The head of Game Science, the studio behind the critically acclaimed action RPG Black Myth: Wukong, has hinted that the game's absence from current-generation Xbox consoles is due to optimisation challenges with the less powerful Xbox Series S.

Now, in a post on Weibo, game director Feng Ji has confirmed there is no PlayStation exclusivity in place. “The only thing missing is the Xbox,” he wrote in an otherwise celebratory post, as translated by Google.

Wukong developer Game Science has reiterated once again that Xbox Series S optimization issues are to blame for the game’s unintended PS5 exclusivity. A number of large publications continue to peddle a bizarre claim that Sony signed a “secret” exclusivity deal for Black Myth: Wukong — a rumor that vague Microsoft statements seemingly encouraged.

Wukong is delayed on Xbox. Is it tech issues with the Xbox Series S or a rumoured vague exclusivity deal? We've no idea, but the conspiracy theories aren't helping. Deadly Headley weighs in.

We're kicking off 2025 with some fresh Xbox controversy. One of last year's biggest hits and most-awarded action games Black Myth: Wukong is still exclusively not on Xbox, and increasingly it seems to be for incidental reasons,

Black Myth Wukong’s Xbox release is still in development, but when the port might launch is anyone’s guess, thanks, perhaps, to issues getting the action-RPG to run on Xbox Series S. That’s what Game Science CEO Feng Ji said on Weibo,