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Chinese game developers ride the E3 news wave with their own big releases
In a bid to be more international, developers showed off titles like Auto Chess, Bright Memory and Marvel Super War
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This year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, hasn’t been short of buzz-worthy games. Some of the most highly-anticipated titles teased at the expo include Cyberpunk 2077, Final Fantasy VII Remake and the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
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But while these titles are the ones dominating headlines, Chinese gaming companies also have some major releases of their own. In their efforts to cater to international gaming markets in recent years, Chinese companies have increasingly chosen to release games during this time to ride the wave of gaming news that accompanies E3.
So here are five recently-announced Chinese games worth paying attention to:
Auto Chess
The original creator of Dota Auto Chess, Drodo Studio, is taking the popular Dota 2 mod off of the game. Its publishing partner, Dragonest, announced at the E3 PC Gaming Show that Auto Chess will be coming to PC later this year. Powered by Epic's Unreal Engine 4, Auto Chess on PC will be an Epic Games Store exclusive.
Chinese gamers have generally appeared excited about the upcoming PC release, although some dislike the fact that they can only get it on the Epic Games Store. Western gamers, on the other hand, are largely displeased by the removal of the Dota characters. The trailer has racked up several times more dislikes than likes on YouTube.
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Dota Auto Chess saw its popularity hit a fever pitch earlier this year, reaching more than 5.5 million users at one point.
Before announcing that Auto Chess would be released on PC, the company also said in March that the game was getting a mobile version.
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