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Black Myth: Wukong
Developer(s)	Game Science
Publisher(s)	Game Science
Producer(s)	Feng Ji
Designer(s)	Jiang Baicun
Programmer(s)	Zhao Wenyong
Artist(s)	Yang Qi
Composer(s)	8082 Audio
Engine	Unreal Engine 5
Platform(s)	PlayStation 5 Windows Xbox Series X/S
Release	PlayStation 5, Windows August 20, 2024 Xbox Series X/S TBA
Genre(s)	Action role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player

Black Myth: Wukong (simplified Chinese: 黑神话：悟空; traditional Chinese: 黑神話：悟空) is a 2024 action role-playing game developed and published by Game Science. The game is inspired by the classical Chinese novel Journey to the West, and follows an anthropomorphic monkey based on the character of Sun Wukong from the novel.

Black Myth: Wukong was released for PlayStation 5 and Windows on August 20, 2024, with an Xbox Series X/S version planned to release at a later date. The game received generally positive reviews from critics and sold 10 million units as of August 23.

Gameplay

Black Myth: Wukong is an action role-playing game, with soulslike elements. It is played in single-player mode from a third-person perspective. It is inspired by the classical Chinese novel Journey to the West.

The player controls a monkey protagonist referred to as the Destined One, who is based on Sun Wukong from the novel. The protagonist's weapon is a staff, which is based on the Ruyi Jingu Bang from the novel. The staff can extend and shrink in size during combat. The three staff stances, which are the smash stance, the pillar stance, and the thrust stance, provide versatility in fights. The combat mechanics involve the management of resources. Focus can be accumulated by landing light attacks, executing well-timed dodges, and other means. A focus point is gained when the meter for focus is filled up. These points can be used to initiate a varied combo, chained to light attacks, or to charge a heavy attack on its own. Stamina depletes by sprinting, dodging, and attacking.

Spells have cooldowns before they can be cast again and consume mana. They are categorized in mysticism, alteration, strand, and transformations. The protagonist uses transformations to shapeshift into a different creature or being. An example is the transformation Red Tides, which takes the form of Guangzhi, a wolfman who wields a flaming glaive. The transformations come with their own movesets and health. They are available on cooldown, but do not cost mana. They last until their might, which depletes by attacking, or health runs out.

Spirits provide a skill and passive effect if they are equipped. Spirit skills function as transformations to do a single attack. They are available on cooldown and consume qi. Spirits come from certain defeated enemies and are acquired if they are absorbed into a gourd. An example of a spirit is the Wandering Wight, who does a headbutt attack.

The game follows a mostly linear progression interspersed with expansive areas. There are keeper's shrines, which act as checkpoints for the player, along the way. Throughout the world, the protagonist encounters various yaoguai as enemies. The game's difficulty cannot be changed by players, but it does not remain the same throughout a playthrough.

Synopsis

Premise and setting

Black Myth: Wukong is told over the span of six chapters and features multiple endings. In the story, the Destined One sets out on his journey to retrieve lost relics. The game introduces cultural and natural landmarks derived from the real world into its setting. It features, for example, several locations from Shanxi Province, such as the Little Western Paradise, the South Chan Temple, the Iron Buddha Temple, the Guangsheng Temple, the Stork Tower, and many other places.

Plot

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After successfully escorting Tang Sanzang and recovering the Buddhist scriptures, Sun Wukong ascends to Buddhahood, but ultimately rejects life in the Celestial Court, instead choosing to live on his mountain in peace. However, the Celestial Court is angered that Sun Wukong would disobey them, and sends an army led by Erlang Shen to force him to return to the Court. Sun Wukong duels Erlang, but is incapacitated by the circlet that binds him to the court and is sealed in a stone. However, right before he is sealed, Sun Wukong manages to split his power into six Relics, each one corresponding to one of Wukong's six-senses (the same six-senses [zh] of Āyatana in Buddhist philosophy), that are scattered and hidden all across China.

Over the next few centuries, the Monkeys of Mount Huaguo would send out a number of young warriors to try and recover the Relics so they can revive and free Sun Wukong. One such Monkey (who becomes known as the Destined One) sets out on his quest to find the Relics.

He first heads to the burnt down ruins of Guanyin Temple and recovers the first Relic, Sun Wukong's "eyes", by defeating Black Bear Guai, who apologizes and claims he was forced by the Court to oppose the Destined One.

