Kena: Scars of Kosmora has officially slipped to 2027 on PS5 and PC, with Ember Lab asking for additional development time to build something larger and more polished than its 2021 debut. The delay comes with a substantial batch of new information, however, including details about Kosmora’s ancient cultures, Kena’s personal journey, elaborate temples, and a crystalline wolf companion that will be far more than a simple mount.

Ember Lab has confirmed that Kena: Scars of Kosmora will no longer launch in 2026, pushing the PS5 and PC sequel to 2027. The postponement may not come as a major surprise to anyone who has been following the project closely, as the studio had gone relatively quiet for some time, while the latter part of 2026 is already crowded with major releases. Rather than announcing the delay on its own, though, the team behind Kena: Bridge of Spirits accompanied the news with a sizeable collection of fresh details about what it is building.

Explaining the decision on the PlayStation Blog, Ember Lab said its ambitions for the sequel have simply required more development time. “We aspire to deliver a game of the highest quality to players, even better than our 2021 debut, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, and on a larger scale,” the studio said. “To do this, we need a little more time. Postponing the release to 2027 will give us room to polish the gameplay experience and bring it to the level we’re aiming for.”

A Journey Through the Ancient Cultures of Kosmora

At its core, Kena: Scars of Kosmora will still feel familiar to players of the original game. Ember Lab is once again creating a linear adventure built around action inside a striking fantasy world, but this time Kena herself is being given substantially more depth. She has become comfortable helping the spirits of the dead, yet she has never really begun to understand what her role should be among the living. Her journey to the island of Kosmora will therefore be as personal as it is supernatural, forcing her to confront both her past and what her future as a spirit guide might actually mean.

That journey is tied to a mystery buried deep in the island’s history. Kosmora’s ancient spirit guides once belonged to four interconnected cultures, each developing techniques associated with the four elements and with elaborate alchemical temples. A mysterious catastrophic event eventually wiped out one of those cultures, after which the elements gradually lost much of their former symbolic significance. They remain closely woven into everyday life, but centuries of buried knowledge have also created new dangers waiting beneath the surface.

“They still play a very important role in the way of life of their respective cultures, but so much buried knowledge only fuels the dangers that lurk,” Ember Lab explained. Kosmora’s intricate spirit-guide temples will form a major part of the adventure, serving as dungeons that challenge players while rewarding them with loot that can meaningfully transform Kena and expand the tools available to her as she progresses.

Kosmora is also being designed on a scale that would make crossing it entirely on foot impractical, which leads directly to one of the sequel’s biggest additions. Kena will be joined by an ancestral spirit that takes the form of a crystalline wolf, but the creature is not merely a means of transportation. It can assist her in combat whether she is riding it or fighting on foot, and it will also help solve the game’s alchemical puzzles. “Together, our spirit guide and her new ally set out to heal Kena’s scars, as well as those that run through the roots of Kosmora,” the developers said. Ember Lab has not yet provided a specific release date beyond 2027, but the new information makes it much clearer how extensively the studio intends to expand on the foundations of Kena: Bridge of Spirits.

Source: 3DJuegos