Black Myth: Zhong Kui’s Six-Minute Short Film Celebrates Year of the Horse

Game Science released a six-minute short film made entirely in-engine to celebrate Chinese New Year and the Year of the Horse. It is explicitly non-canon and unrelated to the main storyline, so it doesn’t offer a new look at gameplay for the follow-up to Black Myth: Wukong.

The clip stages an extraordinary cooking sequence set in mythical ancient China, filled with striking details: a blinking slab of meat, remarkably squishy fish, strong liquids, and inventive creature design. Particle effects such as dust and chopped leaves remain the weakest elements, even as the piece functions like a stunning tech demo rather than a game preview.

This is the sixth New Year release from the studio. Previous entries ranged from a more trailer-like piece for the Year of the Ox to a 12-minute mockumentary about programming kittens into Wukong, a stop-motion rabbit short, a 13-minute live-action film with a song, and a live-action Year of the Snake short that also pushed Black Myth merchandise alongside its narrative rap.

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