Just a few days to go! Kena: Bridge of Spirits will be available on September 27th with all "Anniversary Update" content included. We wanted to highlight some of the exciting new content from the update!
New Game+: Begin a new adventure after completing the game, starting with all your abilities, upgrades, and Rot as you face new combat encounters, challenges and unique enemies.
Spirit Guide Trials: Sharpen your skills and unlock rewards in The Trials, including: Wave Defenses, Obstacle Courses, and the chance to take on key boss-fights again and again.
Charmstones: Discover Charmstones that can be equipped to provide different advantages and disadvantages to customize your playstyle.
Outfits: Unlock brand new outfits for Kena to wear by mastering the Spirit Guide Trials.
Kena Photo Mode Features and Updates
Only a few more days before Kena's release on September 27th and we can't wait to see what you capture with Photo Mode!
You can activate Photo Mode all along your adventure and capture epic and adorable photos of your journey. Characters (including all the Rot!) will freeze by default once you enter photo mode, but you can “resume action” to bring them back to life. As you move the camera, they will keep their attention on you; following and engaging with the camera as you set up your perfect shot.
For the Anniversary Update, brand new poses have been added and Photo Mode has been enhanced with Lighting Setups, Camera Animation, and more. You'll also be able to change Kena's outfit to show off your best looks.
Kena is Steam Deck Verified!
Kena: Bridge of Spirits is officially Steam Deck Verified!
Take your adventure on the go with Kena and all the new Anniversary Update content. We've packed this exciting journey with great PC features including full ultrawide support, DLSS, and remastered cinematics at 60FPS.
The Steam release of Kena is just around the corner on September 27th - Wishlist on our Steam page now
Anniversary Update Patch Notes 2.0
To celebrate our upcoming Steam release, the Kena experience has been expanded with many new features including: New Game+, Spirit Guide Trials, Kena Outfits, Charmstones, Accessibility features, and more. We hope you enjoy exploring your journey in Kena’s world!
Wishlist now and stay tuned for more updates as we prepare for this exciting Steam launch coming September 27th!
The Anniversary Update with Steam launch includes the following new features and updates:
New Game+
New Game+ will become available after completing an initial playthrough – replay the main story while keeping all collected Rot, abilities, and upgrades.
Most New Game+ combat encounters have been updated with new enemies and modified compositions.
Special Green Chests with collectibles will become available in New Game+.
Many bosses will include new attacks in New Game+.
Spirit Guide Trials & Outfits
Spirit Guide Trials offer unique challenges to test your skills and earn rewards. Interact with the carving behind the Mask Shrine to take on new Trials as they become available throughout your adventure.
Unique Kena Outfits with color variants can be unlocked by completing Spirit Guide Trials and Bonus Objectives.
Charmstones, Abilities, & Hats
Equipable Charmstones have been hidden throughout the world that will modify Kena’s abilities by granting unique combinations of advantages and disadvantages in combat.
Two new Bomb Ability upgrades have been added – Splatter Bomb and Split Bomb.
New Rot Hats have been hidden throughout the world.
Enhanced Photo Mode
Photo Mode has been enhanced with Lighting Setups, Camera Animation, and more.
Brand new Poses have been added to Photo Mode.
Settings
Apprentice Spirit Guide, a new difficulty setting, offers a balance between Story Mode and Spirit Guide settings.
Text localization for Polish language has been added.
DLSS and Dynamic Resolution support has been added. (PC Only)
Accessibility Features
UI scaling.
Automatic sprint.
Subtitle size and background opacity.
Toggle input functionally for multiple abilities.
Deluxe Edition:
Kena: Bridge of Spirits Original Soundtrack has been expanded and remastered.
The Shadow outfit has been included as a Deluxe Edition exclusive.
This patch also includes the following fixes:
Pre-rendered cutscenes are rendered at higher frame rate to fix frame pacing issues.