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The Death Race Global Finals, after more than ten days of competition, finally reached the ultimate championship battle in San Francisco.
This highly engaging and visually spectacular event had attracted continuous worldwide attention since its inception, accumulating immense popularity globally. The climactic showdown of these finals created a viewership miracle and truly ushered in a new era for esports in this world.
The decisive teams in the team competition finals were Tyler Graves' squad and a local European team, while the individual competition was a battle between an American player and a South Korean competitor.
Ultimately, Tyler Graves' team lived up to expectations, successfully eliminating the European team and becoming the first champion team of the Death Race esports global finals.
Meanwhile, Kyle Harrison—a professional player also from Graves Gaming—made an incredible comeback from a two-point deficit to win three consecutive rounds, successfully defeating his South Korean opponent and securing the individual championship.
Overnight, Graves Gaming became world-renowned. This competition also created a group of dazzling stars, allowing countless young people who loved gaming to truly see their dreams become reality and witness the possibility of turning a hobby into a profession.
It also shifted many people's perceptions, showing them that playing games professionally could lead to wealth and celebrity status.
Alex, as a special guest, also attended the finals and personally presented medals to the champion players at the ceremony's conclusion.
In fact, since the start of these global finals, Alex had been almost constantly following them. He'd watched most matches live, and even when he missed a broadcast, he kept up with the news coverage.
This wasn't just because of work, but also because of his passion for esports. In his previous life, he'd also harbored esports dreams, but he knew his limitations and lacked the talent. However, he'd loved watching competitive gaming—even more than watching the World Cup or NBA. Unfortunately, in his previous life, he'd never had the chance to attend a match in person.
Although he couldn't become an esports player in this life, he'd become one of the creators of esports competitions and came to the venue in that capacity to watch the matches—even personally presenting medals to players. This filled him with emotion and tremendous accomplishment.
Moreover, today's finals made him exceptionally happy and excited, not only because he'd witnessed teams like Graves Gaming achieve brilliant results and claim championship.
But also because this grand event—a carnival for tens of thousands—was created by him. Esports in this world was bound to flourish and develop further in the future. Of course, there was still a long journey ahead, but his presence would certainly be integral to this process.
And he was destined to become one of the greatest contributors to esports history in this world.
At the closing ceremony of the finals, the official Infinite Realms representative also announced that the new Death Race event mode—Super Showdown—would soon be integrated into the competition system.
And it was officially declared that the Death Race tournament would become Infinite Realms' annual esports competition, with next year's prize pool directly doubled.
This news once again ignited the enthusiasm of countless players and propelled the competition's influence to unprecedented heights.
The popularity of the Death Race tournament further boosted the game mode's longevity, giving it incredible staying power.
Generally speaking, in Infinite Realms, experiential content was like fast food—its lifespan usually wasn't particularly long. Even the most popular content eventually declined over time, which was an undeniable reality.
Even when adapted into official permanent content, the same held true. It was difficult to maintain extremely high popularity indefinitely.
However, Death Race had created a miracle. Its popularity had grown continuously since launch, with increasing player counts and higher activity rates. Even now, it maintained extremely high engagement, and after this competition concluded, it sparked a renewed wave of gaming enthusiasm.
Death Race also allowed many content creators to recognize the immense market potential of competitive gaming and the critical importance of gameplay innovation. This not only encouraged many developers to dedicate themselves to researching and innovating gameplay mechanics but also to developing competitive content.
Before the excitement of the Death Race tournament subsided, news regarding the Infinite Realms version update once again sent Stormwind Entertainment trending across social media.
Infinite Realms officially announced the exact date for the new version update: August 5th. This update would raise the professional level cap to 100 and introduce a brand-new race and class—Mechanical Lifeforms.
This news truly caused massive ripple effects. Although many people had speculated that the new mechanical lifeforms like Transformers might be developed into new races and classes by Infinite Realms, hearing this confirmed announcement still brought inevitable excitement and surprise.
It must be admitted that the new character designs of Transformers had indeed achieved tremendous global success. Countless players were fascinated by them. Both adults and children had almost no resistance to these transforming mechanical beings. Using such popular characters as a new race and class could indeed attract large numbers of new players, stimulate countless veteran players to try new classes, increase game engagement, and once again open players' wallets.
"Awesome! They're really releasing a new class! Haha, I'm starting a new character!"
"Because of Transformers, I've decided to finally try combat classes!"
"I'm a die-hard Transformers fan. For Transformers, I'm starting to play Infinite Realms!"
"Fellow enthusiast +1"
"What do you guys think the initial form of the Transformer class will be? It won't be a computer chip, right?"
"Haha, it might even be an egg!"
"Or maybe a bolt!"
"What kind of logic is that? The initial form of a Transformer must be humanoid, probably a robot!"
"I bet it'll be a robot too, and then it'll need to level up to gain transformation abilities, slowly growing into a true Transformer. The legendary artifact would be the Matrix of Leadership, and the ultimate skill would be combination. I imagine in the future, groups of Transformers will clear dungeons together, no longer needing traditional tank and DPS roles. Instead, different types of Transformers will combine into one giant Transformer to beat up raid bosses!"
"That's a brilliant idea! That would be so much fun, hahahaha!"
Players discussed enthusiastically, and topics surrounding Transformers dominated trending lists for several days, with community members continuously contributing various creative ideas and suggestions.
"Mmm, excellent. Compile these more viable player ideas and then submit them to the Infinite Realms development team!" Alex said, talking on the phone while eating breakfast.
His former studio office had been converted into his primary residence. Although it wasn't his only property, it was where he spent most of his time.
The cats and dogs he'd adopted were all kept there, with staff specifically responsible for their care every day. Of course, there were also dedicated household managers to look after Alex's needs.
"Mr. Morrison, the veterinarian will be here today for Buddy's follow-up checkup!" The household manager responsible for caring for the pets came over and informed him.
"Mmm, okay!" Alex replied.
Currently, there were three cats in the residence: one named Lucky, one named Buddy, and another named Nina. Isabella had helped name them all...