It’s clear that Game Science is very aware of the discourse around its game; it’s just actively choosing not to say anything. That isn’t really a problem in itself – while it’s a clear effort to wait the allegations out and hope they’re simply forgotten, I can understand a smaller studio choosing to just shut up and let the game speak for itself instead of creating a politicised firestorm around a decidedly unpolitical game with a statement. It’s not great optics-wise, but there’s logic behind

An exciting development for fans of indie games in 2022 is a brand new handheld from Valve, the Steam Deck, set to release in February . With ambitions to become the Nintendo Switch for PC gaming, Valve's handheld will ostensibly be able to play any game from Steam's library – a vast collection that is predominantly made up of indie games. What's incredible about the Steam Deck, and why it will open so many doors for gamers, is that it is really a portable PC masquerading as a game console. The Steam Deck will run on Valve's Linux-based operating system called SteamOS, but players will still be able to play Windows games thanks to Valve's compatibility t

The storage front is where Black Myth: Wukong is one of the most demanding titles to date, even before its release, with the developer suggesting a mammoth 130 GB of storage for the game not accounting for future updates and/or DLC down the line.

The indie games market has flourished in recent years as many gamers look beyond the standard AAA offerings. Typically the more under-reported and under-represented aspect of the industry compared to the larger and flashier triple-A titles, indie games have really come to the fore in the last few years. From dominating platforms like Steam and establishing their very own dedicated showcases to going head to head with bigger budget titles in award shows, indie games are experiencing a bit of a renaissance at the mom

The team at Game Rant has done the research required here, picking out some of the best gaming laptops for Black Myth: Wukong, which also double as excellent gaming and productivity-centric picks for gamers and creators alike in 2024.

As far as locations go, most of those that players can travel to in Black Myth: Wukong are mentioned in Journey to the West . Others, like Crouching Tiger Temple, Turtle Island, Mirrormere, and the Pagoda Realm, are not — although the novel does include various pagoda structures. This is just another way that Black Myth: Wukong sets itself apart from Journey to the West to give players an experience they wouldn't even be able to get from the 16th-century novel the game is based

As reviews have come in, including our own , it’s become clear that critics have generally enjoyed it. It garnered an 82 percent rating on OpenCritic , receiving praise for its polish, visuals, and combat, and, more importantly for me as an Asian gamer, successfully translates the Chinese mythology of monkey god Sun Wukong into a compelling action

After just a little over a minute into the final trailer, it gives a brief, half-minute glance into the game's combat, including several of Black Myth: blackmythwukongtalk.com Wukong 's highly anticipated transformations. The first transformation shown in the trailer has been confirmed by hands-on previews of Black Myth: Wukong to be obtained after players defeat Guangzhi, a wolf guai who wields a double-bladed flame staff. The Destined One then proceeds to subdue a large group of enemies in a series of frenzied flame strikes using the newly acquired transformation. From there, four more transformations are seen using their unique abilities to vanquish foes in some rather bizarre and brutal w

I wrote back in December that I thought 2024 could be a thin year , and that it made Infinite Wealth a dark horse . I still stand by my prediction that it will be the first game to launch in January and end up a Game of the Year nominee, and five of the six games I'm calling as challengers aren't out yet, while several of them or the first alternates could be delayed. 2024 could still end up very thin if Nintendo doesn't go all out on the launch (or, more surprisingly, doesn't have one ), if Sony isn't showing us anything because it doesn't have much , and if Xbox , well... Xbox is on a bad run and might be about to pack up shop . A lot could go wrong.

It also offers a larger 1TB NVMe SSD versus some of its peers that ship with a considerably smaller 512GB SSD. This matters in particular when one sizes it up against the title's mammoth 135GB size requirement, which is only expected to grow over time with future patches, updates, and potential DLC down the line.

Journey to the West is a pantheon of celestial beings, deities, and mythological creatures known as Yaoguai, and Black Myth: Wukong is perhaps even more so with its inclusion of Yaoguai not found in the novel. The Destined One encounters dozens of "lesser" Yaoguai in Black Myth: Wukong that we haven't see in Journey to the West , including the Croaky, the Crow Diviner, the Tenner, and the Pitstone, Poisestone, and Palestone. Some of Black Myth: Wukong 's bosses we also have not seen in Journey to the West , though almost every major boss