On the other side, the game production department had been assigned to specifically analyze the game files.
But they soon discovered a despairing fact.
These game files were completely incomprehensible!
Game files were nothing more than piles of code and data after all.
Yet they could not parse these code and data at all.
This could only mean one thing. Silent Hill PT was using a game engine completely different from all previous games!
When the director heard this news, he was utterly shocked.
"No wonder the graphics in this game are so realistic and unprecedented. So it's actually using a brand new game engine?" The director held the data in his hands and spoke with amazement.
"Hurry up and try to roughly reverse-engineer the game engine based on these files," the director immediately ordered.
But they were disappointed once again.
This group of top talents in the gaming industry who earned hundreds of thousands of dollars a month couldn't figure it out at all.
It wasn't just that they couldn't reverse-engineer it. They didn't even have the slightest clue!
If they couldn't parse out the game engine, then there was truly no way for them to copy Silent Hill PT even if they wanted to.
"In that case, this Silent Hill PT must have been created by a major industry giant!"
After all attempts failed, the director could only sigh helplessly.
"Simply creating such an outstanding game engine is already far beyond what any small workshop could achieve."
"According to the information we received, the IP address of New World Game Studio, the company that released Silent Hill PT, is located in Los Angeles."
The director's secretary stepped forward and said, "Could this game have been made by Ubisoft, Nintendo, or Epic Games?"
"How is that possible!" Hearing this, the director scoffed.
"Those companies have been dealing with us for years. All their massively popular games are still made using the engines our company developed!"
"And the graphics in the games they produce are extremely poor."
"You're saying they could develop a much more powerful game engine? What a joke!"
"Besides, with the way those big companies operate, if they had created such a new game engine, wouldn't they be promoting it everywhere with massive publicity?!"
The director directly dismissed this possibility.
He knew very well the production standards of those big companies. They were incompetent at everything except raking in money, where they ranked number one.
"Then which company actually made this game?" The other staff members were now uncertain. "There are only a few major game companies in U.S, and few of them are considered global top-tier."
"If I were to guess, this New World Studio is most likely under Microsoft," the director speculated.
"It's just that for some reason, Microsoft chose not to make it public for the time being and deliberately released it in Los Angeles to prevent others from realizing this."
"Maybe Microsoft is planning some major operation!"
Microsoft was currently the world's largest internet giant, and their gaming division's technology was also industry-leading.
This was why the director had such suspicions.
Could it be that Microsoft wanted to completely overturn the entire gaming industry and truly bring games fully into the metaverse stage?!
The more he thought about it, the more plausible it seemed. After all, Silent Hill PT was simply too realistic. In terms of sensory experience, aside from the lack of pain, it was no different from the real world. Moreover, the studio that released Silent Hill PT was named New World! It matched this idea perfectly!
If that was truly the case, then Microsoft was preparing to pioneer a whole new era in the gaming world!
"Director, what should we do now?" At this moment, the director's secretary asked weakly.
"The production department staff were unable to extract any information about the game."
"The content production department just sent a message saying several employees have already fainted from fright because of this game. Some employees are even shouting that they want to resign because the game is too terrifying and they can't keep playing it!"
The director frowned. Upon hearing this, he originally wanted to loudly reprimand his useless subordinates.
But when he recalled his own sorry state after being scared into quitting the game after only five minutes, he ultimately decided against it.
"Let's do this. Use the contact information New World Studio left in the backend to reach out to them. Remember to be very cautious and express our desire to cooperate with them."
At this thought, a smile appeared on the director's face. "If we can successfully cooperate with Microsoft this time, then we too will be able to develop games as realistic as Silent Hill PT."
"We will also be able to secure an early foothold in the creation of the metaverse!"
At this moment, it was not only Valve. Large game companies like Ubisoft, Konami, and Sony were all doing the same thing.
However, just like Valve, they were also unable to parse any of Silent Hill PT's file information.
As for the game content, that was even worse. Throughout the day, the screams inside these major game companies never stopped. Some even attracted the police, all because their employees had been scared while playing Silent Hill.
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