Fantasy Westward Journey
Fantasy Westward Journey (simplified Chinese: 梦幻西游; traditional Chinese: 夢幻西遊; pinyin: Mèng Huàn Xī Yóu) is a MMORPG developed and run by NetEase. It was released for the Microsoft Windows platform in December 2001.[1] The game is the most popular online game in China as of May 2007 by peak concurrent users (PCU), with a peak count of 1.5 million.[2] Registered users reached 25 million by April 2005,[3] with 576,000 peak concurrent players on 198 game servers, considered the fastest growing online game in China at the time.[3] Average concurrent users was reported in August 2006 to be around 400,000.[4] The game uses the same engine as Westward Journey II with a distinctively different graphical style. Both games are inspired by the Chinese novel Journey to the West.
In 2006 July, the administrators dissolved a 700-member anti-Japanese guild, and locked the account of its founder for having an anti-Japanese user name. A mass protest took place in the game days later on July 7, the anniversary of the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War, with up to 80,000 users joining the online protest on one of the servers.[5]
Total registered users of Fantasy Westward Journey reached 310 million as of 2015.[6]
Mobile Version
A mobile version was released for the Apple iOS and Google Android operating systems in 2015.
In Other Media
Animation- Fantasy Westward Journey launched its first 3D-animation in 2015, after presents on the Chinese mainstream online video platform, it successively launched on several Chinese TV station.[7]
See Also
Fantasy Westward Journey Mobile
References
- ^ "About NetEase Games".
- ^ China Analyst - News and Insights on U.S.-Listed Chinese Stocks: Ranking of Top 10 Online Games in China and Its Implications
- ^ a b Xinhua. "夢幻西遊"搭車"動感地帶" 網遊結盟中移動. Apr 6, 2005. Template:Zh icon
- ^ if:book: controversy in a MMORPG
- ^ WORLDBEAT - Chinese take anti-Japan protest online - Network World
- ^ "Press Release - April 21, 2015".
- ^ "情怀之作 梦幻西游2动画片感动继续_网络游戏梦幻西游2_官方网站合作专区_新浪游戏_新浪网". games.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
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