Head game giants have new moves.
On December 15th, NetEase Games announced a cooperation with Huawei on the HarmonyOS ecosystem, which will launch the development of HarmonyOS native applications based on HarmonyOS NEXT. This also means that Huawei's HarmonyOS system will further deepen in the gaming field.
According to NetEase, the online gaming business unit was officially established in 2001, growing together with a wide range of gaming enthusiasts. After more than 20 years of rapid development, NetEase has become one of the top seven gaming companies in the world. As a leading game development company in China, NetEase has always been at the forefront of independent research and development in the field of online games.
Regarding this collaboration, the company revealed that the collaborative features of HarmonyOS software and hardware, as well as the Ark graphics engine, can effectively improve game rendering effects, reduce game energy consumption, and optimize game performance.
In addition, based on the capabilities of HarmonyOS distributed technology and native intelligence, related products can virtualize HarmonyOS super terminals into game controllers, bringing users more diverse interactive gameplay and innovative gaming experiences such as cross end linkage.
Huawei officials have revealed that with mainstream game engines and third-party game plugins announcing the completion of HarmonyOS native adaptation, HarmonyOS NEXT has a certain level of game industrialization capability.
It is understood that since the announcement of the Hongmeng Ecological Game Pioneer Program at the Huawei Developer Conference this year, more than 60 game partners have joined the cooperation with Hongmeng Ecology, and more than 50 games have completed the development of Hongmeng's native applications, presenting a scene of "Hongmeng's Thousand Sails Rising".
With the addition of more gaming partners, Hongmeng's game categories and content are becoming increasingly diverse. The integration of Hongmeng's leading technology and high-quality game content further promotes the industrialization and boutique development of the game industry, providing solid and powerful support for the sustainable development of the game industry.
It is worth noting that at the 2023 China Game Industry Annual Conference held in Guangzhou recently, Wu Hao, CEO of Huawei Interactive Media Legion and President of Huawei Terminal Cloud Service Interactive Media BU, gave a detailed introduction to the industry on Huawei HarmonyOS's current empowerment plan for the game industry.
It is reported that the HarmonyOS operating system provides an independently developed, secure and reliable digital base for the gaming industry.
"HarmonyOS is an intelligent terminal operating system designed for the era of the Internet of Things in all scenarios," said Wu Hao. Based on its unique HarmonyOS core, distributed experience in all scenarios, native intelligence, and pure security capabilities, it provides the gaming industry with an independently developed, secure, and reliable digital base, helping to achieve breakthroughs in self-developed gaming technology and high-quality development of gaming content.
According to Wu Hao, as of now, the number of devices in the Hongmeng ecosystem has exceeded 700 million, covering various terminal devices such as mobile phones, smart screens, and car consoles. More than 2.2 million developers have invested in the development of the Hongmeng ecosystem. Hongmeng Ecology has become the fastest developing next-generation intelligent terminal operating system.
"At the same time, Hongmeng continues to explore innovation in the full scenario software and hardware collaborative experience, achieving the integration of technology and content, and creating high-quality games." Wu Hao said that the operating system is the "soul" of the information industry, and it is also the general support technology foundation of game technology. It can not only support the update of game engines, optimization of game algorithms, and expansion of game architecture design, but also provide support for game scenes Interactive experience and gameplay provide more possibilities.
Wu Hao stated that in the new round of industrial transformation, Hongmeng actively embraces change, works together with the upstream and downstream of the information industry chain, deepens cooperation in game production and operation, as well as talent cultivation, and jointly builds an open, mutual aid, safe and reliable ecological environment, empowers industrial partners, and promotes high-quality and sustainable development of the game industry.
It is reported that since the announcement of the Hongmeng Ecological Game Pioneer Plan at the Huawei Developer Conference this year, more than 60 game partners, including NetEase, LeElemental, Sanqi, Alibaba, Perfect World, and Youka Network, have joined the cooperation with Hongmeng Ecological Games. More than 50 games, such as "Qiannu Ghost", "Happy Consumer Music", and "Three Kingdoms Kill", have completed the development of Hongmeng's native applications.
"With the maturity and development of the HarmonyOS system, Huawei continues to leverage its leading technological advantages and the full scenario value of the HarmonyOS ecosystem, continuously expanding its technological boundaries, promoting breakthroughs in key technologies such as self-developed gaming technology and mobile application technology, improving the gaming industry ecosystem, and injecting new vitality into the development of the gaming industry," said Wu Hao.