Trong khi chúng tôi nói về studio và triết lý ở những nơi khác tại Gamereactor, tại bữa tiệc kỷ niệm 25 năm của Gameloft, chúng tôi cũng có thể bắt kịp Arnaud để nói về các trò chơi thuần túy, chủ yếu là Asphalt Legends Unite và Disney Speedstorm, trong bản cập nhật này về hai tay đua arcade.
"Hi friends, you can hear the DJ in the background and that means I'm at a party and it's a very special party, it's the 25th anniversary of Gameloft and we're here in Barcelona, joined by Arnaud, thank you so much for joining us let's catch up, I met you guys in September for the IndieDevDay so now let's talk games, I've been talking operations and Gameloft with Yolanda so with you I can talk more games, and specifically arcade racing because you guys do of course Disney Speedstorm and also Asphalt which is about to turn 20 years old, so it's all about the same concept so first of all talking about Speedstorm, from what we learned about the new content that was coming for the game in September up until now what you can tell me has been the new features and the new content that you guys have been releasing sure, we've been adding quite a few new licenses in the game we've been working with some pretty big IPs, we added The Incredibles back at the end of the year we also added Tron a few months ago which was massively, honestly surprised us it was really really well received and it performed way way bigger than we thought we did not expect people to remember Tron as well as they did to be perfectly honest with you and then just recently, a few weeks ago, we just launched Big Hero 6 with 3 new characters, Baymax, Hiro Hamada and Honey Lemon which again, this one was one that we knew the fans were waiting for this one was one that there was a lot of expectations behind it and it's been going really really well in terms of features, we've been focusing mostly on improving the multiplayer experience so we've been giving players more tools to play with the characters particularly we've introduced a new feature called the Supercharge which allows you to get more skills with your characters so you can go even further than what you had before it gives them a little bit more spice once you've maxed them out, basically you get additional abilities to play with on the track compared to what you had before so there's even more to explore for each of the characters that is in the game right now and we also had the launch of Snow White at the same time as the live action movie that was launched a few months ago which was also a very big moment for us because we had the warranty to do something synchronized which was also very well received and now at the moment we're looking towards the next season that is going to be coming in a month, month and a half and looking to the next features that are going to be coming in the game particularly at the moment what we're looking at the most What can you tease?
What we're looking at the most is what are we going to be doing with the characters that have been because we have more than 80 characters right now in the game so we're looking at how are we going to be using these characters in the future and how do we give them more chances to shine and more chances to be used so do expect that in the next coming month we are going to have a few ways to use these characters that you haven't maybe you've been not using as much as you've had in the past Anything else from Lilo and Stitch now that they are coming back to cinemas?
Absolutely, I can't say too much until it actually launches tomorrow but yes, do expect something to be coming Perhaps I nailed that Who else is missing?
Because you know both in Dreamlight Valley and also Speedstorm you guys have pretty much everybody including Star Wars if I'm correct so who else is missing from the Disney Universe?
There's plenty to do, right?
The Disney Universe is..."
"the more you look into it the more you realize how big it is there are so many characters we have a few big IPs that people have been expecting for a while and keep asking us about and I can say things are moving let's just put it this way there are a few big ones that are going to still be coming this year what I can confirm is that we're keeping with the pace that we have so we have a plan until the middle of next year where we know every two months there is going to be new IPs that are still going to be coming Looking forward to that Before we move on to Asphalt how do you feel about, marketing wise perhaps how do you feel about the upcoming release of a new Mario Kart?
It's like pushing the genre, right?
It's like interesting to you guys, I guess so because the genre is going to..."
"how do you perceive it from the studio?
A new kart racer, more arcade racing for you guys people to enjoy this genre, right?
Absolutely, that's really exciting there's not actually that many players on the kart market especially a big release like that it always generates some interest we're also not necessarily direct competitors in the sense that this is a paid game we are a free-to-play game also we are on a lot more consoles so we're looking at what they're doing very carefully obviously they are leaders in the genre they have brought a lot of innovation through the years and we're looking very carefully at what they're doing is there anything that we can learn from what they're actually releasing but it's also really exciting to see that people are into it people are excited about it and also Switch 2 coming is also a very big event for us, right?
I know you have a big no comment on Switch 2 so I could ask you, are you guys adapting the game?
are you guys adapting Asphalt or Disney's Speedstorm?
but I think I know the answer I can tell you we're looking at the system that's about all I can say it makes total sense I will be looking forward to playing those on the Switch 2 but Asphalt is about to have a birthday party as well anniversary soon so yeah, is there anything special that you guys are planning for the anniversary?
in terms of content, activities, I don't know yeah, it's a big one for us we're planning some activities around 20th anniversary we've talked a little bit about this in our community already it's not just the anniversary of Asphalt Legends Unite it's the anniversary of the whole franchise so first of all it's not going to be just us there's other studios who are going to be joining in on that the big thing I can tell you on the side of Asphalt Legends Unite at the moment is that we have a new track that is coming that is going to be something a little bit different from what we've done in the past we are looking at bringing back Blast from the Past and we're looking at bringing several tracks at once which is something that we've never done before I can't say too much more until we actually release it but do expect that the track that is coming with the next update is going to be a really special one we're also going to be bringing a lot of cars that have probably some sentimental value for some of the players who have been following us for a long time that they haven't seen in a while expect also some news on the side of music and we also do of course have a lot of events that are going to be part of a celebration so players are going to be able to enjoy there's going to be a lot of free stuff, let's be honest there's going to be a lot of gifts and things to enjoy with friends and a few features that I can't talk about yet but that are also going to spice things up a little bit That's a whole lot you guys are already in at the studio I know I cannot ask you about Dungeons & Dragons either but that is public that you guys are taking care of the franchise as well so anything else that you would like to add about these two ongoing games arcade racing, kart racing that we enjoy and love?
Yeah, I can talk about what is coming for Asphalt aside from the anniversary we have our own map that is more established than we've ever had in the history of the game we have more visibility than ever so I can talk about this Go ahead Next week actually we have a collab coming that we teased today we are going to have a collaboration with Sonic so Sonic is going to be coming to Asphalt we have a lot of visual integration of the characters the characters coming next to the track there's going to be new cards that are going to be associated with the activation and a new mode where you're actually going to be going on a race on the track collecting rings to try to improve your score and also probably some banter with Sonic himself on Twitter who is a very mischievous character and it's good because Sonic is getting their own separate kart racer is coming back so it's also interesting that you guys as I said with Mario Kart this is a sub-genre that is interesting to enrich with new titles, right?
Absolutely, yeah Sonic is actually in their racing around the world year that is the year of racing for them so it's quite exciting to see all these big IPs that are coming to the kart genre or coming back to the kart genre and that's generating interest and it's also motivating us we have to compete with these guys, right?
Fantastic, thank you so much for your time Arnaud let's enjoy the party and happy anniversary once again Thank you very much"