Black Myth: Wukong is finally coming to Xbox

Game Science has announced that its 2024 GOTY contender, Black Myth: Wukong, is coming to Xbox Series X this summer. It’ll drop on Aug. 20, exactly one year to the day after it launched on PlayStation 5 and Windows PC last year.

The Journey to the West-inspired action-adventure game was a hit at launch, quickly breaking Steam records on its way to 20 million sales in its first month. Black Myth: Wukong racked up several end-of-year award nominations and wins, even though its review scores rated lower-than-average. Polygon’s review called it “an astounding triumph, one that blends a story celebrating Chinese and other East Asian cultures with an original retelling that has resonant themes, all complemented by spectacular design and exhilarating combat.”

Black Myth: Wukong’s Xbox release again raises the question of whether it was secretly a PlayStation 5 timed-exclusive or not. Coming out on Xbox exactly one year after its PS5 launch is a bit coincidental, no? However, Game Science has a history of releasing trailers for Black Myth on Aug. 20, and the game was revealed on Aug. 20, 2020, so that date clearly holds significance to Game Science.

According to Game Science CEO Yongar Feng-Ji, optimizing the Xbox Series S version of the game proved to be a challenge and was the cause for the delay, not an exclusivity deal with PlayStation. This situation is not dissimilar to 2023’s Baldur’s Gate 3, in which developing a feature-complete Series S version proved a challenge.

Xbox players can preorder starting on June 18. Until July 11, Black Myth: Wukong will receive a 20% discount via the Microsoft Store for both the Standard Edition and Deluxe Edition, as well as the Deluxe Edition Upgrade. It’ll also be discounted on PS5 from June 18 to July 3, and on PC from June 20 to July 11.