Another domestic game goes viral worldwide! The overseas version of "Sixteen Sounds of Yan Yun" launched for 24 hours with over 2 million players.

November 15th, Netease (09999) released the martial arts open-world game "Where Winds Meet" (Chinese name: "") globally, landing on platforms such as Steam, PlayStation, and Epic. The overseas version broke 500,000 players within 40 minutes of its release, exceeding 2 million players within 24 hours, with over 190,000 players simultaneously online on Steam. It climbed various charts, including the Top 7 best-selling games globally on Steam, Top 5 most played games globally on Steam, and Top 3 in the PlayStation sales chart in 7 markets. It also quickly climbed to second place on the Twitch games chart. As the popularity continues to soar, with its high quality and immersive martial arts experience, "Where Winds Meet" has earned high praise from overseas users. Elements like "acupoint striking" and "Tai Chi" have become hot discussion topics among players, sparking a trend of experiencing Chinese culture by learning Chinese and playing the game. Game globalization is not only a cultural voyage but also a showcase of technology. "Where Winds Meet" relies on the domestically developed Messiah engine to achieve visual performance that has many overseas players exclaiming, "I've never seen content like this before." This year, many regions, including Zhejiang, have introduced policies to support game globalization, ushering in a new golden period for Chinese games going global. "Where Winds Meet" is a new example encouraged by these policies, as it circles the globe with its "culture as the roots, technology as the backbone, and ecological empowerment" approach, attracting fans worldwide and potentially becoming another representative symbol of Chinese cultural globalization. Interactive "digital museums," foreign players: finding the quickest way to explore China In recent years, games based on classic IP have successfully brought Chinese mythology and legendary stories to the world. "Where Winds Meet" ventures into deeper waters by digging into historical and cultural elements not widely known overseas, through lifelike ancient architecture, vivid market scenes, and free exploration of martial arts, advancing the globalization of Chinese culture to a richer and more profound stage. Set against the backdrop of the "Yan Yun Sixteen States" during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, "Where Winds Meet" constructs an interactive Chinese cultural museum. It authentically reproduces over a hundred Chinese martial arts and intangible cultural heritage from swordsmanship and Tai Chi to the Five Animal Frolics, shadow puppetry, cuju, lion dance, and more. In this realm, players have high freedom to choose from over 10 sects, 7 weapon types, and more than 20 varieties of skills, allowing them to experience the immersive journey of becoming an Eastern martial arts hero. To authentically recreate historical settings, the development team traveled across various provinces to digitally scan numerous historical sites and precious artifacts, faithfully restoring 1200 items in 16 categories, such as the "Han Xizai's Night Banquet" and "Zh... (continues...)