Beijing-based CreateAI is trading autonomous trucks for digital sword fights! The tech disruptor is reviving ancient Chinese martial arts stories through cutting-edge gaming tech, betting big on cultural IPs to carve its space in the $200 billion global gaming arena. 💥
Using Hollywood-grade motion capture, CreateAI’s team is adapting classic Wuxia tales – think flying warriors and bamboo forest duels – into immersive RPGs. "We’re making Li Bai’s poetry move," laughs lead developer Zhang Wei, referencing the Tang Dynasty poet often featured in martial arts lore.
"This isn’t just nostalgia – it’s about giving Crouching Tiger energy to Gen Z gamers" – CGTN’s Wang Tianyu reports from their Beijing lab
With Tencent and NetEase dominating China’s gaming market, CreateAI’s niche strategy could be a game-changer. Will international gamers embrace jianghu (the martial arts world) ethics? The first beta drops this fall. ⚔️
