China goes ape over culture-boosting ‘Black Myth: Wukong’ video game


Black Myth: Wukong was widely lauded as China's first AAA game – high development costs, long production cycles and immense investment. — AP

BEIJING: Chinese state media threw its back behind China’s most successful single-player video game to date, saying its adaptation of the Ming dynasty epic Journey To The West would force Western players to learn more about the country's culture.

Black Myth: Wukong, based on a mythological monkey king from a Chinese literary classic who can shape-shift into humans, animals and inanimate objects, was being played by 2.2 million concurrent players on Steam, a major online gaming platform, on Aug 21, a day after its release.

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