Black Myth: Wukong Developer Reveals 'Non-Canon' Teaser for Sequel Black Myth: Zhong Kui

Here's astir 7 minutes of Black Myth: Wukong follow-up Black Myth: Zhong Kui. Well, benignant of.

While developer Game Science has dropped the caller in-engine trailer and labelled it arsenic pertaining to the highly-anticipated sequel, it besides features a "non-canon" disclaimer which suggests everything you spot present could person nary bearing whatsoever connected the last crippled oregon its story, and has lone been released by the squad to observe Chinese New Year and invited successful the Year of the Horse.

But portion you won't spot immoderate gameplay oregon combat per se, the "non-canon, for amusement purposes only" trailer nevertheless shows in-engine footage and gives america our champion look yet astatine what to expect from the sequel, peculiarly successful presumption of however it looks and sounds. Let maine instrumentality you done it.

It starts retired usually capable arsenic a young pistillate moves astir an al fresco room preparing a meal. Look a small closer, though, and you'll recognize that the fig that passes her adjacent the opening isn't quite human, and the feline who opens the gigantic oyster-stroke-mussell ammunition reveals not a mollusc but, well, a small grey-faced man, uh, thing. She past prepares a slab of nutrient with blinking eyeballs embedded successful it.

There's much — overmuch much — but it's specified a delight, I'd urge watching it yourself. Just retrieve that it's much of a tech demo and is improbable to interaction the eventual storyline of Black Myth: Zhong Kui, overmuch similar the spin-off communicative Game Science likewise released astatine Chinese New Year past year.

Black Myth: Wukong developer Game Science revealed sequel Black Myth: Zhong Kui astatine Opening Night Live 2025 past August. "Set against the backdrop of the classical Chinese folktale 'Zhong Kui Banishing Evil,' Black Myth: Zhong Kui is simply a single-player enactment role-playing crippled rooted successful past Chinese fantasy," GameScience said.

"The crippled volition present distinctive experiences and gameplay features that propulsion our limits, portion besides bringing caller ideas and indispensable changes to code past flaws and regrets." As yet, there's nary merchandise window, fto unsocial a steadfast date.

Predecessor Black Myth: Wukong is the record-breaking enactment crippled that launched crossed PC and PlayStation 5 successful 2024, selling 10 cardinal copies successful conscionable 3 days. The Xbox Series X and S versions launched successful August 2025. It returned a Great 8/10 successful IGN's Black Myth: Wukong review, successful which we wrote: "Despite immoderate frustrating method issues, Black Myth: Wukong is simply a large enactment crippled with fantastic combat, breathtaking bosses, tantalizing secrets, and a beauteous world."

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