Summary

Xboxfans are pretty much used to being left out when it comes to console games, with developers increasingly more likely to stick toPlayStationand sort out Xbox after the fact.Stellar Blade,Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth,Rise of the Ronin, andSilent Hill 2were all third-party titles from 2024 that chose to skip Xbox, for one reason or another, but it wasBlack Myth: Wukong’slack of an Xbox version that caused the biggest stink.

We know that Black Myth: Wukong is coming to Xbox at some point, but the trouble is that the Xbox version of the game was indefinitely delayed, with manyassuming the weaker Xbox Series S was the cause. Developer Game Science never really confirmed that though, and there was rampant speculation that Black Myth: Wukong has a shady exclusivity deal with PlayStation, further pushedby a dodgy statement from Microsoft itself.

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Over four months since the game’s release on PlayStation and PC, it now appears as though we finally have an official answer for Black Myth: Wukong’s Xbox delay, as director Feng Ji - who also goes by Yocar - has just straight up blamed the Series Sin a new post on Chinese social media platform Weibo.

Black Myth: Wukong Director Blames Series S Memory For Xbox Delay

Yocar’s post on Weibo was in response to Black Myth: Wukong’s impressive performance during this year’s Steam Awards - which has once again proven rather controversial - as the game managed to pick up three in total,along with Game of the Year. According to a translation by a ResetEra user, Yocar explains that he “felt a little emotional” after seeing the awards the game nabbed, and that the only thing that would have made 2024 perfect is the release of the Xbox version.

Yocar goes on to state that the “10G shared memory” that is used by the Xbox Series S made releasing the game on the system impossible “without a few years of optimization experience”. That pretty much rules out all the talk about back-handed PlayStation deals, and confirms what many already believed, being that the Series S is once again causing major headaches for a developer.

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Game Science isn’t the only developer that has had problems with the Series S. Dune Awakening developer Funcom claimed thatworking with the system is “a challenge”, while a former Naughty Dog and Rocksteady developerstraight up just wished the console “never existed”. Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian evenhad to drop split screen to get it on the system, so it’s not like Game Science is alone when it comes to headaches over the Series S.

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Black Myth: Wukong is an action RPG rooted in Chinese mythology and based on Journey to the West, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.You shall set out as the Destined One to venture into the challenges and marvels ahead, to uncover the obscured truth beneath the veil of a glorious legend from the past.As the Destined One, you shall encounter powerful foes and worthy rivals throughout your journey. Fearlessly engage them in epic battles where surrender is not an option.Aside from mastering various staff techniques, you can also freely combine different spells, abilities, weapons, and equipment to find the winning strategy that best suits your combat style.