Game Science Teases Black Myth: Zhong Kui With a Bizarre In-Engine Cooking Trailer
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Game Science has released a festive, non-canon in-engine video for Black Myth: Zhong Kui, offering a moody and bizarre look at the upcoming action RPG's atmospheric world.
Game Science is back at it, celebrating the Chinese New Year with a six-minute in-engine video that doubles as a clever showcase for their upcoming single-player action RPG, Black Myth: Zhong Kui. Following the massive success of Black Myth: Wukong, this second installment pivots from the Monkey King to Zhong Kui, a famous Taoist deity and legendary exorcist known as the Ghost King. While the studio notes that the footage is non-canon and meant purely for entertainment, the clip offers a fantastic look at the engine's graphical fidelity, tone, and darkly whimsical atmosphere.
Instead of standard gameplay or flashy combat reveals, the video opts for a bizarrely charming cooking show format. Viewers watch as a chef prepares a fish soup using ingredients harvested from a bizarre ecosystem of sleeping demon-baby plants, screaming miniature red demons, and strolling tree-men. It is a strange, atmospheric flex that highlights the studio's confidence in building deeply atmospheric mythological worlds. Eagle-eyed fans will remember that we already got our first real look at the bearded Ghost King riding a tiger in an earlier 2025 reveal trailer, but this latest slice of media keeps the community guessing about what kind of horrific entities we will be exorcising.
For players tracking the evolution of high-end single-player experiences across current-gen platforms, Black Myth: Zhong Kui is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated releases on the horizon. Game Science has not yet attached a release date to the project, leaving the community to dissect every frame of these teasers for lore hints and technical details. As the studio continues to cook, we are keeping a close eye on how they expand the rich mythological sandbox they established with their debut hit. Original reporting comes via Marloes Valentina Stella at Polygon, which you can read in full over at Polygon.
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Original article: Polygon