Black Myth: Wukong’s Next Update Is Massive, And You May Have To Delete The Entire Game

Game Science is rolling out a new update for Black Myth: Wukong this week, starting with PlayStation 5 on October 13 before “gradually” moving on to Xbox Series X|S and PC. The developer is also letting players know that this is a massive file that may require them to free up some space.

In a post on Black Myth’s official site, Game Science notes that the PS5 patch is going to need 93.5GB of free space. While players should be able to continue using the current version for now without any issues, the post suggests that they may have to delete and reinstall the game if there isn’t sufficient room for the update.

Similarly, PC users are warned that “your computer will need to reserve a certain amount of free disk space” in order to handle the update. Game Science also recommended uninstalling any mods to avoid any compatibility issues when installing the new update.

The patch notes indicate that the current update is primarily focused on performance optimization and bug fixes. September’s update previously addressed some issues with the Xbox Series X version, including blurry graphics compared to the PC and PS5 versions. Digital Foundry previously reported the Series S version of Black Myth: Wukong had even bigger struggles. According to previous reports, there were technical issues with the Xbox Series S that delayed the game’s port, which Game Science denied. However, Game Science has acknowledged that bringing the game to the Xbox consoles was unexpectedly difficult.

Earlier this year, Game Science announced its Black Myth sequel, Zhong Kui, which doesn’t currently have a release window. You can find the complete Black Myth: Wukong 1.0.20.21756 patch notes below.

Bosses

• Improved the combat experience against Yaoguai King “Giant Shigandang.”

Interaction

• Journeyer’s Chart interface will guide the Destined One to Travel with Keeper’s Shrine before any Journeyer’s Chart has been obtained.
• Improved the readability of the “Cleared” label in the “Load Journey” interface.

Performance

• Integrated AMD FSR4. On compatible hardware, it will be available in the in-game Settings after updating the driver and enabling FSR4 in the driver settings. (PC)
• Improved Compatible Mode. Now, with Compatible Mode enabled, ray tracing, frame generation, and some super-resolution functions will be temporarily disabled to help players avoid game launch failures caused by driver, hardware, or system abnormalities. (PC)
• Adjusted the default graphics settings for certain graphics cards to match the various graphical changes in the current game version. (PC)
• Significantly improved the lighting quality when Global Illumination is set to low, making it closer to the effect when Global Illumination is set to high. (PC)
• Adjusted Performance Mode back to 60Hz, reducing input latency and achieving higher resolution than before. However, the lighting quality level has been adjusted to enhance performance. The original Performance Mode is still retained and renamed “Performance Mode (Legacy)”. (PS5)
• Improved the game’s loading speed. (PS5)
• Improved the clarity of certain textures. (PS5)
• Improved CPU and rendering performance in numerous scenarios.
• Improved memory usage in numerous scenarios.
• Improved the quality of motion blur to mitigate the aliasing issues that occur when the camera pans.

Localization

• Added language support for Czech.

Bug Fixes

Bosses

• Fixed an issue where Yaoguai Chief “Top Takes Bottom & Bottom Takes Top” became undefeatable under certain conditions.
• Fixed an issue where the iron ball failed to display properly during battles against Yaoguai Chief “Top Takes Bottom & Bottom Takes Top” under certain conditions.

Performance

• Fixed several issues that caused screen ghosting and edge flickering. (PS5)
• Fixed an issue where XeSS 2.0 failed to enable frame generation on some displays. (PC)
• Fixed an issue where the game might crash on launch when both DLSS 4 frame generation and ray tracing were enabled. (PC)
• Fixed multiple rendering errors in NXSR that caused ghosting and edge flickering, and improved NXSR’s rendering quality. (PC)

Localization

• Fixed text overlapping in the “Make Medicine” interface for certain languages.
• Fixed voiceover and subtitle errors in certain cutscenes.
• Fixed an issue where some text in Settings was not properly localized.
• Corrected translation errors and fixed issues with spelling, capitalization, and terminology consistency in several languages.