Black Myth: Wukong, the new action RPG from Chinese developer Game Science that has sold 18 million copies in just two weeks following its release for PlayStation 5 and Windows PCs on August 20, will be getting additional content in the form of an expansion, according to new comments shared by Daniel Wu—the man behind Hero Games, a startup studio that took a winning gamble on becoming the biggest external shareholder in Game Science. The game, which Wu believes can reach 30 million sales over its lifetime, had a $70 million budget and six years of development time, per a report that describes Wu as an investor who risked it all.
From a report:
- “Wukong was a leap of faith for Daniel Wu, whose little-known Hero Games is the biggest external shareholder in creator Game Science.” “His startup stuck with its partner through years of flops and contributed a large chunk of the blockbuster title’s $70 million budget over six years of development, an unheard-of undertaking for a Chinese project.”
- “It can reach 30 million sales over its lifetime, augmented with an expansion to come, Wu told Bloomberg News.”
- “… Wu didn’t shy away in 2018 when [Game Science co-founder Feng Ji], now his late-night League of Legends teammate, reached out for more money to craft an ambitious project then codenamed Black Myth One.”
- “Game Science is working on an expansion to Wukong, which will give it a chance to monetize the game a second time.”
Some recent tech promos for the game:
Bloomberg noted:
The 2,000-person Hero Games team, even with that huge winning bet in its portfolio, isn’t making a profit. Wu’s company is on a yearslong transition from publisher to developer, and it’s facing the same challenges that Game Science ran into when trying to score a mobile hit. Until it breaks through, Wu’s message to staff this year will be to learn to embrace the death of your project.