In June, developer Sport Science introduced that the discharge of its extremely anticipated motion RPG, Black Fantasy: Wukong, had been delayed on Xbox, with the developer suggesting on the time that the delay had been brought on by optimization points. Lately, recognized leaker eXtas1s claimed that the technical difficulty in query that had resulted within the recreation’s delay was a reminiscence leak on Xbox {hardware}– although evidently won’t have been correct info.
That’s, no less than, as per experiences printed by Forbes and IGN, each of which declare that Black Fantasy: Wukong didn’t skip Xbox Collection X/S at launch due to technical points, however due to an exclusivity deal between Sony and Sport Science, one which neither publicized, that retains the sport as a PlayStation console unique at launch.
Microsoft itself had beforehand alluded to the identical, stating that it was “working with Sport Science to convey the sport to our platforms”, however that it couldn’t “touch upon the offers made by our companions with different platform holders”.
If an exclusivity settlement is certainly in place, it ought to be fascinating to see how lengthy it lasts and retains the sport off Xbox. It’s additionally value questioning why the deal wasn’t publicized and, if it was certainly in place, why Sport Science’s statements appeared to counsel that the sport’s Xbox launch had been delayed attributable to technical points.
Black Fantasy: Wukong is presently out there on PS5 and PC. It has bought over 10 million items already.
