Kena: Bridge of Spirits Headed to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One on August 15 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 June 2024 / 2,871 Views
Developer Ember labs announced Kena: Bridge of Spirits will launch for the Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One on August 15 for $39.99 / €39.99 / £34.99.
The game first released for the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC via Epic Games Store in September 2021, followed by PC via Steam in September 2022.
The Xbox versions will feature an exclusive pirate-themed Rot hats, a unique staff for Kena and a Golden Rot skin.
"We’re thrilled to bring the story of Kena to a new audience on Xbox platforms," said Ember Lab chief operating officer Josh Grier. "As our debut game, Kena means a great deal to everyone at the studio and the team is excited to share Kena’s journey with more players—we really hope everyone enjoys meeting Kena and her Rot friends!"
Our own Lee Mehr gave Kena: Bridge of Spirits an 8 out of 10 when it launched in 2021 and says "This team mastered a quality that even veterans have an issue with: succinctness. It’s not making adventurous strides in the genre, and a few issues still get to me, but that invisible-yet-tangible quality makes it more than the sum of its parts. That’s what puts this developer and Kena: Bridge of Spirits among 2021’s best success stories."
View the Xbox release date trailer below:
Read details on the game below:
Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a story-driven action adventure set in a charming world rich with exploration and fast-paced combat. Players find and grow a team of tiny spirit companions called the Rot, enhancing their abilities and creating new ways to manipulate the environment.
Kena, a young Spirit Guide, travels to an abandoned village in search of the sacred mountain shrine. She struggles to uncover the secrets of this forgotten community hidden in an overgrown forest where wandering spirits are trapped.
Find the Rot
Timid and illusive spirits scattered throughout the forest. They maintain balance by decomposing dead and rotting elements.
Build Your Team
Find and collect Rot to gain powerful abilities, make discoveries, and transform the environment.
Explore
A forgotten village and a strange curse. Draw on the power of the Spirit Realm to restore this once-majestic world.
Fast-Paced Combat
Spirits have become corrupt, trapped and unable to move on, challenging Kena at every turn.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Took them a while, almost 3 years. Enjoy it, it's a great game. Hopefully it comes to the Switch 2 as well.
Great game
Kena seems to be a good game, as well as being very pretty.
With the money that XBox players save with the game pass, buy these games when they come out on the platform, as this encourages creators to launch on the platform, in addition, the price for a company to place exclusives can also increase, which can discourage this adoption of exclusives in games from third party studios. This is done based on estimates, so if it turns out that sales are high, the studio won't want to lose money.
I'm not sure enough people will buy it on Xbox for it to be worth it but, for the studios sake I hope I'm wrong.
For the AAA or AA range, it seems like an easy bet that it'll turn some kind of a profit. How long that may take is another story.
It's an okay game. Played it as a free game on psn plus. I would never paid for it full price.. should have been a gamepass game
