Phantom Blade Zero Player Adds Playable Sun Wukong

You Can Now Play Phantom Blade Zero As Sun Wukong Published Nov 3, 2026, 5:00 PM EST Sam Woods is TheGamer’s Senior Reporter. He’s been in games journalism since 2020 and has undertaken a variety of roles in that time. These have included roles such as SEO Editor, Managing Editor at DualShockers, and Global Head of Gaming, and he's also been seen on the BBC. He was promoted to the Senior Reporter position in 2025 following a series of high-quality reports and exclusives for TheGamer. Since 2020, Sam has written over 3,000 articles and specializes in telling the stories of the people behind the games. He’s interviewed the biggest game directors, some of the industry’s top talents, told the stories of how indie games came to be, and spoken to players about what really makes them tick. He’s also interviewed some of the world’s biggest musical artists to find out how the medium has inspired their work, and TV and Film actors about their roles in video game adaptations. He even hosted a PAX panel in 2021 and made a documentary in 2024 surrounding the creation of a Disney game. Alongside this, Sam focuses on breaking news. He got the scoop on Perfect Dark’s cancellation, provided context on some AI drama, and revealed that Lady Dimitrescu’s actress would love to step back into the character’s giant shoes. These articles have been picked up by the biggest gaming sites, including IGN, GameSpot, and PC Gamer. He also loves to dive into the numbers behind the games. Sam’s journey in games journalism has taken him all over the world. He’s covered Gamescom in Germany, Summer Game Fest in Los Angeles, and Tokyo Game Show in Japan, each on three occasions. He’s been learning Japanese since 2024 with the intention of identifying and translating Japanese-language news and bringing it to English-language audiences first, something he’s done countless times. Sam’s first review was 2020’s Battletoads reboot, and he’s since reviewed games in The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario, and Pokemon franchises. Sign in to your TheGamer account Phantom Blade Zero and Black Myth: Wukong are the two biggest games to come out of China. Wukong reached a staggering 20 million sales in its first month and hit 30 million earlier this year, while Phantom Blade Zero sold four million copies in just 72 hours, becoming the best-reviewed Chinese game in the process. It was only a matter of time, then, before the two worlds collided—officially or unofficially. It just so happens to be the latter, as one enterprising player has added Black Myth: Wukong's protagonist, the legendary Sun Wukong, into Phantom Blade Zero. Sun Wukong Replaces Soul As Phantom Blade Zero's Lead Character In New Unofficial Crossover Sun Wukong is the protagonist of Journey to the West, the novel that inspired the tale and adventure in Black Myth: Wukong. It's one of the most culturally significant stories to ever emerge from China and is a mandatory part of the country's educational curriculum. This is a core reason as to why the game performed so well in its homeland. With the character so beloved, and Black Myth: Wukong and Phantom Blade Zero sharing similar styles, a mod implanting the former into the latter was inevitable. And it happened within a week of the launch of S-Game's title. Shared on Nexus Mods by asubdneif, the Black Myth Wukong x Phantom Blade Zero crossover looks great. It adds Game Science's version of the beloved character as a replacement for Soul, but it's a little more than a simple reskin. Sun Wukong has his own skeleton and proportions, meaning nothing looks awkward and there is no stretched neck or shoulders. It replaces every version of Soul, young and old, and is visible both in-game and in cutscenes. Although Wukong's iconic staff hasn't made the transition, he's very fun to use with Phantom Blade Zero's huge array of weapons. If Wukong isn't your cup of tea, dozens of other character replacement mods have made their way onto the internet. There's Steve from Minecraft, Nier Automata's 2B, Stellar Blade's Eve, or The First Descendant's Valby. Somebody has even made it so you can play as one of six custom furry characters. For those of you who are finding the game a little too easy, somebody else has turned Phantom Blade Zero into a full Soulslike experience. Systems Released October 29, 2026 ESRB Unreal Engine 5 Developer(s) S-Game Publisher(s) S-Game Engine Unreal Engine 5 Genre(s) Action, RPG