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日本地震影响多款游戏活动 行业公司纷纷捐款救灾

发布时间:2011-03-15 14:19:13 Tags:,,

上周在日本发生的强烈地震及海啸严重影响当地游戏业,行业举行多项慈善活动以支持正在进行的救援行动。

3月11日发生地震灾害后,日本国内许多游戏促销活动取消或延期举行。早些时候,Square Enix和Konami已确认在某家核电站发生两次爆炸后关闭《最终幻想11》、《最终幻想14》和《合金装备Online》的服务器。《如龙终章》、《苍翼默示录2》、《死或生:多重维度》和《怪物猎人》的活动均受到影响。

而且据Famitsu报道,索尼也将推迟其《摩托风暴:启示录》3月17日的首发活动,具体日期待定。这是游戏的第二次延期发布,首次延期的原因是上个月在新西兰克莱斯特彻奇发生的地震。据Andriasang发表的报告所述,公司还暂时关闭其PlayStation的信息和维修中心。索尼保证日本PlayStation网络不会关闭,但公司声称在某些情况下连接将较为困难。游戏邦获悉,报告还表示某些内容的更新可能会延期。

摩托风暴:启示录

Sega同样推迟其新游戏《如龙终章》的发布,具体时间还未公布,这款PS3平台游戏原本计划在本周面世。微软公司也暂停Xbox Live相关产品的销售,而且发表声明推迟《龙腾世纪:起源》扩展包《觉醒》在日本的发布时间。公司还取消了Kinect在日本国内的巡回展览活动。尽管许多活动取消或延期举行,Irem抢先一步发布其PS3游戏《绝体绝命都市4》,在游戏中玩家需要尽力从东京地震中逃离。

慈善活动

虽然地震重创当地游戏活动,但日本国内及海外的业内公司均开始为救援行动筹募资金。

平台运营商任天堂和索尼公司均有所表示,任天堂捐赠3亿日元(约合230万英镑),索尼公司捐赠与之数额相同的资金及3万部收音机。游戏发布商5pb和Namco Bandai也捐献资金支持救援行动。

Zynga联同救助儿童会募集善款,公司游戏中某些微交易的全部收入将用于日本救援行动中,如玩家购买《CityVille》中的甘薯作物、《Frontierville》中的神户牛和《Farmville》中的小萝卜所获得的收入。Sports Interactive也举行慈善活动帮助地震难民。工作室承诺,将iOS版《足球经理2011》3月11日至18日的全部收入捐赠给日本灾难救助基金会。(本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译,转载请注明来源:游戏邦)

Japan quake: Charity begins, local games activity hit hard

Last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan has badly disrupted local games activity, but the industry has launched several charitable initiatives to support ongoing aid efforts.

A series of promotional events for games in Japan have been cancelled or postponed following Friday’s disaster. Earlier, Square Enix and Konami confirmed they were shutting down servers for Final Fantasy XI, XIV and Metal Gear Online to conserve energy, following two explosions at one of the country’s nuclear power plants. Events for Yakuza of the End, BlazBlue Continuum Shift II, Dead or Alive Dimensions and the Monster Hunter Festa have all been affected (via Andriasang).

Furthermore, according to Famitsu, Sony’s delayed the release of Motorstorm Apocalypse in Japan from its original release of this Thursday to an unconfirmed new date. This is the second such delay for the Evolution racer following the earthquake that hit Christchurch in New Zealand last month. The company has also put on hold its PlayStation information and repair centers, a report from Andriasang claims. Sony will keep PlayStation Network open in Japan, but insists that connectivity to the service will be difficult to access in some cases. The report also says that some content updates will most likely be delayed.

Sega’s also gone into delay mode, holding back Yakuza spin-off Of The End to a date yet to be announced. The title was due to release this week for PS3. Microsoft’s also held back Xbox Live-related products as well as announcing a delay to the Japanese release of Dragon Age: Origins expansion Awakening. It’s also cancelled a national tour for Kinect. However, company Irem went one step further and canned its upcoming title Disaster Report 4 for PS3. The game seen you trying to escape an earthquake in Tokyo.

Charity effort

While the earthquake has hit local games activity, though, the industry, locally and further afield, has started to make financial donations to the aid effort.

Platform holders Nintendo and Sony have both contributed, with Nintendo donating ¥300 million (£2.3 million). Sony Corporation has donated the same sum, as well as 30,000 radios. Publishers 5pb and Namco Bandai have also contributed.

In the west, Zynga has teamed up with Save the Children to raise relief money. All profits from certain micro-transactions in the firm’s games – such as buying a sweet potato crop in CityVille, or a Kobe cow in Frontierville or radishes in Farmville – will be added to aid operations. Sports Interactive has also announced a charity initiative to help victims of the earthquake. The studio has promised to donate all of its revenue from the iOS version of Football Manager Handheld 2011 to a disaster relief fund in Japan for seven days, beginning last Friday. (Source: vg247)


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