The Destined One then heads to Yellow Wind Ridge where he defeats the Yellow Wind Sage and recovers the severed head of the Bodhisattva Lingji. As an appreciative gesture, Lingji hands over the second Relic which he had guarded until then.

The Destined One continues his journey to the mountains, where he frees Zhu Bajie from imprisonment and they both defeat Yellowbrow. Maitreya proceeds to thank them for defeating Yellowbrow, who stole his artifacts as well as the third Relic, which he then gives to the Destined One.

The Destined One and Bajie then arrive at the lair of the Spider Demons to find the fourth Relic, but Bajie is captured by the matriarch, the Violet Spider, who plans to marry and devour him for having "ruined" her centuries earlier. The Destined One rescues Bajie and battles both the Violet Spider and the Hundred-Eyed Daoist Master, resulting in their deaths and the acquisition of the fourth Relic.

The Destined One and Bajie continue to the Forest of Embers, where they find the Red Boy attempting to steal the fifth Relic from the Bull Demon King. The Destined One defeats Red Boy, who then commits suicide to avoid the humiliation of defeat. This enables the Destined One to take possession of the fifth Relic.

With five of the Relics now in possession, the Destined One and Bajie return to Mount Huaguo to find the sixth and final Relic. On the way, they find that Sun Wukong's old weapon, armour and cloud have been hidden in the region, thus they decide to recover them before the Court does. They reach the summit of Mount Huaguo where the Destined One discovers that, as the "Destined One", he himself is the sixth Relic, also known as Sun Wukong's mind, hence why the "Destined One" resembles Wukong exactly. In fact, his true destiny is not to revive Sun Wukong per se, but to inherit the legacy of his name and powers, thus becoming his new incarnation. In order to achieve reincarnation, the Destined One is forced to battle the stone body of Sun Wukong, who has no mind and no soul. Upon the defeat of Wukong's stone body, there exist multiple endings:

• In one ending, the Destined One fails to inherit Sun Wukong's legacy. He is forced to wear the same circlet that bound Sun Wukong to the Celestial Court and his body remains trapped inside the rock waiting for a new Destined One.
• If the Destined One defeated Erlang Shen in an optional boss fight prior to the final battle, he successfully inherits Sun Wukong's memories and refuses to wear the circlet, preventing himself from being bound to the Celestial Court.

Development

Black Myth: Wukong is a game developed and published by Game Science. Several members of Game Science, founded in Shenzhen, moved to Hangzhou to begin development of the game in 2018. The team considered the cost for research and development to be high from the start of the project, so they did not have high expectations for profitability initially. Nevertheless, they wanted to create a game in their own style with a focus on traditional cultural themes. After Game Science committed to the development of their first single-player game, they discussed themes such as xianxia and wuxia, but were most enthusiastic about the Journey to the West.

Black Myth: Wukong was first announced with a trailer showcasing gameplay in its pre-alpha build on August 20, 2020. The trailer demonstrated the game built on Unreal Engine 4, and showed the protagonist exploring the environment and fighting various foes in a location known as the Black Wind Mountain. Within one day, the trailer had nearly two million views on YouTube and ten million views on Bilibili. As Game Science's development team was small, the trailer was released to attract people to the studio to help build the game. The team started with seven people and had thirty people around the time of the announcement.

The game is developed on Unreal Engine 5, but it was initially developed on its previous iteration, Unreal Engine 4. The move to the newer version was revealed through a trailer showcasing the game on August 20, 2021. Game Science explained that, in 2021, they had switched to Unreal Engine 5 as they were aiming for more realistic graphics. In designing the environment, the development team conducted on-site studies of various locations. They made scans of buildings and statues to reproduce them or use them as a basis in the design. In 2022, the government of Hangzhou, where Game Science is partly based in, gave the developers a grant for the game. The sound, including the music and voices, was co-produced by 8082 Audio. The game features the theme from the 1986 television series Journey to the West.

Producer Feng Ji expressed hope for Black Myth: Wukong to be the first installment in a planned Black Myth shared universe, which would explore different stories in Chinese mythology.

Marketing and release

Black Myth: Wukong was released for PlayStation 5 and PC (Windows) on August 20, 2024 at 10 AM (UTC+8). An Xbox Series X/S version is planned, but the release date has not been announced.

