Will ‘Monkey King’ rule the gaming world?
Video game Black Myth: Wukong is creating quite a buzz.
Fans started posting reviews and gameplay clips just hours after it was released on Tuesday.
The Chinese-developed game is already one of the top performers on the Steam platform. CGTN’s Michael Marillier finds out why the ‘Monkey King’ is so popular …
#blackmythwukong #blackmyth #steam #gaming
Fans started posting reviews and gameplay clips just hours after it was released on Tuesday.
The Chinese-developed game is already one of the top performers on the Steam platform. CGTN’s Michael Marillier finds out why the ‘Monkey King’ is so popular …
#blackmythwukong #blackmyth #steam #gaming
Transcript
00:00If you think gaming is monkey business, well, think again.
00:04Sure, Black Myth Wukong is all about the monkey king,
00:08but it's a massive hit, with gamers around the world
00:11snapping it up just hours after its release.
00:15Many of them are posting on X,
00:18and this is one of the big talking points.
00:22At one stage, more than 1.8 million users
00:25were playing Black Myth at the same time
00:27on gaming platform Steam.
00:29Tech journalist Tom Warren posted a screen grab
00:32of the Steam user count, saying it's in the all-time top three
00:36when it comes to concurrent players.
00:38And there was no shortage of praise from fans.
00:42This one saying, Black Myth is literally a GOTY contender,
00:47and I literally just jumped into the game.
00:49GOTY means Game of the Year in the gaming world,
00:53in case you were wondering.
00:55The opening sequence also got people talking.
00:58This user tweeting that it is top tier,
01:01he also gave a top rating for the combat action
01:04and the cinematic style, saying, quote,
01:07this is going to be a great ride.
01:11It's been almost impossible to ignore
01:13the buzz across social media.
01:15This gamer tweeted a meme of monkeys storming a street,
01:19saying that's what the Steam platform looked like
01:22when the game was released.
01:23Again, the monkeys are a reference to the main character.
01:27But in a sense, this is more than just a game.
01:29The story is based on Journey to the West,
01:32one of the classical novels of Chinese literature.
01:35And the myths and characters in that story
01:37are generating a buzz of their own.
01:39Tech company NVIDIA GeForce offered a deep dive
01:42into the, quote, legendary pilgrimage
01:44of Journey to the West.
01:46It also promised to explore the origins of the creatures
01:49and locations in the game.
01:52It seems the game is also sparking conversations
01:55about the ideas and myths that shaped the novel.
01:58Kells tweeting here that Black Myth makes me want
02:02a huge big budget adaptation of Journey to the West.
02:07This gamer took it to the next level,
02:09posting a picture of his trip to Lanzhou
02:12in China a few years ago.
02:14There he is next to statues inspired by the characters
02:18in Journey to the West.
02:19Talk about life imitating art.
02:23China is famous for its ability to export products
02:26around the world.
02:28It seems Black Myth may be its next great export.
02:31Because when you look at the response on social media,
02:35it's game on.