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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 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 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...
Read MoreSuccess of Black Myth: Wukong Enrages Games Journalists
Black Myth: Wukong, the highly anticipated Soulslike action game from Chinese developer Game Science, made a lake-emptying splash when it debuted yesterday. Its first day racked up 2,223,179 peak concurrent players on Steam, the second-highest ever after the 3,257,248 PUBG: Battlegrounds scored in 2...
Read MoreBlack Myth: Wukong Sets the Steam Charts on Fire on its Release Day
Today is launch day for Black Myth: Wukong, the first game from Chinese studio Game Science that has had an embattled road to its release. Based on a Chinese novel called Journey to the West about Chinese history, culture, and mythology, Black Myth: Wukong has been criticized for not being more di...
Read MoreBlack Myth Wukong Review Guidelines Ban “Feminist Propaganda”
The makers of Black Myth: Wukong are not playing around with games journalists. The Soulslike action RPG from Chinese studio Game Science (their first game, which is hard to believe when you see how good it looks) will be released tomorrow, August 20, on PlayStation 5 and PC – and Xbox Series X|S...
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