"Gold Digger Game" Renamed After Hitting the Hot Search; Multiple Products of Tencent, NetEase, and Youzu Exposed; Beijing Issues Policies to Support Gaming and E-sports | Kr Game Weekly Report (June 16 - June 22)
Text | Ma Xiaodi
Editor | Liu Shiwu
New Game Express
After causing a hot - debate, "Gold - Digger Game" is renamed "Emotional Anti - Fraud Simulator"
"Gold - Digger Game" was launched on Steam on June 19th and topped the Weibo hot search list on its first day. It has now topped the Steam sales list and received a 96% positive rating. However, the game has sparked controversy due to its sensitive theme and has been criticized for stigmatizing women. The game has been renamed "Emotional Anti - Fraud Simulator", and the social media account of its director has also been blocked. Despite the continuous controversy, the game has still attracted a large number of players' attention and discussions.
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Tencent's "Final Fantasy XIV: Crystal World" is launched on all platforms
The official mobile version of FF14, developed by Photon Studio Group and supervised by SE, was launched on June 19th. As the mobile version of the classic IP, the game continues the world - view and plot of the PC version, opens up five races and nine major professions, optimizes the map - running and casual gameplay, and also features high - difficulty dungeons and skill rotations. When the server opens, players will be given mounts, pets, and fashion items, and there are also many welfare activities, bringing a sincere journey in Eorzea to adventurers.
"Final Fantasy XIV: Crystal World"
NetEase's "Spirit Beast Adventure" starts the Android "All - Spirit Test"
The paid and archived - deleted test "All - Spirit Test" of "Spirit Beast Adventure" will start at 8:00 on June 19th and only supports Android devices. It is a vertical - style turn - based MMORPG pet - catching mobile game, featuring pet - catching from five major sects, free trading, and home building, combining social and strategic gameplay.
NetEase Leihuo releases its first 3A single - player game "Return to the Tang Dynasty", with Hu Zhipeng as the producer
Lin'an 24 Studio under NetEase Leihuo Business Group first revealed the 3A single - player game "Return to the Tang Dynasty" on June 20th. The project is produced by Hu Zhipeng, the executive vice - president of NetEase Group, and the R & D lasted about 4 years. "Return to the Tang Dynasty" is based on the historical event of Zhang Yichao's recovery of Hexi in the late Tang Dynasty and will be released in a buy - to - play model. The first - revealed PV of the game shows high - level graphics, realistic lighting, and detailed modeling. However, the full in - game demonstration has not been released. The project team responded that more content will be gradually disclosed.
"Return to the Tang Dynasty"
37 Interactive Entertainment's "Dragon Knight Academy" is launched on all platforms
"Dragon Knight Academy" is an MMORPG mobile game with an otherworldly adventure theme and was officially launched on June 19th. Players will be freshmen at the Dragon Knight Academy, participate in the dragon knight recruitment, eliminate monsters, make friends, fight against the Holy See infiltrated by chaotic forces, and grow into true dragon knights to save the world. The game supports multi - character cultivation and team dungeons.
Xishanju's new mech game will have a global public beta on July 2nd
It is reported that "Unrestricted Mech", an action - shooting battle game produced by Xishanju and positioned as a near - future science - fiction mech theme, will officially start its public beta on July 2nd. The game will also be available on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam platforms. In the previous several rounds of testing, more than 2.26 million players participated in the test, and the peak concurrent online number once exceeded 317,000. The official website shows that the current global pre - registration number of "Unrestricted Mech" has exceeded 5.2 million. This is Xishanju's first attempt at a mech - style online game.
Old Game News
NetEase's "Non - Human Academy" announces the end of updates
After seven years of being on the market, "Non - Human Academy" announced on June 18th that it will stop developing new content and close some servers starting from August. Only the "Long - lasting" server will be retained, and the rest will be closed. The game was launched in 2018 and once entered the top 40 of the iOS best - selling list, but dropped out of the top 200 half a year later. Last year, it launched the auto - chess gameplay "Little Ace" in an attempt to regain the market, but the effect was not good.
"Black Myth: Wukong" offers an 80% discount across all platforms for its one - year anniversary celebration
"Black Myth: Wukong" is offering an 80% discount across all platforms for the first time on the occasion of its one - year anniversary of release, covering the PS Store, Microsoft Store (pre - sale), Steam, Epic Games Store, and WeGame. The discount on the PS platform lasts from June 18th to July 3rd, while on the PC platform, it lasts from June 20th to July 11th. The standard version of the game on the Chinese mainland PS Store is priced at 214.4 yuan, the digital deluxe version at 262.4 yuan, and the DLC at only 48 yuan. The official release on the Xbox platform will start on August 20th.
"Black Myth: Wukong"
Industry Highlights
Tencent's 2025 WeGame Game Night: WeGame 3.0 version is released
The 2025 WeGame Game Night ended successfully on June 16th. During the event, the latest news of several new games such as "Under One Person", "Runaway Evolution", and "Wilderness Origin" was announced, and the WeGame 3.0 version was officially released. The new version focuses on a light and fast experience, upgrades the technical framework and kernel, optimizes the operation performance and game mode, reduces the platform power consumption, and improves the stability. The game night also brought a series of highly anticipated game updates and test information, presenting a colorful game feast for players.
Image source: WeGame
Youzu Networks kicks off its 16th anniversary celebration and the "616 Youth Festival", unveiling several new games
The 16th anniversary celebration of Youzu Networks and the 9th "616 Youth Festival" are in full swing, with 6.16 million copies of welfare being distributed and various activities launched in its games. New games such as "Three Kingdoms of Youth 3", "Reinforcements Are Coming", "Code: Ball", and "Great Emperor H5" were announced. Among them, "Three Kingdoms of Youth 3" will start the "Heroes Test" in early July, featuring Chinese - style art and innovative card gameplay.
Youzu Networks' 16th anniversary
Beijing introduces 11 measures to support the game and e - sports industry, with a maximum reward of 30 million yuan
Departments such as the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Beijing Municipal Committee have issued the "Interim Support Measures for Promoting the High - quality Development of the Game and E - sports Industry in Beijing", proposing to promote the in - depth integration of technologies such as artificial intelligence and AIGC with the game and e - sports industry, and accelerate the innovative application of technological achievements in various aspects such as game R & D and operation. Support enterprises and relevant market players in the game and e - sports field to layout in related fields such as artificial intelligence, game engines, game development tools, interactive streaming media, and extended reality, and encourage the establishment of key laboratories to carry out core technology research. A maximum reward of no more than 30 million yuan will be given according to the investment of eligible projects.
RNG, its boss Yao Jincheng, etc. are subject to compulsory enforcement of over 160 million yuan
According to the Aiqicha App, recently, Shanghai Jingxin Chengfeng Media Co., Ltd., Yao Jincheng, etc. have a new piece of information as the person subject to enforcement, with an enforcement amount of over 160 million yuan. The enforcement court is the First Intermediate People's Court of Shanghai.
The company was established in November 2018, with Wang Junhong as its legal representative and a registered capital of about 5.57 million yuan. Its business scope includes cultural and artistic activity exchange and planning, computer software development, computer information technology consulting services, etc. It is jointly held by Yao Jincheng, Hainan Dingchun Information Technology Center (Limited Partnership), Ningbo Taiheng Enterprise Management Consulting Partnership, and Wang Junhong. Risk information shows that there are currently several pieces of equity freezing information for this company.
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