A couple weeks ago we told you about “Game-X”, a mystery project from Netease (NASDAQ:NTES) that promised to make dreams come true and defied attempts to figure out what the heck it actually was. Now, we sort of know. The game is called Dragon Blade, and the Game-X official site has been replaced with this site featuring a trailer and a whole bunch of other videos showing off the technology behind the game.
As for what the game actually is, it looks to be an MMO that plays a bit like a collaborative God of War. The trailer shows what appears to be single players attacking computer-controlled monsters in gameplay reminiscent of God of War or Devil May Cry, but other videos on the site — regrettably, not embeddable or even directly linkable — show multiple player-controlled characters working together to solve platforming puzzles.
The whole thing appears to be set in a fantasy world, which raises new questions about why the Game-X teaser site included graphics of a modern jumbo jet. But I have a feeling Netease is still keeping some secrets about the game. Several sections of the official site are still under construction, and there’s a very brief moment when guns appear in the otherwise-fantasy-based trailer (see the screenshot above). The character seems to be hopping around Dante-style, and the presence of guns alone certainly doesn’t do much to explain what any of this has to do with that plane from the Game-X site. Perhaps it was just a red herring. But we’ll definitely be keeping an eye on Dragon Blade to see if these monsters end up on any planes.
Here’s the trailer:
And here’s a video showcasing some of the tech behind the game. None of this will really be new to fans of the latest Western games — in fact, it’s pretty weak in comparison — but these graphics are lightyears ahead of most of the games dominating the Chinese market: