Chinese-made, Tencent-backed game Black Myth: Wukong became Steam's second most popular title ever within hours of its launch, gaining 2.1M+ concurrent players
- The made-in-China blockbuster surpasses Cyberpunk play record — Monkey King epic on track to set records for concurrent gamers
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- Black Myth: Wukong Has Already Reached One Million Players TheGamer · James Troughton
- Tencent-backed video game ‘Black Myth: Wukong’ hits record player numbers on debut Reuters
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Discussion
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Gameranx
Carley Garcia
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Black Myth: Wukong Breaks Steam Records on Release Day
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@simoncarless
Simon Carless
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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% U.S., 1.6% Hong Kong, 1% Japan. [image]
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@grummz
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Black Myth: Wukong has, within mere hours, garnered over 1.2M players, beating all time records of Elden Ring, Balder's Gate 3, and Cyberpunk 2077. It's already the 6th highest played game in Steam history and still climbing. Likely to beat Dota 2 next. A great victory for a [ima…
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@mightykeef
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This is the title of the highest viewed Black Myth Wukong stream lmao [image]
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@plasmidsouls
Judas
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Black Myth Wukong Impressions: The opening was insane. Cinema. God of War esque. Performance is fine, could use some work. Visuals are stunning. I noticed some invisible walls which I don't like, but I'll get used to it. Very fun and satisfying combat Incredible game. I love it […
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@tomwarren
Tom Warren
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Black Myth: Wukong is currently the most played game on Steam and has already passed the all-time peaks of Elden Ring, Dota 2, and Cyberpunk 2077 [image]
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@byjoshye
Josh Ye
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Shanghai's nightlife hub INS is going to be plastered with Black Myth Wukong's poster by tonight... What a day it has been for Chinese gaming industry. State media, international media, everybody is covering this game. #BlackMythWukong
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@blackmythgame
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Now, reembark on the Journey to the West! #BlackMythWukong is now available on PS5, Steam, Epic Games Store, and WeGame. Confront your destiny on the journey westwards! [video]
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@tomwarren
Tom Warren
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Black Myth: Wukong has just passed Counter-Strike's all-time peak record with more than 1.8 million concurrent players. It's just day one of its release, but it has already become only the third game to beat Counter-Strike's all-time peak on Steam https://www.theverge.com/... [im…
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@mangalawyer
@mangalawyer
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The madlads did it! Black Myth: Wukong has surpassed Dota 2's all-time peak on Steam, reaching 1,300,979 players. EA and other companies were wrong. We are thirsty for great non-DEI single-player games, and Black Myth: Wukong proves it. Reject modernity, embrace the monk 😆 [image…
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@proddirhenry
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THIS IS LITERALLY GOTY CONTENDER FOR ME AND I LITERALLY JUST JUMPED INTO THE GAME OMG THIS GAME IS SOOO BEAUTIFUL!!!!! don't let someone else's opinion become the factor of whether you should get this game or not! GET THE GAME BECAUSE ITS LITERALLY PEAK #BlackMythWukong [video]
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@germanstrands
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Black Myth: Wukong with absolute cinema. [image]
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@mangalawyer
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Gaming journalist: “Make the game diverse or face bankruptcy, bigot!” Black Myth: Wukong developers, after discussing and deciding to ignore them: Hits 1.2 million players. [video]
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@dino_ying
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#BlackMythWukong is now the top selling game on Steam. An hour after the game is available to play, more than 1 million are in the game right now. 🐒🐒🐒 [image]
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Black Myth: Wukong breaks 1 Million peak players on Steam an hour after release