Microsoft officially responds to the release of Black Myth Wukong on Xbox

After its release on PC and PlayStation, Black Myth Wukong quickly became one of the most played single-player games in the world.

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The title from Chinese developer Game Science is already more than 10 million copies sold worldwide starting on August 23, just three days after its release. The new single-player RPG has also broken records on Steam, as it became the most-played single-player game in the platform’s history with over 2.4 million concurrent players, and remains the best-selling game to this day. With all of this popularity surrounding Black Myth Wukong, it begs the question: where’s the Xbox release?

A recent Forbes article dives into this question, stating that Black Myth Wukong is suffering the same fate as Baldur’s Gate 3, namely development issues related to Microsoft’s low-end console, the Xbox Series S. Game Science already addressed this back in June when fans noticed that the Xbox logo had been removed from Black Myth Wukong’s marketing materials.

The developer then said that it “We are currently optimizing the Xbox Series X|S version to meet our quality standards“and that it will”Once the product meets our quality standards, we will announce the release date.“

Between these comments from Game Science and Microsoft’s mandate to release a game on all of its Xbox consoles, it appears that Black Myth Wukong’s graphics are still being optimized for lower-end hardware. There are also only about half as many Xbox gamers as PlayStation gamers, especially in China, where PC gaming leads the pack by a wide margin.

Microsoft responded to the Xbox release of Black Myth Wukong with a statement: “We’re excited to launch Black Myth Wukong on Xbox Series X|S and are working with Game Science to bring the game to our platforms. We can’t comment on the deals our partners have made with other platform holders, but we remain focused on making Xbox the best platform for gamers, and great games are at the heart of that.“

It looks like Black Myth Wukong is coming to Xbox. We just don’t know when, but it’ll be a while.