Black Myth: Wukong soundtrack to tour globally in 2026

When Black Myth: Wukong landed in 2024 it did more than reset expectations for Soulslike combat and cinematic boss fights. Its score—an almost cinematic hybrid of orchestral force and Chinese folk textures—became part of the conversation, the kind of game music people queue up outside the game itself. Game Science has turned that momentum into a plan: a 2026 global concert tour built around the soundtrack.

There is something odd and thrilling about imagining Sun Wukong not just as an in-game avatar but as a program that can be heard filling Carnegie Hall or the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles. The tour skews large and deliberate, running through mainland China, Taipei, Bangkok and the US, with a Berlin date listed as TBA. For many fans this is a chance to hear pipa plucks and erhu lines onstage alongside full orchestral swells, not as a trailer cue but as a programmed, long-form evening of music.

“In collaboration with world-class musical ensembles and premier venues worldwide, Black Myth: Wukong will deliver a professional and breathtaking concert experience for all Destined Ones,” Game Science wrote in its announcement.

Ticket information is already live for most major stops: Hangzhou, Shanghai, Changsha, Guangzhou, Beijing, Chengdu, New York and Los Angeles. The rest are due to go on sale soon. Organizers have also said original in-game vocalists will appear for multiple songs, which matters: the game’s vocal lines are a direct emotional hook for players who associate melodies with key scenes or bosses.

Tour dates

• May
  • 30 – Linping Grand Theatre, Hangzhou
  • 31 – Linping Grand Theatre, Hangzhou
• June
  • 6 – AIA Grand Theatre, Shanghai
  • 20 – Meixihu Grand Theatre, Changsha
  • 21 – Meixihu Grand Theatre, Changsha
• July
  • 7 – Peacock Theatre, Los Angeles
  • 11 – Century Convention Hall, Guangzhou
  • 12 – Carnegie Hall, New York
  • 18 – Exhibition Center Theater, Beijing
  • 25 – Dong’an Lake Grand Theatre, Chengdu
• September
  • 19 – Legacy Max, Taipei
  • 20 – Legacy Max, Taipei
• October
  • 24 – True Icon Hall, Bangkok
  • 25 – True Icon Hall, Bangkok
• TBA – Berlin

On paper this is an “East-meets-West” framing, and the press materials lean into that phrase. But what will be interesting is how those arrangements land in a theater environment: will the orchestral arrangements push the folk instruments forward, or will the concert frame the soundtrack more like a folk-symphony hybrid where timbre and silence get room to breathe? My money is on careful arrangements that use silence and texture to let the traditional instruments cut through arena-grade sonics.

The tour arrives alongside other culture moments tied to gaming and soundtrack nostalgia. Game Science confirmed a sequel, Black Myth: Zhong Kui, will follow; no release date yet, but the studio says it will remain within single-player, ancient Chinese fantasy territory. And elsewhere, mainstream TV tie-ins keep reminding listeners that gaming-adjacent soundtracks matter: Netflix’s second season of the Devil May Cry adaptation drops this month and uses 2000s alt-rock staples from the likes of Avril Lavigne and Korn.

For players who memorized the soundtrack while learning boss patterns, or for people who first discovered the score on streaming playlists, these concerts will be a measure of how a game score translates to the live room. Expect fans to show up in cosplay, to sing along quietly in the dark, to lean in when a familiar motif returns. That sense of shared memory is part of the appeal: this tour is as much about a communal re-listening as it is about spectacle.

Tickets are available now for several key dates. If the early sales mirror the game launch, some of these nights will sell out quickly.