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Monkey business? China employees given time off to play new Black Myth: Wukong video game
Some employees in China are up to a little monkey business, and their employers are all for it. These companies have given their employees time off to play the newly launched, Chinese-developed video game Black Myth: Wukong, with some even subsidisi
These companies have given their employees time off to play the newly launched, Chinese-developed video game Black Myth: Wukong, with some even subsidising employees’ purchases of the game.
Black Myth: Wukong was released on Aug 20, and is already hailed as one of the most successful Chinese-made ventures in gaming.
Inspired by the classic 16th-century Chinese epic novel Journey To The West, the game has raked in more than 400 million yuan (S$73 million) 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.
It is considered the first Chinese-developed “Triple A” title – a term used to describe major, high-budget, stand-alone games.
According to Malaysia’s Chinese-language news outlet Oriental Daily, Chinese firm Sichuan Muziyang Technology gave all its employees a day off to experience the new game.
