I Traced the Seven Trademarked Black Myth Titles That Could Define Game Science's Future

In early 2026, I keep returning to a strange and exciting idea: Game Science is not merely making a follow-up to Black Myth: Wukong. Instead, the studio appears to be assembling a mythological solar system, one trademark at a time. When I first saw the leaked registry shared by @QNDZYcom on X, my mind filled with the image of an astronomer charting stars that have not yet fully risen. According to that leak, seven Black Myth titles have been registered by Game Science, stretching far beyond the Monkey King's first journey.

The Seven Trademarked Names

I still find the list quietly overwhelming. Reading it feels like unfolding an ink-wash scroll that keeps revealing new panels. Each registration feels like a sealed jar of fermented story, quietly building pressure beneath a cork. Here are the rumored titles that surfaced in the leak:

Number	Rumored Title	What It Evokes for Me
1	Black Myth: Wukong	Sun Wukong, the stone monkey of Journey to the West
2	Black Myth: Zhong Kui	The bearded ghost catcher from Chinese folklore
3	Black Myth: Jiang Ziya	The strategist tied to Investiture of the Gods
4	Black Myth: Xiao Qian	A spirit tale that hums with supernatural sorrow
5	Black Myth: Da Huang	A name that feels like walking into an older, untamed myth
6	Black Myth: Shan Hai	The Classic of Mountains and Seas, a bestiary in itself
7	Black Myth: Sou Shen	In Search of the Supernatural, a web of strange records

Some of those associations are my own, not official explanations. But that is exactly why the list fascinates me. The titles do not behave like ordinary sequel announcements. They look more like fragments of a larger codex, waiting to be assembled.

A Long-Term Pattern Behind the Filings

The timing only deepens my interest. According to another source, Game Science registered the titles between 2020 and 2022. That window alone tells me the studio was not simply reacting to the success of Wukong. It was laying groundwork. The first filing appears to have been Black Myth: Wukong in 2020. Then came Zhong Kui and Xiao Qian. The remaining filings seem to have arrived in 2022, like late constellations completing a sky chart.

What strikes me most is the patience. Watching Game Science move through its pipeline is like watching a master weaver add thread after thread to a silk loom. Nothing here feels rushed. If the leak is accurate, the studio has been sitting on a mythic roadmap for years, releasing only fragments while the full design stays hidden.

Nezha's Odd Footnote

Then there is the curious case of Black Myth: Nezha. Unlike the seven names above, Nezha was reportedly registered by a different organization, not Game Science. I find that detail strangely thrilling. Nezha points toward the Fengshen Yanyi, also known as the Investiture of the Gods. In that classical story, the early war between Sun Wukong and the Celestial Army carries tremendous weight. The existence of such a title outside Game Science's own filings suggests that the broader mythological field is becoming crowded, contested territory.

Still, the connection matters. Jiang Ziya also steps straight out of Investiture of the Gods. If Game Science eventually links Wukong, Zhong Kui, and Jiang Ziya into one narrative web, I could see the series becoming less like a collection of sequels and more like a shared universe built from ancient story cycles.

What 2026 Might Actually Bring

When the Zhong Kui teaser appeared at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025, I did not see a thin pre-render smoke trick. I saw a signal fire. That reveal made the trademark list feel current rather than archival. Now that the calendar has turned to 2026, the question is no longer whether Game Science wants to continue the series. The question is how quickly the next domino falls.

If this rumor holds, I suspect we may soon find ourselves squinting toward the title after that: Jiang Ziya. That thought excites me, not because I need an endless conveyor belt of action games, but because the source material is so rich. Chinese mythology offers a density of stories that Western fantasy has only begun to notice. Game Science seems positioned to explore that material with the severity it deserves.

For now, I hold the leak gently, treating it like unfired clay. Trademarks are not confirmations. Plans change. Studios file names defensively or experimentally. But even as a rumor, this list reshapes how I see Game Science. The studio is not merely mining one successful character. It is staking a claim on an entire imaginative geography, one name at a time.