A woman walks past an ad promoting the latest blockbuster new Chinese video game ‘Black Myth: Wukong’ in Beijing. The action game based on the legend of the Monkey King has outsold industry icons such as Elden Ring and Zelda, at least in its initial spurt. — AP
Black Myth: Wukong has sold 18 million copies in two weeks – one of the fastest starts the global gaming industry has seen. That record pace has in turn minted millions for its earliest and biggest investor.
Wukong was a leap of faith for Daniel Wu, whose little-known Hero Games is the biggest external shareholder in creator Game Science. His startup stuck with its partner through years of flops and contributed a large chunk of the blockbuster title’s US$70mil (RM302.75mil) budget over six years of development, an unheard-of undertaking for a Chinese project.
