The developer of Black Delusion: Wukong has teased “some surprises” for later this 12 months.
Accepting the Game of the Year award through video message on the Golden Joysticks, Game Science co-founder Feng Ji inspired individuals who have but to purchase the smash hit motion sport to now achieve this. He then added the tease:
“After all, you might need already accomplished our sport. That’s completely tremendous too. Hold following us, and there would possibly simply be some surprises ready for you later this 12 months.”
What are these thriller surprises? At the moment hypothesis factors to an announcement both round DLC or an Xbox launch.
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Black Delusion: Wukong launched on August 19 and offered an eye-watering 18 million copies in simply two weeks throughout PC and PS5, reportedly making over $700 million in income within the course of. That was sufficient to place Black Delusion: Wukong up there with Grand Theft Auto 5 and Name of Obligation: Fashionable Warfare 2 as one of many fastest-selling video games of all time, and is an astonishing return for a sport that had a reported finances of $70 million over six years of growth. It did so properly that Sony pointed to Black Delusion: Wukong as making a major contribution to income throughout its final monetary quarter., making up for the Harmony catastrophe.
DLC is ready to comply with. In September, Game Science investor Hero Video games confirmed plans to launch an Elden Ring-style growth for Black Delusion: Wukong forward of any sequel. Maybe we’ll get a primary look subsequent month.
Or might an Xbox launch be set for the top of 2024? Microsoft has mentioned Black Delusion: Wukong’s delay on Xbox was on account of an exclusivity take care of Sony and never a growth subject with Microsoft’s consoles.
“As we’ve mentioned earlier than, we’re excited for the launch of Black Delusion Wukong on Xbox Collection X and S and are working with Game Science to carry the sport to our platforms,” Microsoft has instructed IGN.
“We might favor to not touch upon the offers made by our companions with different platform holders however we are able to verify that the delay will not be on account of Xbox platform limitations which were raised to us.”
The Game Awards, set for December 12, could possibly be the platform Game Science chooses to make its bulletins. An Xbox shadow drop throughout the present would definitely get loads of consideration.
IGN’s Black Delusion: Wukong assessment returned an 8/10. We mentioned: “Regardless of some irritating technical points, Black Delusion: Wukong is a superb motion sport with improbable fight, thrilling bosses, tantalizing secrets and techniques, and a ravishing world.”
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