Black Myth: Zhong Kui shows off 15 minutes of rollparrysliceage, and I've just learned that the bloke it's named after was a lethally effective headbanger
Game Science have put out a fresh trailer showing off Black Myth: Zhong Kui, their follow-up to Chinese mythology-stuffed action-RPG Black Myth: Wukong , in action. A year on from its reveal at 2025's Gamescom , Zhong Kui's looking as slicey and rolly as its predecessor, despite a switch in protagonist. Read more
Game Science unveiled a new trailer for their upcoming action-RPG, Black Myth: Zhong Kui, which follows the path of a new protagonist after their previous game centered around the mythological Monkey King. The trailer features the new hero fighting fierce battles against bizarre creatures in Fromsoft-inspired combat. Prior to the action, he teams up with an elderly man and dives into a flooded sinkhole to save a woman.
With assistance from a friend or a powerful form he can summon, he defeats a boss who is then attacked by the woman. The trailer concludes with a montage of the protagonist engaging in various activities, like catching a large fish and getting his makeup done.
The game's developers have included a poem in the trailer's description, recounting Zhong Kui's legend from Taoist mythology. Zhong Kui was a brilliant scholar in the Tang Dynasty exams, but was expelled from a golden hall by an emperor due to his intimidating appearance. In a fit of rage, Zhong Kui struck his head against palace pillars and died.
However, the emperor appointed him as an evil-dispelling judge and the King of Hell's great marshal for pacifying ghosts, which may explain the reference to the Underworld in the poem. Black Myth: Zhong Kui does not yet have a release date or confirmed platforms, but its predecessor, Black Myth: Wukong, was released on PC at launch.
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