Neowiz Co., Ltd. announced that its new self-developed game ‘Lies of P’, which was unveiled at ‘Gamescom 2022’, the world’s top 3 game show, ranked first in the overall Twitter trend in the US.
Neowiz released a fake new trailer video for P through ‘Opening Night Live’ on the eve of Gamescom 2022 held in Cologne, Germany on the 23rd (local time). The released 4-minute video shows battle scenes with boss monsters and new monsters, as well as various weapons and skills, and you can also see detailed action motions that change depending on the weapon.
Immediately after the release of the trailer video, P’s Lie ranked first on Twitter Trends in the United States. Twitter Trends is a function that identifies popular topics on Twitter in real time and displays hot keywords. Through Gamescom, P’s Lie emerged as a highly anticipated work, proving global interest and topicality in Korean Soullike games.
A barrage of favorable reviews from foreign media continued. British and American game magazine ‘PC Gamer’ said, “It is very impressive and novel that it is a Soullike genre based on Pinocchio,” and Japan’s largest console game weekly magazine ‘Famitsu’ said, “P’s false battle scenes are beautiful and stylish. “It does,” he said. In particular, IGN, an American gaming webzine, released a 12-minute video of P’s fake gameplay on its official YouTube channel along with a favorable review calling it “a game with the new soul of Pinocchio.”
There were also positive reactions and video reviews from visitors who experienced the two-hour fake demo version of P at Gamescom. Images of visitors standing in long lines for P’s false experience were posted on social media such as Twitter, showing the heated atmosphere at the site.
On Reddit, America’s largest social community, there were more than 1,000 comments such as “P’s Lie has incredible atmosphere, art, and worldview,” and “I feel it has great potential as a soul-like genre,” showing that P’s Lie is a fan of the soul-like genre. There was also a lot of interest in it.
Producer Choi Ji-won, who is in charge of P’s lies, said, “I think the secret to attracting global attention is the unique worldview, realistic graphics, and flashy yet delicate actions that are adapted from the classic fairy tale ‘Pinocchio’ that everyone knows,” and “P’s lies seem to be the secret to attracting global attention.” “It will be a work that will satisfy the expectations of not only domestic but also global gamers.”
Meanwhile, on the 23rd, P’s Lie was selected as the ‘Most Wanted Sony PlayStation Game’ at the Gamescom 2022 Awards, achieving the feat of becoming the first Korean console game to win the award. In addition, it is expected to receive additional awards as it has been nominated for ▲Best Action Adventure Game and ▲Best Role Playing Game.
Source: Pangyo Techno Valley Official Newsroom
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