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When a game drops in the middle of the week and pulls in over 2 million players simultaneously on just one platform is not a myth.
It's straight up legendary.
Check out Black Wukong.
Hey, Shenhua Wukong.
In Chinese, the video game that setting the gaming world on fire.
What's the magic behind its success?
Will black myth Wukong lead chinese gaming on an epic journey to the west?
Hello everybody, I'm he young coming to you live from Beijing.
This is round table for today's program.
I'm joined by Steve Hatherly and Yu shun in the studio.
First on today's show, the launch of the much anticipated video game Black Wukong has already broken records.
Its debut figures beat out the likes of Cyberpunk 2077 and Elden Ring.
August 20, 2024 is a milestone for chinese gaming with this particular game, and it's the country's first triple a single player game, finally hitting the shelves.
By the by AAA in video game lingo refers to a lot of money, a lot of resources, and a lot of time in development.
Basically the best video games out there.
And that's after six and a half years and 500 million yuan or $70 million in development, smashing records on Steam, an international video game digital distribution service and storefront for online players in non multiplayer games, and getting rave reviews.
And you can tell from my voice, I am super excited as a amateur, non gamer, but Avid watcher, so avid.
Viewer, which, by the way, there are a lot of.