We saw a trailer for the first time Dark Legend: Wukong Just kidding, it looks great and probably never would have come outThat was August 20, 2020. Exactly four years later, the fantasy action game is not only playable, it’s breaking records for both single-player and online games on Steam.
China-inspired adventure Journey to the West The novel quickly rose up the charts of Valve's PC game store overnight, becoming the best-selling and most-played game within the first 12 hours of its release. Dark Legend: Wukong It has already reached over 2.2 million concurrent players on Steam, surpassing all other games ever released on the platform PUBG2017's battle royale excitement peaked at 3.25 million players by the end of the year.
Black Legend jump records like other single-player games Cyberpunk 2077 And Hand RingIt occupies the seventh and eighth spots on Steam’s all-time highest concurrent charts. That’s impressive enough for Game Science, a studio founded by former Tencent staff who have worked primarily on mobile games in the past. But Black Legend It's also outpaced all other Steam online sensations of the past few years, including: The Lost Ship And Pal worldAlongside Valve's own multiplayer hits Counter Attack 2 And Dota2.
The overwhelming first-day audience seems to have come mostly from abroad so far; Simon Carless Discover the Game newsletter guessing almost 90 percent Black Legend's current players on Steam come from China, followed by 3% from the US and 1% from Japan. “China probably makes up over 80% of players, and a big game localized in the region would make up maybe 25-40%.” He tweeted Michael Douise, head of publishing Baldur's Gate 3 “This is a testament to how the region can crush the numbers when properly mobilized in one big launch, both regionally and internationally.”
Is it Dark Legend: Wukong Coming to Game Pass?
We also don't yet know the distribution of player numbers on PlayStation 5. Black Legend It's a temporary console feature after the Xbox version was delayed. This mistake from Microsoft echoes last year's giant Baldur's Gate 3 A release for the Game Pass platform that wasn't ready until December. Why wait this time? “We're currently optimizing the Xbox Series X/S version to meet our quality standards, so it won't be released at the same time as the other platforms,” Game Science written earlier this year“We apologize for the delay and aim to minimize the wait for Xbox users. We will announce the release date as soon as it meets our quality standards.”
Some gamers have speculated that this is due to a surprise exclusivity deal with Sony, but it appears that the Xbox version, which should have feature parity across both the Xbox Series X and the weaker S, isn't ready yet. Dark Legend: Wukong “We're working with Game Science to bring the game to Xbox Series X/S and our platforms,” a Microsoft spokesperson said. Windows Central “We can’t comment on the deals our partners have made with other platform owners, but we remain focused on making Xbox the best platform for gamers, and great games are at the core of that.”
Given the blockbuster launch so far, that seems unlikely Dark Legend: Wukong Unless Microsoft is willing to spend money on the series, there will likely be a surprise Game Pass release when it eventually arrives on Xbox. Typically, these deals are locked in to help developers and publishers hedge risk ahead of release, or to generate extra revenue long-term after a game has launched. Baldur's Gate 3 It hasn't even come to Game Pass yet, and the studio head Swen Vincke previously said that this would probably never happen.