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Game Science CEO Feng Ji questioned the selection process for The Game Awards and said his trip to Los Angeles was “for nothing” after Astrobot beat Black Myth: Wukong to the Game of the Year crown.

Wukong was nominated for four major honors at The Game Awards: Best Action Game, Best Art Direction, and Best Game Direction alongside the Game of the Year title, taking home the awards for Best Action Game and the Player’s Voice vote, but Feng Ji was clearly unhappy with the outcome—revealing he wrote his acceptance speech for the Game of the Year award “two years ago.”

As the platform continues its decades-long run at the top of the PC market, Steam has once again broken its concurrent online player record, and it’s only been a month since the previous one.

Fueled initially by the massive popularity of Black Myth: Wukong, especially in the east and China, Steam previously rose to over 37,200,000 concurrently online users, and has now soared even past that to the incredible figure of 38,367,277 users, according to SteamDB. That is over a million users more than in August, which might still have to do with Black Myth: Wukong and the continuous rise of Steam in China and other countries of the far east.

Black Myth: Wukong developer Game Science has grand plans for its smash-hit action RPG, with as many as 13 chapters originally in the pipeline before it eventually launched with just six episodes—though those missing seven chapters are reportedly set to land in player’s hands as DLC soon enough.

In a Sept. 2 X (formerly Twitter) post, Industry insider Lunatic Ignus claimed Game Science is planning at least two DLCs for Black Myth: Wukong, further delving into the game’s faithful recreation of the Chinese novel Journey to the West. Lunatic Ignus said half the game’s chapters were ultimately cut “because of the budget” but that this unreleased content wasn’t left on the cutting room floor and will instead arrive as DLCs.

Black Myth: Wukong‘s transformation spells are some of the tools in the Destined One’s arsenal, and they can easily change the flow of a fight.

These powerful transformations can briefly change the Destined One’s form, granting him access to new attacks and effects—and, more importantly, a new health bar. One of those transformations can even use your spells, but it’s locked behind the trickiest fight in the game.

If you like Black Myth: Wukong, odds are you want to beat it again after your first playthrough. And thanks to the Great Pagoda secret ending, you can do it without even starting New Game Plus—as long as you’re willing to punch a few deities along the way.

The Great Pagoda area may seem empty when you first encounter it in Chapter Three of Black Myth: Wukong, but it houses one of the game’s most closely guarded secrets. It unlocks the secret area of Mount Mei in Chapter Three, a few unique boss fights, and even a new ending, as if the New West wasn’t large enough already.

Black Myth: Wukong is deeply rooted in Chinese mythology, revolving around Wukong and his iconic story, Journey to the West, which is considered to be one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. With so much hype building for Black Myth, one question on everyone’s minds is: will it be on Xbox Game Pass?

Will Black Myth Wukong be available on Xbox Game Pass?

Black Myth: Wukong released on Aug. 20, 2024, on PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox. It is still unknown if it will be available on Xbox Game Pass at some point, or if it at all. However, we will update this article if they reveal more details on Black Myth: Wukong.

The Old Rattle Drum quest is one of the many NPC quests in Black Myth: Wukong structured similarly to FromSoftware’s Souls titles. The key item itself is easy to find, but many players end up missing the rest of the story, so here’s our Old Rattle Drum quest guide.

Black Myth Wukong – Old Rattle Drum quest guide

To start and complete the quest, you will need a hidden item and to travel across several locations in the Yellow Wind Ridge area of Black Myth: Wukong‘s Chapter Two. There is a ton of fighting to be done, so before you venture into trying to clear it, prepare accordingly.

Black Myth: Wukong features dozens of Spirits players can unlock by defeating their respective enemies and bosses. However, choosing the right one among these might be tricky, so here is our ranking of the best Spirits in Black Myth: Wukong.

Best Black Myth Wukong Spirits

Since Spirits in Black Myth: Wukong not only grant you an active ability but also offer passive buffs to your damage, defense, or whatever other stat, we’ve taken a look at the whole package when determining the best of the best.

One of the challenges you’re going to need to overcome in Black Myth: Wukong is the Banes that debuff you in combat. One of the harder Banes to get rid of is the Chill Bane, a.k.a Frost, which enacts a freezing status effect.

Here’s how to cure Chill state in Black Myth: Wukong.

Black Myth: Wukong is one of the best games this year and, in true soulslike fashion, offers players with a multitude of spells to choose from. Not all of these are that great, so here is our ranking of the best spells in Black: Myth Wukong.

Best Black Myth Wukong spells

When choosing the absolute best spells, I asked a single question: how often does it give me benefits? This led me to single out four spells—five if we count the second transformation. This doesn’t mean that the rest are useless and don’t have their application, but rather that they didn’t meet the criteria of being useful more often than not. With that cleared, here is our ranking.