METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCREASED REALISM IN VIDEO GAMES

摘要

A system and method for updating parameters of a video game is provided. As events occur in the real world that may influence a game attribute, a parameter is recorded on a server. A video game player may connect to the server and download the parameter. The parameter is stored by the video game and changes an attribute of the video game. Thus, for example, the new performance characteristics of the rising star may be recorded on the server as improved performance parameters. When these parameters are downloaded by the video game player, the video game incorporates the star-like qualities of the rising star.

主权项

1. A game medium including one or more read only memory (ROM) and/or random access memory (RAM) configured to provide a sport video game in conjunction with a video game machine, the game medium configured to cause the video game machine to perform a method comprising:
accessing stored video game data, the stored video game data including:
sport video game rules;sport video game stadium or field parameters including sport video game stadium or field visual image data visually depicting one or more real-life stadium or field in the sport video game; andsport video game character data including:
one or more sport video game character performance parameter of one or more sport video game character, the sport video game character performance parameter of the one or more video game character representing one or more real-life professional sport athlete's real-life performance attribute in the sport video game; andsport video game character visual image data of the one or more sport video game character representing one or more real-life appearance of the one or more real-life professional sport athlete in the sport video game; receiving sport video game character control input from the user to control the one or more sport video game character while the sport video game is played by the user; receiving updated sport video game character visual image data from a server computer over a network including the Internet, the updated sport video game character's visual image data being associated with one or more real-life change to a real-life visual appearance of the one or more real-life professional sport athlete; updating the video game character visual image data of the one or more sport video game character representing the one or more real-life change in visual appearance of the one or more real-life professional sport athlete in the sport video game; and enabling the user to play the sport video game incorporating the updated video game character visual image data of the one or more sport video game character using the video game machine such that the real-life change in appearance of the real-life professional sport athlete is represented in the sport video game.