In January 2023, Game Science published a promotional short film celebrating the upcoming Year of the Rabbit which revealed that the game would be released in the summer of 2024. During The Game Awards in December 2023, they released a trailer announcing the release date as August 20, 2024. In June 2024, they disclosed that the Xbox Series X/S version of the game was delayed for better optimization on the platform.

Black Myth: Wukong received four editions: Digital Standard Edition, Digital Deluxe Edition, Deluxe Edition, and Collector's Edition. The Digital Standard Edition contains the base game. The Digital Deluxe Edition, additionally, provides in-game bonus content and a selected digital soundtrack. The content consists of the weapon Bronzecloud Staff; the equipment Folk Opera Mask, Folk Opera Almsgiving Armor, Folk Opera Leather Bracers, and Folk Opera Buskins; and the curio Wind Chimes. Both the Deluxe Edition and the Collector's Edition comprise a Digital Deluxe Edition activation code and a set of physical collectibles. For the Deluxe Edition, the collectibles are: Steel Case, The Constricting Headband, Chaos at the Peach Banquet (color print on silk scroll), Wind Chime (necklace), Thunderstone (ring), Gold Sun Crow (pin), Stamps and Postcard, and Warranty Certificate. For the Collector's Edition, these are: Steel Case, Confront Destiny (protagonist figurine), Teaching of the Heart Sutra (color print on silk scroll), Wind Chime, Thunderstone, Gold Sun Crow, Stamps and Postcard, and Warranty Certificate. For both editions, the activation code is for the Digital Deluxe Edition on WeGame for JD.com purchases or Steam for overseas purchases. A physical disc is not included in any edition. Game Science stated that they are exploring options to offer physical discs, but that limitations in offline resources have made it difficult to offer physical discs simultaneously with the release.

Pre-orders for the game launched on June 7, 2024, with the benefit of in-game content for those who pre-ordered.

Black Myth: Wukong became the most-wishlisted game on Steam from May 2024. In early August, the game ranked first on Steam's top-sellers chart. When the game's preload went live shortly before release, the download bandwidth usage on Steam reached its highest-ever peak at 70 terabytes-per-second, superseding the previous record held by Cyberpunk 2077 in 2020.

Reception

Review scores

Publication	Score
4Players	8/10
Digital Trends
Eurogamer
GameSpot	8/10
GamesRadar+
GameStar	82%
Hardcore Gamer	4.5/5
IGN	BR: 8.5/10 CN: 10/10 Benelux: 9/10 US: 8/10
Jeuxvideo.com	16/20
NME	8/10
PC Gamer (US)	87/100
PCGamesN	8/10
PCMag	8/10
Push Square	8/10
RPGFan	92%
3DM	10/10
Dexerto
Dot Esports	8/10
Game Rant
GamerSky	10/10
Multiplayer.it	8/10
TechRadar
Vandal	8.3/10
Windows Central [zh]

Black Myth: Wukong won "Best Visuals" and was nominated for "Most Epic" at Gamescom in 2023.

Black Myth: Wukong received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic.

Nikkei Asia reported that Black Myth: Wukong marked a noticeable shift toward premium games and international audiences in the Chinese video game industry. During the pre-release, Soulframe Liang, the director of Phantom Blade Zero, commented that, if Black Myth: Wukong succeeds in the domestic and international market, people would be confident about other games in their industry and that he thought that it would indeed be a large success.

Sales

On the day of release, Black Myth: Wukong reached 2.2 million concurrent players on Steam, which placed it as the second highest game of all time by this metric, surpassing other popular games such as Elden Ring and Cyberpunk 2077. It broke the record for the highest number of concurrent players for a single-player game on Steam. Bloomberg reported that this ascent could help the game "seal its place in industry lore."

Black Myth: Wukong became the most-viewed game on livestreams in China on its first day of release, with physical editions also in high demand; 700,000 people signed up to purchase a limited set of 30,000 units on retailer JD.com. The launch of the game also managed to boost PlayStation 5 sales to the top of the electronics section during the week of release in China.

Game Science announced that Black Myth: Wukong had sold 10 million units, derived from data as of August 23, 2024 at 9 PM (UTC+8), and had reached 3 million concurrent players across all platforms. The game is one of the fastest-selling of all time.

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External links

• Official website

• Action role-playing video games
• 2024 video games
• Unreal Engine 5 games
• Video games based on Journey to the West
• Video games developed in China
• Video games set in China
• Video games set in heaven
• Windows games
• PlayStation 5 games
• Xbox Series X and Series S games
• Monkey King