Monkey King

Black Myth: Wukong’s popularity brings unexpected windfall, fame to low-profile developer

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Black Myth: Wukong’s popularity brings unexpected windfall, fame to low-profile developer

Feng’s obsession with Wukong, the Monkey King character from the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West, started as early as his stint at Tencent, the world’s largest video gaming company by revenue. There he was a core member of the development team on a project called Asura, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based … Read more

No ‘feminist propaganda’? Censorship row hits Chinese game Black Myth: Wukong

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No ‘feminist propaganda’? Censorship row hits Chinese game Black Myth: Wukong

But in the run up to the game’s release, video streamers reported receiving a document from co-publishers Hero Games warning them to avoid topics including “feminist propaganda” or “politics” when they received a passkey to play the game, an email exchange showed. Gamers were also warned against any reference to “Covid-19”, “isolation” or “quarantine” – … Read more