The head of Game Science, the studio behind the critically acclaimed action RPG Black Myth: Wukong, has hinted that the game's absence from current-generation Xbox consoles is due to optimisation challenges with the less powerful Xbox Series S.

Game Science CEO and Black Myth Wukong producer Feng Ji  says the Xbox Series S' lackluster hardware is to blame for the game skipping Microsoft's consoles.

We're kicking off 2025 with some fresh Xbox controversy. One of last year's biggest hits and most-awarded action games Black Myth: Wukong is still exclusively not on Xbox, and increasingly it seems to be for incidental reasons,