Black Myth Wukong is rated by ESRB for Xbox Series X|S

Black Myth Wukong seems to be getting closer to an Xbox Series X|S release.

The ESRB has provided a rating Black Myth Wukong for Xbox Series

This seems to be the impending end of speculation and rumors as to why Black Myth Wukong did not come to the Xbox Series X|S at the same time as the PC and PlayStation 5. We reported rumors that Sony has secured timed exclusivity for the game on the PlayStation 5 ahead of the Xbox Series X|S.

We won’t go into every detail here. It’s important to remember that different journalists and content creators have heard different things about this situation. So there were some people who wondered if the rumor was real.

There was plausible deniability of this situation from Game Science itself. While Black Myth Wukong is an impressive feat in terms of scale and game design, they are newcomers to making games for consoles.

Game Science has been open about the effort to optimize their game for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, originally announcing that the PC release would come much earlier than consoles. When the developer suddenly announced a simultaneous PlayStation 5 release, tongues started wagging about the Xbox Series S. And then rumors started circulating.

The consensus at this point from everything journalists and content creators shared is that Sony has not tied Game Science to an exclusivity contract. Instead, they approached Game Science with an offer to help optimize the game so they could get the game on PlayStation 5 first.

Everything else beyond that is still subject to speculation. For example, why couldn’t Microsoft offer the same to Game Science to speed up the release on Xbox Series X|S? And why did some sources claim that Microsoft executives revealed this exclusivity deal?

Nobody asks questions Black Myth Wukong‘s success or popularity. But on PC and PlayStation 5, it launched with multiple technical issues. The fanboy story that Game Science was able to make the game perfect on PC and PlayStation 5, but not on Xbox Series X|S, is completely wrong.

And ultimately, this course of action was unfair to Game Science. Did they want to become another poster child in the console war that fanboys wage between consoles? They could have approached Sony to release their game exclusively, like Shift Up did Stellar blade. Instead, they opted to come to Xbox Series X|S as well.

We hope that Game Science also sees success on Xbox Series X|S when they finally release Black Myth Wukong to the platform. And we also hope that they deserve it, by making this postponement worth it. If Black Myth Wukong arrives in better shape on the Xbox Series .