China in Three Minutes - From “Journey to the West” to “Black Myth”why has the Monkey King been on trending for over 400 years?

These days, a monkey has gone viral across various social media platforms, triggered by the official release of China’s indigenous action RPG “Black Myth: Wukong.“ The first ever 3A game by China, “Black Myth: Wukong“ won high ratings from many game-centered media both home and abroad; on day one of its release, it set a new record high in steam’s history of concurrent players.