Black Myth: Wukong, the new action RPG inspired by Chinese mythology that launched on August 19 to what is apparently great success, having now set a new all-time peak player count on Steam with over 2.4 million players, may not be coming to Xbox consoles any time soon due to a bug—or, more specifically, a memory leak—according to comments that were reportedly shared by developers at Gamescom 2024, this year’s edition of the major trade fair event for video games that wrapped up on August 25. The new game, which has received critical acclaim from reviewers, including some who have described it as being “sublime” and “breathtaking,” is available now on PS5 and Windows PCs.
From a report (machine translation):
- “At Gamescom, I spoke to people involved in Xbox and developers who informed me about a technical issue that is affecting the launch of Black Myth: Wukong on Xbox consoles.”
- “Apparently, the game suffers from a bug known as ‘Memory Leak’, which can cause significant crashes that could compromise the performance of your Xbox console.”
- “Due to this problem, the game has not passed Xbox error detection tests and has therefore been delayed indefinitely until they manage to optimize the game for Series X|S.”
- “The studio is already working hard to resolve this issue and achieve the necessary certification. Once they get approval, they will propose to set a release date for the game, but they do not yet know when or how, but other than that error the game is ‘close to being ready.'”
The original word from @eXtas1stv:
👀🔥 BREAKING 🔴💥
— eXtas1s 🎮 Noticias & Rumores (@eXtas1stv) August 25, 2024
En la Gamescom, conversé con personas relacionadas con Xbox y con desarrolladores que me informaron sobre un problema técnico que está afectando el lanzamiento de "Black Myth: Wukong" en las consolas Xbox.
Al parecer, el juego sufre de un error conocido como… pic.twitter.com/sBXeuR1xGb
Game description:
Black Myth: Wukong is an action RPG rooted in Chinese mythology. The story is based on Journey to the West, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. You shall set out as the Destined One to venture into the challenges and marvels ahead, to uncover the obscured truth beneath the veil of a glorious legend from the past.