Kena: Scars of Kosmora pushed to 2027, and Ember Lab finally explains the story
The Bridge of Spirits sequel was announced in February with a 2026 window. Ember Lab now says it needs 2027 to polish a much bigger game, and used the same post to lay out where Kena is going and why.
Ember Lab has moved Kena: Scars of Kosmora into 2027. The studio confirmed the new window in a PlayStation Blog post that doubles as the sequel's first proper story briefing, closing out a year in which the game's original 2026 target had quietly become one of the PS5 calendar's bigger question marks.
What Ember Lab said
The reasoning is straightforward: the game got bigger than the one Ember Lab first pitched. "Pushing our release into 2027 gives us the ability to really polish the expanded game experience," the studio wrote. COO Josh Grier framed the sequel as an evolution of Kena's journey rather than a repeat of it, pointing to a broader scope and far more world to actually explore than 2021's Kena: Bridge of Spirits offered.
Scars of Kosmora remains a PS5 and PC release, with a physical edition planned on console and digital on both.
Where the sequel is set
Kena is a more experienced Spirit Guide this time, and the post sends her to the island of Kosmora to find a childhood friend named Orfio and dig into her own past. The island is split across four interconnected cultures built around elemental themes, each still living with the consequences of an ancient cataclysm, which is a notably more populated setup than the first game's largely emptied-out forest.
Corruption is still the thing you fight, and puzzle work has been formalised into structures the studio calls Alchemystic Temples. Kena also picks up a new crystalline canine companion that works as a mount as well as a help in combat and puzzles — the closest thing here to a headline mechanic, and a clear signal that traversal matters more than it did last time.
Why it matters
Bridge of Spirits was a surprise hit for a studio with no prior games, and the sequel is Sony-published, which makes its slot on the first-party calendar worth watching. A 2027 date also quietly thins out what Sony has left to show for 2026.
Why it matters
Ember Lab's first game was a breakout success with no studio track record behind it, and the sequel is a Sony-published PS5 title — so a slip to 2027 reshapes both the studio's follow-up and Sony's near-term release calendar.