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Black Myth: Wukong players flood Game Awards post after Game of the Year snub
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The number of players has tripled since the ceremony. It peaked at 213,882 on Saturday.
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No bad publicity: Game Science saw a surge in players coming back to life after the awards show.
The Game Awards are no stranger to drama. Last year, there was the “Closed” fiasco, and the year before, Elden Ring's Game of the Year acceptance speech was interrupted by an onstage invader who said, “I want to nominate Bill Clinton, my Orthodox rabbi.”
This year's ceremony ran much more smoothly. But that doesn't mean the event went well, as the Black Myth: Wukong team wasn't happy with the Game of the Year snub.

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It doesn't seem to damage the game. But according to SteamDB data, there has been an influx of players. This resulted in the highest number of players since mid-October.
Players return in droves to Black Myth: Wukong after The Game Awards
Black Myth: Wukong is no stranger to high player numbers. It broke all sorts of records when nearly 2.5 million players played simultaneously during the game's August launch. This exceeds Steam's data by 1 Exabyte in China.
Normally, being a single player The number of players began to decrease. Still impressive, though. But it had about 60,000 concurrent users on average, that is, until last Thursday's game awards.
Despite winning the Player's Voice and Best Action Game awards, the CEO of developer Game Science criticized the awards show after it failed to win the overall Game of the Year award. stating that he It's worth noting that Wukong is the lowest rated game ever nominated for The Game Awards' top award, so his expectations aren't consistent somewhere.
Since The Game Awards, Black Myth: Wukong has approximately tripled the number of players playing the game.
It's not all bad news for the team. And as they say, Not doing any publicity is bad publicity. Since The Game Awards, Black Myth: Wukong has roughly tripled in players playing the game. The number of players peaked at 213,882 on Saturday, December 14, the highest since Saturday, October 12, when the game had 235,351 players playing simultaneously.
This number of returning players is certainly impressive. And it will be interesting to see how many players come to show their support for Game Science and how many play to see what all the fuss is about.

Black Myth: Wukong is an action RPG rooted in Chinese mythology and based on Journey to the West, one of the four great classic novels of Chinese literature.
You will embark on a journey destined to take on the challenges and surprises that lie ahead. To reveal the obscure truth behind the veil of glorious legends from the past.
As a destined person You will face powerful foes and worthy rivals throughout your journey. Fearlessly engage them in epic battles where surrender is not an option.
In addition to learning various techniques for using the cane, You can also combine spells, abilities, weapons, and equipment. Feel free to find the winning strategy that best suits your fighting style.