Tencent-backed game 'Black Myth: Wukong' becomes the second most popular game in Steam history within hours of its release
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Game studio Game Science released the action RPG 'Black Myth: Wukong' based on 'Journey to the West' on August 20, 2024. At the time of writing, less than 24 hours after its release, the game has jumped to second place in Steam's 'Most Played Games'.
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'Black Myth: Goku' is a game developed and provided by 'Game Science', a game studio established by former employees of Tencent, and as the name suggests, it is an action RPG based on the Chinese novel 'Journey to the West'. It is a single-player game, and the interface and subtitles are already in Japanese at the time of writing. The regular version is priced at 7,590 yen including tax.
SteamDB , which collects Steam data, shows that 'Black Myth: Goku' has been played by approximately 2.2 million people in the past 24 hours. This figure, which indicates the number of simultaneous connected players, is higher than the highest figures for ' Palworld ' and ' Counter-Strike 2 ', and 1 million less than 'PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS', which was released in 2017.
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'Black Legend: Wukong' is supported by Tencent, and unlike other hit titles involving Tencent, it is 'fully developed by a local studio', meaning that it has no involvement from developers outside China. It is said to have caused a level of buzz not seen in recent years in the Chinese gaming industry, and when it jumped to the top of Weibo, it was the number one trending topic all day. In addition, the local beverage chain 'Luckin Coffee' ran out of game posters it had been handing out, and there was even an apology to fans.
GPU manufacturer NVIDIA has been updating its drivers for 'Black Myth: Goku' since day one of its release, optimizing ray tracing to improve the fidelity and quality of lighting, reflections, and shadows.
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According to GameDiscoverCo, a gaming consulting firm, the majority of Goku players are Chinese, accounting for 88.1% of the total. The rest are from the US (3%), Hong Kong (1.6%) and Japan (1%).
How China-specific is interest in Black Myth: Wukong? A lot: @GameDiscoverCo 's current estimate of its Steam country split for players is 88.1% China, 3% US, 1.6% Hong Kong, 1% Japan. pic.twitter.com/FeAFn85NBH
— Simon Carless (@simoncarless) August 20, 2024
Although it is a popular game in China, it has also been highly acclaimed in the United States, with IGN rating it 'one of the best games I've ever played' and giving it an 8 out of 10, GamesRadar+ rating it 'incredibly frustrating at times, but overall a solid RPG,' giving it a 4 out of 5, and GameSpot rating it 'unique boss battles that are frenetic and dance-like,' giving it an 8 out of 10. It has also received 'overwhelmingly positive' reviews on Steam, with 96% of 145,827 reviews positive.
'Black Myth: Goku' is available on Steam, Epic Games , and WeGame , a game sales platform for China. It is also available for PlayStation 5 on the PlayStation Store . An Xbox Series X|S version is also planned, but the release date has not yet been decided.
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