Surprises of the gaming industry in 2019: Auto Chess ascends, Half-Life reappears, Lootbox declines

Referring to the new game trend of 2019, it is difficult to ignore the name Auto Chess.

Released on Steam on January 3, Auto Chess quickly spread like a fever in the gaming community, not only from DOTA 2 but also to gamers in other games such as CS: GO, PUBG

Possessing a little strategy, a little creativity along with a lot of `dignity`, Auto Chess quickly became a new trend in the modern gaming world.

Although the existence of this genre is not as strong as battle royale, Auto Chess has also created significant attraction on streaming platforms and the gaming community throughout the first half of 2019. Auto Chess is still around.

When mentioning Valve in the early years of the 21st century, many gamers will probably remember Half-Life – a iconic shooting game.

It was thought that this game series had been forgotten forever by Valve and Gabe Newell, but in 2019, Valve brought an unstoppable trick – reviving the legendary game series with a newly released game called Half.

Indeed, this is an announcement that makes many people both happy and disappointed.

Since its launch until now, lootboxes have always been considered `The enemy of true gamers`.

The fact that lootboxes have become so popular has caused many governments to get involved.

Although lootboxes still exist quite significantly in many different forms, they have begun to be controlled more strictly.

In today’s world of mobile games, to play a game you often have to… top up.

However, imagine a gaming platform where you only have to spend a small amount of money, like 5 USD (about 110 thousand VND), for example, and you can play games freely on your phone?

And it seems that Apple Arcade has had initial success.

In Vietnam, Fortnite may not be very famous, but in Western countries, it is simply the number 1 game in terms of number of players.

On October 13, Epic Games, the creators of Fortnite, created an unexpected event – they created a black hole in the middle of Fortnite’s map and called it `The End`.

However, they said nothing and let the game disappear within 2 days.