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05 KENA: BRIDGE OF SPIRITS

“UNABLE TO MOVE ON, MANY SPIRITS ARE SPOILING FOR A FIGHT WITH KENA.”

FORMAT PS5 / ETA 2021 / PUB EMBER LAB / DEV EMBER LAB / PLAYERS 1

First things first, it’s ‘Kay-nuh’ and not ‘Key-nah.’ Far from being a caner, though, the protagonist of Ember Lab’s first console title is an extremely hardworking and wholesome sort. She journeys to an ancient village deep within an overgrown forest, searching for a particular mountain shrine. The young spirit guide packs her father’s staff for the journey, but soon finds that she’s in for anything but a quiet retreat in these weird woods.

A nefarious influence has pervaded the forest, scarring the land and scattering its denizens. The spirits, too, have become restless, with some even forgetting who they are. In our hands-on we’re trying to help one of them, Taro, and so we’re searching for a number of

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