Hero Games CEO Daniel Wu in an interview Bloomberg spoke about the new successes of the fantasy role-playing action game Black Myth: Wukong and the future plans of its developers from the Chinese studio Game Science.
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It is worth noting that Hero Games is Game Science’s largest outside investor. In 2017, the company bought 20% of the developer’s shares for 60 million yuan ($8.5 million), and now the Chinese studio is valued at several billion.
According to Wu, a significant portion of Black Myth: Wukong’s budget — estimated at $70 million, which is unheard of for a Chinese project — came from Hero Games. The game took six years to develop.
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Since its release, Black Myth: Wukong has earned more than $700 million and broken several records for single-player games. Sales in three days exceeded 10 million copies, and by the end of the first two weeks, the figure had reached 18 million.
According to Wu, Black Myth: Wukong is capable of reaching 30 million copies sold. A major expansion to the main game, currently in development, should help with this. You won’t have to wait six years for it.
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Insider Lunatic Ignus recently reported that Black Myth: Wukong is expecting an add-on (even two). According to him, there are also plans for a sequel under the code name Black Myth: Jiang Ziya.
Black Myth: Wukong was released on August 20 on PC (Steam, EGSWePlay) and PS5, while the version for Xbox Series X and S is delayed – either due to technical issues or because of Game Science’s behind-the-scenes deal with Sony.
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