Black Myth: Wukong has raked in more than 400 million yuan in pre-sales, shattering records for Chinese domestic games.Some employees in China are up to a little monkey business, and their employers are all for it.
Inspired by the classic 16th-century Chinese epic novel Journey To The West, the game has raked in more than 400 million yuan in pre-sales alone, shattering records for Chinese domestic games. Sun Wukong, otherwise known as the Monkey King, is a monkey born from a stone who attains powers rivalling that of the gods, eventually becoming a deity himself after undergoing a journey fraught with tribulation.
An image purportedly of a notice from the company was also shared on social media, with Reddit users expressing envy at the move. Also, Shanghai-based indie game publisher Gamera Games reportedly gave each of its employees a digital version of Black Myth: Wukong, while Chinese game strategy platform Game Teahouse gave its employees a half-day off to play it, and paid them back the money they used to buy copies of the game.
The digital version of the game on the Sony PlayStation 5 platform costs $81.39 in Singapore, while the digital deluxe version – featuring extra in-game items and a soundtrack – is priced at $99.74. On digital video game distribution service Steam, the game costs $79.90 for the regular version, and $94.90 for the deluxe.