This week, the game developer conference (GDC 2018), which has attracted much attention from the industry, kicked off in San Francisco, USA. The mobile game industry that has been developing in recent years has attracted wide attention from participants during the conference. During the exhibition, Qualcomm cooperated with Netease Games to support the ultra high-definition (2K) mode "Wildland Action" for the first time through a mobile terminal equipped with a Xiaolong 845 mobile platform. Its game effects were customized and optimized based on the hardware performance of Xiaolong 800 series mobile platform. , The Ultra HD mode will bring gamers more lifelike gaming experience.
Thanks to the concerted efforts of both parties, the mobile terminal equipped with the Xiaolong 845 mobile platform can support the "Wildland Action" mobile game to run at a high frame rate and be the first in the industry to support up to 4K of human-machine interactive interface, 2K Ultra. High-definition scene rendering, and realizing HDR display features and real-time shadows, global lighting and other game effects, ultimately achieving the best balance between game experience and power consumption, allowing players to truly immerse themselves in the same picture and operating experience as professional game consoles. .
In December last year, Qualcomm and NetEase.com jointly announced that they plan to cooperate with Xiaolong 800 series top mobile platforms, including the Xiaolong 845, to optimize the NetEase game engine Messiah and create the next-generation mobile content for the top mobile terminals. Qualcomm and NetEase games have been implemented based on the Snapdragon 835 platform, including physical rendering (PBR), TSAA (Temporal Supersampling Antialiasing), depth of field effects (DOF), and high dynamic range lighting effects to significantly improve the game quality of the "wild wilderness" game. , It can be seen through the externally displayed videos that game objects or characters appear more realistic through these optimizations.
The display on GDC 2018 is the latest achievement brought by the cooperation between the two parties. NetEase Gaming is also the exclusive game content service provider for Qualcomm's exhibition. In addition, Qualcomm and NetEase games are currently supporting Vulkan graphics and computing APIs respectively. Great progress has been made. The plan will bring more game content to Vulkan for gamers. The two sides will also be further based on the Snapdragon 845 mobile platform, optimized for NetEase’s various games that will be released in 2018.
Increasingly rich mobile games have won the favor of gamers around the world. Take Wilderness Action as an example. This mobile game is currently the world's leading, most popular sandbox survival third-person shooter (TPS) game. It has been online for a month. Users exceeded 100 million and achieved more than 25 million DAUs (daily active users). With rich mobile content and a growing number of game groups, mobile terminals are also performing in terms of game performance, graphics, etc. constantly improving.
From a software perspective, Netease Games' self-developed game engine, Messiah, is known for its multi-threaded parallel execution. It supports advanced technologies such as physical rendering and dynamic shadowing, and has been deeply matched in hardware and software for Qualcomm's mobile platforms.
On the hardware side, taking the Xiaolong 845 mobile platform as an example, it adopts a new image and visual processing architecture. Compared with its predecessor products, the power consumption in gaming applications is reduced by up to 30%. Thanks to the new Adreno 630, the image The performance and energy efficiency ratio can be improved by up to 30%. The new Qualcomm Kryo 385 architecture will achieve up to 25% performance improvement in game startup time and heavy load programs. Through heterogeneous computing, the new architecture of the Snapdragon 845 is aimed at improving users. Experience, while significantly improving performance and battery life. Xiaolong 845 mobile platform with its excellent performance and ultra-low power consumption, will provide a fast, smooth, long, cool gaming experience for the 2018 flagship smart phone.