Tag: Black Myth Wukong
The Game Awards Nominations Are Surprising
The Game Awards are making a play for respectability. The video game awards show is known for nominating games for sociopolitical reasons rather than their merit, sales, or popularity with gamers, and often snubbing games that many thought would be a shoo-in for recognition. This year, it was assume...
Read MoreDragon Age: The Veilguard Reportedly Underselling and Receiving Lots of Refunds
Dragon Age: The Veilguard may be in trouble. I know it’s hard to believe that a video game in a popular franchise that was developed by whacko activists and seems more concerned with establishing that one of the characters is “nonbinary” than in sending gamers on fun and exciting adventures i...
Read MoreDragon Age: The Veilguard Has a Weaker Than Expected Opening Weekend
Dragon Age: The Veilguard, the horrendous-looking new entry in the RPG video game series from BioWare, was released this past Thursday (Halloween, which is kind of hilarious), so it’s had a weekend to make its mark and give interested parties an indication of how successful it will be. And while i...
Read MoreGaming Websites Not Reviewing Lollipop Chainsaw RePop?
Gamers have been sending the video game industry and their media satellites a clear message recently, and their response is morphing into something even more insidious. Recent games designed with the “modern audience” in mind have been bombing, with Concord, Dustborn, Star Wars Outlaws, and Sui...
Read MoreUbisoft Stock Drops After Star Wars Outlaws Release, Investors are Angry
In the wake of Star Wars Outlaws’ release, developer Ubisoft is going down the tubes. Yesterday, Ubisoft’s stock price dropped 7% in one day to €13.67, which is about $15.09. Today, it’s down even further, €13.24, or $14.62. This is almost certainly due to the lackluster performance of St...
Read MoreCompetitors Concord and Dustborn Help Explain Black Myth: Wukong’s Success
We’ve watched Black Myth: Wukong, the new Soulslike game from Chinese developer Game Science, become a legitimate sensation over the past week, with 2,415,714 concurrent players at its all-time peak on Steam and a 95.58% positive audience score as of this writing. It’s also on track to be the fa...
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