- Game Science has released a 15-minute gameplay trailer for Black Myth: Zhong Kui, arriving exactly one year after the game’s reveal at gamescom Opening Night Live 2025.
- The trailer racked up over a million views within its first day, with Chinese audiences comparing its presentation to a Netflix-level production.
- Unlike Wukong's acrobatic, transformation-heavy combat, Zhong Kui takes a more grounded approach, with a sword-wielding demon hunter whose fighting style is deliberate and built around blocking and parrying rather than constant evasion.
- The footage moves through open wilderness, a mysterious cave, and a river crossing, then settles into extended combat against humanoid enemies and animals, closing on a boss fight against a creature with huge, clamshell-like wings.
- Partway through the boss fight, control briefly shifts to a second, hooded swordsman before returning to the main protagonist, someone Game Science hasn’t explained yet.
- Game Science has been upfront that the footage was captured from a work-in-progress build running at a 21:9 aspect ratio, and the finished game may look different.
Game Science has provided a significant glimpse into its upcoming action RPG, Black Myth: Zhong Kui, with a new 15-minute gameplay trailer. This trailer, released exactly one year after the game's reveal at Gamescom 2025, showcases the game's combat, exploration, and a climactic boss fight.1
Unlike its predecessor, Black Myth: Wukong, which featured acrobatic, transformation-heavy combat, Zhong Kui adopts a more grounded approach. The protagonist, a sword-wielding demon hunter, emphasizes deliberate combat techniques such as blocking and parrying, contrasting sharply with Wukong's evasive maneuvers.34
The trailer features various environments, including open wilderness, a mysterious cave, and a river crossing, culminating in an extended combat sequence against humanoid enemies and animals. The footage also introduces a second, hooded swordsman during a boss fight against a creature with enormous, clamshell-like wings.56
Despite being captured from a work-in-progress build, the trailer has already garnered over a million views within its first day, with many viewers, particularly in China, likening its quality to a Netflix-level production. Game Science has been transparent about the footage's limitations, noting that the final game may differ from what is shown.27
Zhong Kui, the game's protagonist, draws inspiration from a Taoist deity known as a demon-queller and the
“The trailer arrives exactly one year after the game's reveal at gamescom Opening Night Live 2025, and on the same date Wukong launched in 2024. Footage from a work-in-progress build at 21:9 aspect ratio racked up over a million views in its first day, with Chinese audiences comparing its presentation to a Netflix-level production.”
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