Black Myth: Wukong sold more than 4.5 million more copies within 24 hours
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00:00Black Myth, Wukong sold more than 4.5 million more copies within 24 hours.
00:06An anthropomorphic monkey and a campaign against feminist propaganda set the video
00:12gaming community alight this week, following the release of the most successful Chinese title of
00:17all time. Many players were furious after the company behind Black Myth, Wukong sent them a
00:23list of topics to avoid while live-streaming the game, including feminist propaganda,
00:28fetishization, and other content that instigates negative discourse.
00:33Still, within 24 hours of its release on Tuesday, it became the second-most-played
00:39game ever on streaming platform Steam, garnering more than 2.1 million concurrent
00:44players and selling more than 4.5 million copies. The game, based on the classic 16th-century
00:51Chinese novel Journey to the West, is being seen as a rare example of popular media broadcasting
00:57Chinese stories on an international stage.