Chinese Video/Computer Games

Top 5 upcoming video game trailers on YouTube in 2025:


3/5 are upcoming Chinese AAA games, so lots of interest even outside of China.

The amount of views for "The God Slayer" is very surprising to me since the trailer only released a few weeks ago and it's made by a relatively unknown Chongqing studio using an entirely new IP, not even based on mythology. I guess people vibed with the Avatar-style elemental Kungfu.

meedicx said:

Top 5 upcoming video game trailers on YouTube in 2025:

GTA 6 (Grand Theft Auto 6) – Official Trailer 2	4,416,164 views
Blood Message – Official Reveal Trailer	4,193,013 views
The God Slayer – Official Gameplay Reveal Trailer	3,992,767 views
Black Myth: Zhong Kui – Official Reveal Trailer | gamescom 2025	3,699,414 views
The Witcher 4 – UE 5.6 Tech Demo | State of Unreal 2025	3,295,439 views

3/5 are upcoming Chinese AAA games, so lots of interest even outside of China.

The amount of views for "The God Slayer" is very surprising to me since the trailer only released a few weeks ago and it's made by a relatively unknown Chongqing studio using an entirely new IP, not even based on mythology. I guess people vibed with the Avatar-style elemental Kungfu.

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I should clarify this is for the IGN YouTube channel only, which is the biggest channel for video game trailers. Many games will post on their own social media account, which this doesn't aggregate. But it still shows immense interest in upcoming Chinese games.

Here is also the top trending unreleased video games on TikTok (so global ex-China) for the past month. There are 4 Chinese games on the list (Arknights Endfield, Petit Planet, Ananta, Tides of Annihilation)



This list has more focus on F2P cross-platform Chinese games, which are also seeing great success globally in the past few years.
From my estimates, Chinese games have held the title for the highest grossing F2P game on PC/Console ex-China released in 2023 (Honkai Star Rail), 2024 (Marvel Rivals) and 2025 (Where Winds Meet). I predict Arknights Endfield will have a good chance taking this crown in 2026 and Ananta in 2027.

Has this been posted? I didn't see it before.

Absolutely fucking epic.

MortyandRick said:

Has this been posted? I didn't see it before.

Absolutely fucking epic.

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Some performance issues from what I can tell.

President Xi delivers his 2026 New Year Message recently. The popularity of Black Myth Wukong is mentioned and its footage is featured alongside images of Fujian aircraft carrier, the 9.3 parade and other major achievements in various field.

A new WW2 shooter about China's resistance against japan just got announced. This trailer was just released a few days ago. The game's called The Defiant, and you can wishlist it on steam right now.

14 Years of Flames is largely just a concept demo, still far from being playable.

The Defiant has invited some gaming bloggers to experience the demo level. It's been revealed that their pipeline is already set up and they're moving into the scaling phase. The release date remains unclear, but I guess it will be July 7, 2027. Trailer's stuttering wasn't due to a performance issue, but because they mistakenly used the Windows XBOX game bar for recording.

That being said, I think it's still difficult for historical FPS games to make new breakthroughs, sales are largely limited by the Chinese market. Fortunately, the Chinese gaming market is large enough.