China’s 'Wukong' hit sells 10 million copies in three days


An action-adventure title based on the mythology around the fabled Monkey King, 'Wukong' was an instant success. — AP

Black Myth: Wukong, a Chinese-made video game backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd, took just 83 hours to sell 10 million copies, one of the fastest debuts in industry history.

It reached the milestone by Friday (Aug 23) evening Beijing time after being released on Aug 20, developer Game Science said on X. Its peak concurrent users, which counts the number of people playing at one time around the world, reached three million across PC and PlayStation platforms.

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