Game Science to work on expansions before any sequels
Not very shockingly for a game thatset Steam recordswithin hours of release,Black Myth: Wukongis getting DLC, the first in a series of follow-up projects that continue theactionepic’s explorations of Chinese mythology.
That’s froma new Bloomberg interviewwith Daniel Wu, co-founder of Hero Games, the largest external shareholder in Wukong developers Game Science. What the DLC actually consists of and when it’ll launch remain to be seen, but the article compares it toShadow Of The Erdtree, which has demonstrated how a timely and substantial expansion “can spur a fresh flurry of sales for the original.”
I imagine there will be newbossesand a few moremeditation spots, but perhaps they’ll flesh out the setting in less combative or progression-driven ways. Edders, who authored ourBlack Myth: Wukong review, is hoping forsome kind of Discovery Mode.
One way to keep growing Wukong’s audience could be to make more of an appeal to overseas players - according to Game Developer, thevast majority of the launch sales came from China.
As ever with Hero Games, Wu declined to answer questions from Bloomberg about a notorious guidance document asking English-language Wukong streamers and video makers to avoid discussing “feminist propaganda”, Covid prevention measures, or Chinese government policy. In what a less generous soul might read as an exercise in telling on your creepy self, the (not legally binding) caution about “feminist propaganda” came in the wake ofan extensive IGN report from last year that Game Science have a culture of sexism.
The developers and their partners have staunchly avoided the subject ever since. I asked a PR representative forBlack Myth: Wukongabout the streamer “Do’s and Don’ts” in August, and was told a week or two later that “unfortunately, we cannot provide a comment at this time”.
