192: Chapter 192 of Resident Evil is officially scheduled for release!

While countless people inside and outside the industry were heatedly discussing the records of monsters and Jiang Yuan, who had been virtually undefeated since she started...

Spark Games' Publishing Department struck while the iron was hot, releasing the final PV for the records of monsters on Wednesday.

This time, the focus was not on the visuals or atmosphere, but on the narrative.

The trailer spent nearly three minutes showcasing a segment of the "Chu Priestess" incident from the game.

A priestess from a remote mountain village in the Chu region, on the eve of the Qin army's encroachment, sacrificed her remaining life to the demon god in the mountains in exchange for a dense fog that shrouded the entire valley, allowing the villagers, young and old, to escape the Qin army's blades within the mist.

The final scene of the trailer showed the priestess standing before a burning temple with her back to the camera, her figure gradually blurring in the firelight as a single line of text slowly appeared on the screen:

“Demons dwell in the hearts of men; humanity resides within the demon!”

After this trailer was released on Bilibili, its already high popularity exploded.

While being moved, countless players began to frantically analyze other event clues that flashed by in the trailer, guessing how many similar tear-jerking stories the official version would contain.

the records of monsters was scheduled to go live at 8:00 PM on Friday.

This time, Jiang Yuan did not focus most of her energy on the records of monsters as she had when immortal mountain was released.

It wasn't because she didn't care, but because she had more important matters to attend to at the moment.

Naturally, this matter was none other than the most important, top-tier priority for Spark Games right now: the release of their first major masterpiece, Resident Evil.

That afternoon, after finishing her work, Jiang Yuan picked up her phone and sent a message to Wen Lan, saying:

“Sister Lan, have the Publicity Team and the Publishing Department hold a briefing tomorrow. The pre-launch publicity plan for Resident Evil needs final confirmation.”

Wen Lan first replied with an acknowledgment.

Then she followed up by asking:

“President Jiang, has the release date for Resident Evil been confirmed?”

“Yes, it's confirmed. Tentatively set for March 9th.”

It was unclear what Wen Lan's reaction was upon receiving the news.

But for Jiang Yuan at this moment, there wasn't an overwhelming surge of excitement in her heart, only a silent sense of reflection.

It's finally coming!

Resident Evil, the project she had been preparing for two years and had poured over a year of her heart and soul into, was finally going to have its official release date set!

Jiang Yuan leaned back in her chair, looking up at the ceiling with nothing but relief in her heart, even humming a melodious little tune.

After lying there happily for a while, Jiang Yuan took a deep breath, sat up straight in her chair, and clicked on the final test report for Resident Evil with her mouse.

She opened the report and began checking every test data point and revision record page by page.

The game's length, story branches, monster AI, difficulty curve, and frame rate—she had personally tested every single aspect at least three times.

All the late nights, modified parameters, and overturned plans turned into an indescribable sense of ease and joy at this moment.

She finished reading the report from beginning to end, signed her name on the last page, closed the folder, and sent a message to Qin Gong:

“I've finished reviewing the final test report. It's good! Notify all departments that the official countdown for Resident Evil's release has begun! Full-scale publicity starts next Monday.”

Upon receiving the message, Qin Gong replied almost instantly:

“Understood, President Jiang!”

Finishing her work for the day, Jiang Yuan turned off her computer screen, tossed her phone into her bag, grabbed her coat, and headed out.

...

Friday night, 7:30 PM, thirty minutes before the records of monsters went live.

This time, Jiang Yuan didn't stay in her office but went to the Publishing Department's operations hall.

A massive real-time data screen hung across the entire wall of the operations hall, displaying pre-order data for the records of monsters, real-time player counts, popularity indices across various platforms, and a dense row of line graphs.

Watching the company members busy at work.

Jiang Yuan didn't disturb them; instead, she pulled up a chair in the corner and quietly watched the large screen.

With its popularity slightly breaking into more mainstream circles, the pre-order numbers for the records of monsters finally settled at 163,000 copies.

At first glance, this number might not seem very exaggerated.

But in reality, it was already a dream beyond reach for many indie games.

Just like Spark Games' titles, hitting five million in sales seemed easy and effortless, but to many companies, that five million was a goal they would have to work their entire lives to achieve.

The time reached 8:05 PM. With the official launch of the records of monsters, its real-time player count began to climb rapidly.

The curve on the big screen representing online players was like a waking giant dragon, slowly lifting its head from the bottom and then beginning to climb at an increasingly steep angle.

At 8:07 PM, the concurrent player count officially surpassed 50,000.

At 8:13 PM, the online count broke 100,000! The number representing first-day sales on the big screen had already reached over 199,000, looking as if it would hit 200,000 in an instant; the frequency of the updates was so fast that the single digits were almost a blur.

In the operations hall, almost everyone held their breath, waiting for that moment to arrive, their faces filled with intense joy.

As a "veteran" who had experienced similar scenes countless times before...

Jiang Yuan's emotions at this moment didn't show any particularly obvious fluctuations.

She was even in the mood to cast her clear gaze toward a small window in the upper right corner of the large screen.

That window was displaying real-time analysis data of player reviews on the Spark Platform.

The green bar representing positive reviews had been growing steadily since the first minute of launch, pressing down the red bar for negative reviews until it was almost invisible.

It was quite clear.

Judging from this start.

It was almost a foregone conclusion that Spark Games had once again achieved a success that would make all game industry professionals envious.

And the Spark Game Platform would once again harvest a fine title with both high sales and a good reputation, serving as a perfect conclusion to the start of Sparklight's second phase.

With five games selling over a million copies during their peak sales periods, all exclusive to the Spark Game Platform on PC, the impact on attracting and growing active users for the platform was clearly immeasurable.

It could only be said.

Jiang Yuan's plan had indeed not been in vain. These games from the first phase of Sparklight had indeed sustained the momentum after Minecraft. In the time leading up to Resident Evil's launch, they ensured that the total number of players on the Spark Platform showed no signs of dropping.

Watching everyone who had begun to gradually enter a state of celebration.

A gentle smile played on Jiang Yuan's pink lips as she stood up and walked out of the hall with light, silent steps, beginning her leisurely commute home.