{
  "id": 2132751,
  "title": "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",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/black-myth-zhong-kui-shows-off-15-minutes-of-rollparrysliceage-and",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-20T12:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/black-myth-zhong-kui-shows-off-15-minutes-of-rollparrysliceage-and-ive-just-learned-that-the-bloke-its-named-after-was-a-lethally-effective-headbanger"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.\n\nThe 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.",
  "summary": "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",
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}