Wukong hasn't arrived on Xbox yet

Summary

  • The delay in Black Myth: Wukong's Xbox port is apparently due to optimization issues facing the 10GB memory on the Xbox Series S.

  • Game director Feng Ji said: “10G shared memory, it is really impossible to achieve without several years of optimization experience.”

  • Fans are speculating about potential DLC releases and a successor project codenamed Black Myth: Jiang Ziya.

The Black Myth: Wukong the community is currently discussing a compelling reason why the award-winning title hasn't made it to Xbox consoles yet, after the game director addressed optimization issues that could prevent the port. Black Myth: Wukong launched on PlayStation 5 and Steam and reached over 2.2 million concurrent players on the PC platform on its release day. Its popularity has surpassed other successful titles such as Elden Ring and Cyberpunk 2077and Sony also confirmed that it was the most downloaded PS5 game in North America, Europe and Japan in August.

Game Science's action RPG is based on the Chinese novel Journey to the West and follows the anthropomorphic ape and “Destined” Sun Wukong. The single-player experience was praised at launch for its Souls-esque elements and fantastic art direction, with several accolades during awards season. Black Myth: Wukong recently made waves at the Steam Awards 2024, taking home three awards, including Game of the Year. The title previously won the same crown at the Golden Joystick Awards and was also nominated for Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2024, but lost out to Astro Bot.

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Discovered by a Redditor and posted on the Gaming Leaks and Rumors subreddit, a post by game director Feng Ji on Weibo addressed an obstacle the team was facing with the Xbox port. “10G shared memory, it's really impossible to get without a few years of optimization experience,” the executive explained, pointing out the optimization issues that delayed the Xbox port. Black Myth: WukongHis plans for an Xbox port have been in motion for a while, but optimization complications seem to be the legitimate reason behind the Xbox port's delay.

Black Myth: Wukong's Xbox port apparently delayed by optimization issues

Fans thought before Black Myth: WukongThe Xbox port will get a release date at The Game Awards this year, following the same move Larian Studios made with Baldur's Gate 3but this idea was never realized. Redditors noted that the developer's supposed inexperience with console ports was exposed in the PS5 version and worried about how an Xbox Series S port would work.

Since its August 2024 release, fans have been getting glimpses of possible future content in the works, including a leaker's recent tease that two DLCs are on the way for Black Myth: Wukong. The rumors didn't air specific details regarding content or a release window, but it was projected that both DLC packs would arrive before the next entry in the franchise. Game Science's successor project is rumored to have a code name The Black Myth: Jiang Ziyafollowing the titular Chinese figure in folklore and literature similar to Sun Wukong.

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