The Game Awards is no stranger to drama. Last year, there was the "wrap it up" fiasco, and the year prior, Elden Ring's Game of the Year Award acceptance was interrupted by a stage invader who said, "I want to nominate my Orthodox rabbi Bill Clinton."
This year's ceremony ran a lot smoother, but that's not to say it went off without a hitch, as the Black Myth: Wukong team was far from happy with its perceived Game of the Year snub.
Black Myth: Wukong's latest update isn't monkeying around.
That doesn't seem to have harmed the game, however, as according to SteamDB, it's seen an influx of players, bringing in its highest player count since mid-October.
Black Myth: Wukong is no stranger to high player counts. It broke all kinds of records when almost 2.5 million players played concurrently around the game's August launch, exceeding 1 exabyte of Steam Data in China.
Naturally, being a single-player title, the player count started to dwindle. While still impressive, it settled around an average of 60,000 concurrent users. That was until last Thursday's Game Awards.
Despite scooping the Player's Voice award and the award for Best Action Game, developer Game...
