Phantom Blade 0 received funding thanks to Black Myth Wukong's success. According to two different sources who worked in the development of the game for S-Game (studio ) that I talked to directly, this is the case.
Phantom Blade was very advanced in development once Wukong launched. The tremendous success of Wukong in China in particular signaled to many investors that AAA gaming is the new golden egg. Many studios saw investments coming their way after Wukong released.This is not news.
What is news,is that PB0 did get a substantial amount of extra investments and funding thanks to the success of Wukong, allegedly. Both my sources agree that even before the actual release of Wukong, S-Game got new funding thanks to all the hype/metrics surrounding Wukong.
(...) Finally - and I emphasize - allegedly, the studio even had to turn down investors after Wukong released, as so many came rushing to join this new wave of AAA Chinese development hype.