Industry insiders hope the success of Black Myth: Wukong, which earned ~$1.1B from nearly 25M copies, will rekindle Chinese gaming investments after a crackdown
“Ahmad said that Black Myth: Wukong's release showed how China had learnt how to tool up for bigger games.” — www.ft.com/content/24d3... X: Bruno Maçães / @macaesbruno : “The biggest difference is t...
Industry insiders hope the success of Black Myth: Wukong, which earned ~$1.1B from ~25M copies sold, will rekindle Chinese gaming investments after crackdowns
As Beijing eases regulations, developers are tooling up to produce big-budget titles with international appeal Bluesky: @zhugeex.com . X: @macaesbruno Bluesky: Daniel Ahmad / @zhugeex.com : I'm quoted...
Tencent reports Q3 revenue up 8% YoY to ~$23.9B and net income up 20% YoY to ~$7.4B, vs. ~$6.2B est., buoyed by Dungeon & Fighter Mobile and Black Myth: Wukong
Zheping Huang / Bloomberg :
Sony reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to ~$19.45B, operating profit up 73% YoY to ~$2.96B vs. ~$2.18B est., and PS5 sales of 3.8M units, down from 4.9M a year ago
- Chinese hit ‘Wukong’ helped game sales on aging PlayStation 5 — Image sensor business was hurt by demand lull in North America
Chinese state media has embraced the success of Black Myth: Wukong, a Chinese AAA game that has sold 20M+ copies globally, hailing it as a soft power export
Lizzi C. Lee / Rest of World : X: @sluongng , @restofworld , @restofworld , @wstv_lizzi , @danielolimac , @restofworld , @wstv_lizzi , and @wstv_lizzi X: Son Luong / @sluongng : It would be nice if m...
Chinese state media has embraced the success of Black Myth: Wukong, a Chinese AAA game that has sold 20M+ copies globally, hailing it as a soft power export
China is changing its long-critical stance thanks to the smash hit, according to Chinese game developers and industry analysts. X: @sluongng , @wstv_lizzi , @wstv_lizzi , @restofworld , @restofworld ,...
Hero Games' Daniel Wu reflects on his studio's 20% stake in Game Science, the creator of China's biggest PC game Black Myth: Wukong, which has sold 18M+ copies
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. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Zheping Huang / @pingro...
Sources: Tencent and NetEase reconsider or scale back Japanese game studio investments, after yielding few hit games and the Chinese market staged a comeback
- China's biggest game publishers are rethinking expansion plans — ‘Wukong’ success also encouraged looking domestically for hits
Steam hit 37M+ concurrent users on August 25 for the first time, up from the previous record of nearly 33.7M in January 2024, after Black Myth: Wukong's release
Andy Chalk / PC Gamer :
Chinese-made, Tencent-backed game Black Myth: Wukong sold 10M copies in just 83 hours, one of the fastest game debuts in history, earning an estimated $450M+
- Adventure title has one of the fastest game launches ever — Strong debut signals China's games industry turning a corner