The meme coin Wukong surged by 400%, and the online player count for "Black Myth: Wukong" on Steam broke a new record of 1.4 million
Due to the game's high popularity, the meme coin $Wukong on the Solana chain surged over 440%.Original Title: Surging 400% Meme Coin $Wukong, Black Myth: Wukong Launches with "Steam Over 1.4 Million Concurrent Players" Breaking Records
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"Black Myth: Wukong" officially launched at 10 AM today, and within the first hour, the number of concurrent players exceeded 1 million. Before the deadline, the peak reached 1.437 million, surpassing "Cyberpunk 2077" and "Elden Ring," setting a new record for single-player games on Steam. Influenced by the game's high popularity, the meme coin $Wukong on the Solana chain surged over 440%.
After the official launch of the Chinese domestic game "Black Myth: Wukong" at 10 AM today, it quickly sparked a frenzy among players. According to official data from Steam, the number of concurrent players exceeded 1 million within the first hour, and the peak reached 1.437 million before the deadline, surpassing the peak of 1.04 million for "Cyberpunk 2077" and 950,000 for "Elden Ring," setting a new record for single-player games on Steam, demonstrating its overwhelming popularity.
Chinese Netizens: Stunning Graphics, Incredibly Fun
Regarding the gameplay experience of "Black Myth: Wukong," many Chinese netizens expressed their satisfaction:
"It's fun, challenging, but really enjoyable."
"I played until the knife master on PS5 this morning, I can only say it's unbeatable."
"Super fun!!!"
"I haven't encountered any bugs, and the graphics are stunning."
"Don't get me wrong, the atmosphere of the black monkey is indeed strong, although the little monsters are a bit of a filler, but the NPC dialogues are basically not repetitive. There are indeed many bosses."
"The music is unbeatable, and the feel of the heavy and charged sticks is great. This is just the beginning; the skill system hasn't even been unlocked yet… If possible, I recommend playing with a controller."
Some netizens even speculated that with the number of online players for Black Wukong breaking 1.4 million, which is 400,000 higher than the peak of 2077, and considering it's currently Tuesday daytime, could it reach 2 million online by the weekend evening? The only suspense is whether it can break the 3 million record of PUBG.
However, some netizens responded: "The combat in Black Myth is not very interesting; it's just a stick hitting from start to finish. I wonder if there will be any changes later?" To which other netizens replied: "The experience mainly relies on exploring and collecting monster skills," and "Sekiro also uses a sword from start to finish. To be honest, I prefer the feeling of trying new weapons in other Souls games, but if one weapon is well done, that's also good."
Additionally, the map design flaws of "Black Myth: Wukong" have drawn complaints from many netizens, who stated:
"It's good, but without a map, it's indeed easy to get lost."
"The map guidance is really poor, with air walls everywhere."
"The map is too realistic, and the guidance is not very clear."
"I disagree because it is indeed easy to get lost. If the map guidance were done well, I wouldn't say anything. But as it is now, it's hard to describe."
$Wukong Surges Over 400%
With the high popularity of "Black Myth: Wukong," several related meme coins have emerged in the crypto space.
Among them, the most actively traded is the meme coin $Wukong on the Solana chain. Yesterday, the coin's maximum increase reached 441%, and it has risen over 127% in the past 24 hours, with a current market cap of approximately $146,000 and a current price of $0.0001467.
Additionally, several tokens with the same name Wukong have appeared, with some surging 1003% in the past 24 hours, while others have plummeted by 33%. The price fluctuations of meme coins are extremely high, and the investment risks are very significant, reminding investors not to follow the trend blindly and to invest cautiously.
Currently, it is speculated that these tokens have no official connection with "Black Myth: Wukong," and it is still unclear whether the creators of the tokens are related to the game's developer, Game Science.
"Black Myth: Wukong": China's First AAA Game
"Black Myth: Wukong" is an action role-playing game developed by the Chinese game developer "Game Science" using the Unreal Engine 5, based on the classical novel "Journey to the West," creating a mythical world filled with deities, monsters, and legends.
The pre-load opened yesterday caused Steam's download bandwidth to surge to 70 Tbps, breaking the previous record of 50 Tbps set by "Cyberpunk 2077" at the end of 2020.
With its high development costs and long development cycle, the game is hailed as China's first AAA masterpiece, highly anticipated by Chinese players, who refer to it as the "light of domestic games," claiming it to be the Chinese version of "God of War" and "Elden Ring." Players will take on the role of the character Sun Wukong from Chinese mythology, defeating the monsters wreaking havoc on Earth.
