was.
Tonight, it was going to be the major reveal.
"You know I was very proud when [The Black Saint] made over 500 million dollars at the box office. Probably the proudest I felt. But today, you have done something that has topped it. I don't think I would be this proud even if you won an Oscar."
"Uncle, I got you tickets for The Game awards. It's certainly not bigger than an Oscar."
"Not just tickets. You are also going to be on the stage. I never knew you were involved in a game with Cory Daniels!"
Uncle Sam said excitedly. Seeing his behaviour, he looked like a kid who was going to a carnival for the first time.
He had already told Aiden to get autographs from Cory Daniels and some members of his team. He also seemed ready to bother a few big game developers at the event for photos and autographs.
Surprisingly, he hadn't asked about the game Aiden was going to reveal, saying he would rather wait for it to watch at the event.
Wade smiled from the front of the car seeing his behaviour and after half an hour, they were finally at the game awards.
Although not as much as any events related to Hollywood, there was a good amount of media reporters present.
All of them got excited seeing Aiden there and it was only after a few minutes, they were let in by the security.
"I will go inside and sit with Sam. They said it will go live in half an hour. Go backstage and find Cory, so you can be ready for the announcement."
"They are only going to do it in the second half of the show. During major announcements, I will go talk to him."
Aiden said and made his way through the crowd to reach the corridors that were only given to the gaming studio employees and other prominent people.
He quickly found out that the room was allocated to Silver games and walked inside.
Cory was already there with a few other people. Aiden recognised them as developers and other employees.
"Aiden, you are here."
Cory said as Aiden walked close.
"How's everything going? We don't have any problems right?"
"No, we won't have any problems." Cory said with a smile. "This is just a demo to show a little bit of gameplay and the world. We have already tested it and even the host, John Knightley, was excited about it. I let him play the demo and he was very impressed and allocated the announcement among the big awards."
"That's great."
Normally, small and indie games would start the event followed by footage from games that are already announced. Only after that the major announcements would come in and these were the ones that the fans would be waiting for.
"So, is your uncle here?"
Cory asked suddenly.
"Yes, he's here."
"You have not told him anything right?"
"Nope. He's going to get a good show."
Cory shook his head hearing that and put on a big smile.
"Not only him. Everyone would get a good show tonight."
***
A huge cheer went up in the crowd.
A man with brown hair looked down at the people clapping and cheering. Then, he looked at the man with a moustache who had just given a speech about his award.
He had won the award for Best Narrative for his game <The Birds that Roam the Sky>.
"We all knew that it was very easy to guess who's going to win the Best Narrative today. After all, there's no other game that came close to <The Birds that Roam the Sky>, a great action adventure that sees you walking on mystical lands. Now, the next item on our menu is special."
John Knightley said as the man with the moustache left the stage. The game developers from that studio were going to have a great sleep tonight as they have gotten one of the most prestigious awards in the whole show.
When people heard the last line said by John, all of them became excited. That meant that another major game announcement was coming next.
Though, the most excitement was in the live chat of the show's stream.
[Your Mom's Lover: A new major game announcement? What is it? The next Relda game? Please, let it be that.]
[Florida Man's Lover: Man, the announcements today have been extremely bad. We have gotten only glimpses of a few games that don't even look that good. Just the generic FPS and the action shooters. Nothing unique.]
[Tenshin player69: Yes! Yes! Yes! More announcements! Let's go!]
As usual, the live show chat was extremely rowdy with a lot of kids texting mixed in with a few sensible adults.
"This major announcement is something special and I'm pretty sure no one of you would expect something of this level tonight." John tried to build up the excitement in people. "To reveal the next announcement, we have a special guest here tonight. Please welcome, Aiden Silvereye representing Silver games."
Not many people in the audience had expected a movie star to be here tonight. Only a few knew about it but they still clapped as Aiden walked up to the stage.
The live chat again went wild.
[Milk Business Owner: Why is a movie actor here? Man, video games are really connecting too much to Hollywood and it's sad because I'm pretty sure games are also going to be ruined because of them.]
[Ohio Police officer: Games with actors as cast rarely work. Especially the top actors. They take away most of the money from the game and the developers are left with peanuts to deal with. Hope this is something different.]
[Dying 699 times in a game: I was extremely excited about another new IP from Cory Daniels but I'm not too sure now. Getting an actor to present it seems like he's going more into storytelling than gameplay. I don't think I like that.]
Most people in the chat have a negative opinion of Aiden appearing on the stage. And only a few were a bit excited.
It was because there have been games with actors as cast with motion capture technology but they have rarely been good. Most of the time, it was buggy even though it would sell a lot just because of the actors involved.
A lot of people don't want the video game industry to mix with Hollywood beyond a certain point.
"Thank you for inviting me here, John." Aiden said as he looked down at the audience. He could see Uncle Sam waving at him sitting besides Wade.
"A year and a half ago, I met Cory at an event and we ended up discussing a few ideas on the spot. Due to that conversation, we both felt like we should try working together and since then, a team of extremely talented individuals are working on a game that we hope would make strides in gaming."
He said, looking towards the big screen in the middle.
"Now to present to you all, <God's world>."
The lights dimmed as he said that. The screen lightened up and strange golden runes appeared on it. Everyone looked at him.
After the runes ended, the sounds of footsteps echoed. A man was walking through a forest, holding a gun. A sense of anxiousness was on his face as he walked.
Only the back of the man was able to be seen by the viewers.
Then, he stopped as he came to an empty area of the forest. There, a dragon was sleeping.
A big dragon that no one had expected to see as the guy was holding a gun.
But the thing that surprised the audience the most were the graphics.
It was so beautiful that it almost looked real. The rendering of the environment and everything looked perfect.
It was their first glimpse of an AAA game.
