According to foreign media reports, after the success of "Black Myth: Wukong", another foreign action RPG "Shadow Blade: Zero" has received a lot of new investment.

Since its release last year, "Black Myth: Wukong" has achieved great commercial success, with sales of PC/PS5 versions exceeding 20 million copies in the first month of its release, and set a record of more than 1.44 million players online at Steam.

Game consultant Daniel Camilo posted on X that the release of "Black Myth: Goku" has earned additional funding from Shadow Blade Zero developer S-GAME, which investors are eager for a significant growth in video games developed from ChinaMake profits.

He wrote on X: "It should be clear that the success of Goku is not the only reason that triggered all the funds of Shadow Blade: Zero. When Goku was released, Shadow Blade: Zero was developed.Very mature.

"Wukong" has achieved great success in China to show many investors that 3A games are becoming the new 'golden egg'.Many studios have ushered in investment after the release of "Wukong".This is not news.

The real news is that Shadow Blade: Zero does get a considerable additional investment for Goku’s success.According to two of my sources, even before the official release of "Wukong", S-GAME had already received new financial support due to its surrounding popularity and data performance."

This statement comes as S-GAME released another trailer.The trailer shows the battle scenes with multiple enemies in the game, as well as some boss battles.Shadow Blade: Zero is scheduled to be released later this year, and no specific release date has been announced yet.The game will be logged on to PC and PS5 platforms and supports PS5 Pro.

"S-GAME kicks off 2025 with this real-life demonstration of the Year of the Snake, demonstrating significantly upgraded visual qualities—including textures, models and light and shadow effects—to meet the trueNext-generation standard. The PS5 version runs smoothly and stably, and supports enhanced picture quality on PS5 Pro."

Will Chen, the game's head of distribution, said: "In the exploration of the action design and combat mechanism of Shadow Blade Zero, we have entered the 'deep water' stage. At this stage, create the action we envisionedGames require us to go beyond the frame of reference for existing games. So we draw inspiration from Hong Kong martial arts films from the 1980s and 1990s, combining traditional Chinese martial arts skills and philosophy.”

S-GAME is a Beijing-based developer founded in 2011."Shadow Blade: Zero" is the company's second game. The previous work is the free horizontal scroll game "Phantom Blade: Executioners".