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Zhong Kui, the protagonist of Black Myth: Zhong Kui the ghost-catching god of Chinese Taoism and folklore.
Game Science, the Chinese development studio behind the Black Myth series.
Black Myth: Wukong, the first game in the Black Myth series and the predecessor to Black Myth: Zhong Kui.
Overview of Black Myth: Zhong Kui, the second game in Game Science's Black Myth series.
The Black Myth series Game Science's franchise of action RPGs rooted in Chinese mythology.
A thousand years of Zhong Kui paintings from Wu Daozi's lost original to the game's modern reimagining.
Taoist exorcism traditions the rituals, tools, and practices that may inform Black Myth: Zhong Kui's combat.
The Ten Courts of Hell in Chinese mythology, each presided over by a different Yama King.
The Gamescom Opening Night Live reveal of Black Myth: Zhong Kui on August 19, 2025.
Diyu, the Chinese underworld a layered bureaucracy of the dead that forms the cosmological backdrop of Black Myth: Zhong Kui.
Youdu, the Dark Capital of the Chinese underworld the seat of the afterlife's government.
The six-minute in-engine Black Myth: Zhong Kui special released for Chinese New Year 2026.
The legendary dream of Emperor Xuanzong that established Zhong Kui as the demon queller, inspiring a thousand years of art and folklore.
The mythological origin of Zhong Kui: a brilliant scholar who aced the imperial examinations, was rejected for his appearance, and became the King of Ghosts.