It was a big risk we took from the technical and design perspective. “Three years ago, people thought we were crazy. “We have brought the console quality to a free-to-play mobile game,” Lin said.

The game has been downloaded more than 50 million times. The big bets paid off, with an RPG whose beautiful open world captured people’s imagination. They even hired a couple of orchestras - one in London and one in Shanghai - to make the music for the game. With Genshin Impact, they shot for PC-level quality on a mobile device, as they knew that the processing power of the latest smartphones was growing dramatically. They started with anime-style games and grew to a staff of more than 400 people. The free-to-play role-playing game combines MiHoYo’s love for animation, comics, and games, said Forrest Lin, president of the Shanghai-based company. MiHoYo was formed by three grad students in December 2011. The title cost $100 million to make, and it has nearly quadrupled that investment, taking in more than $393 million since its debut on September 28. This award for Genshin Impact comes a day after it won the Google Play Game of the Year.

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