Black Myth: Wukong: Last News

Black Myth: Wukong, but why does the character in a games based on a Chinese novel have a Birmingham accent?Speaking to the BBC, voice actor James Alexander, from Birmingham, explained that since Yin Tiger is “a bit stoic and a bit irritable as well […] the Brummie accent leans in nicely to having that kind of humble nature to it, but also you can be quite threatening with it as well.”The BBC reports “the creators [of Black Myth: Wukong] loved his accent so much they encouraged him to keep it for the part.” It adds that the success of the game has led to a “tourism boom” in China, as fans flock to locations featured in the game and mentioned in the original 16th Century novel.Black Myth: Wukong has sold over ten million copies since it launched in August. “I woke up the morning it was released and had a message on my phone saying there were two million people playing, which was just mad,” Alexander said.As well as Yin Tiger, Alexander voices several other characters in the game.

Black Myth: Wukong director Feng Ji isn’t happy that Astro Bot won Game Of The Year at the 2024 Game Awards.Black Myth Wukong was released in August and quickly became one of the biggest selling video games of all time.It was then nominated for four trophies at The Game Awards and ended up winning two in last week’s ceremony, including Best Action and the community-voted Player’s Voice. However a number of fans think it should have also won Game Of The Year over Astro Bot.Following the awards, Astro Bot was review bombed on Metacritic.

Black Myth: Wukong launched just a few weeks ago, August 19, but it’s already due to get an expansion, a report confirms.Black Myth: Wukong sold quickly and became the second-most concurrently played game of all time on Steam with 2.2 million players. It sold 18 million copies since its launch, making it one of the fastest-selling games ever.Forbes reports that developer Game Science will be capitalising on the game’s success by releasing an expansion, although there is currently no indication what this expansion will entail, when it will come out, or how much it will cost.Black Myth: Wukong is based on the Chinese novel Journey to the West, and has done exceptionally well in China, which accounts for around 85 to 90 per cent of its total players.These huge sales records have come despite the game only launching on PlayStation 5 and PC.

Black Myth: Wukong has launched to resounding success on PC and PlayStation, but its Xbox version is nowhere to be seen. Now we know why.Black Myth: Wukong developer Game Science claimed the game, which was due to launch on Xbox alongside PC and PlayStation, was delayed because the team was “currently optimising” the Xbox version in order to “to meet our quality standards.”According to a comment given to Forbes, by Microsoft, the company “can confirm that the delay is not due to Xbox platform limitations that have been raised to us.” This is referring to speculation that Black Myth: Wukong is delayed due to the need for feature parity on Series X and the less powerful Series S console, something developers have complained about in the past.Microsoft have not explained what exactly is delaying the game coming out on Xbox, but the statement implies it is due to some sort of exclusivity deal between Game Science and Sony.

Black Myth: Wukong has had one of the biggest launches ever. It’s inspired by the Chinese novel Journey to the West, which also inspired legendary anime Dragon Ball.