{"id":297540,"date":"2026-02-14T09:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T09:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/297540\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T09:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T09:54:09","slug":"legacy-of-kain-defiance-remastered-and-legacy-of-kain-ascendance-coming-next-month-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/297540\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered\u2019 and \u2018Legacy of Kain: Ascendance\u2019 Coming Next Month [Trailer]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After dropping the remaster of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver and its sequel <a href=\"https:\/\/bloody-disgusting.com\/video-games\/3832749\/legacy-of-kain-soul-reaver-1-2-remastered-coming-december-10-trailer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">back in 2024<\/a>, it\u2019s no wonder that Crystal Dynamics announced during the Sony State of Play Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered, as well as a brand new title in Legacy of Kain: Ascendance. Best of all, you can get your hands on both titles next month!<\/p>\n<p>Published by Crystal Dynamics and developed by Crystal Dynamics and PlayEveryWare, Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered is the definitive edition of the classic adventure, launching for the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/concept\/10016155\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-us\/games\/store\/legacy-of-kain-defiance-remastered\/9p3f864bb9s3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Xbox Series and Xbox One<\/a>, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3747730\/Legacy_of_Kain_Defiance_Remastered\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Steam<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.epicgames.com\/en-US\/p\/legacy-of-kain-defiance-remastered-a04d16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Epic Games Store<\/a> on March 3, 2026, and is available to pre-order today. Those who pre-order the game will receive Kain and Raziel character skins inspired by the \u201cShifter\u201d game concept, the inspiration for the entire Soul Reaver saga.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Legacy of Kain: Ascendance is a fast-paced 2D action platformer published by Crystal Dynamics, and developed by <a>Bit Bot Media in association with FreakZone Games. The game <\/a>introduces a brand-new gameplay style to the franchise, and features original voice actors reprising their iconic roles: Simon Templeman as Kain, Michael Bell as Raziel, Anna Gunn as Ariel and Richard Doyle as Moebius, plus a soundtrack from hit recording artist Klayton. Ascendance will launch March 31, 2026 for <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/concept\/10018010\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">PlayStation 5<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-us\/games\/store\/legacy-of-kain-ascendance\/9mt815crgdqz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Xbox Series<\/a>, the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4233530\/Legacy_of_Kain_Ascendance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Steam<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.epicgames.com\/en-US\/p\/legacy-of-kain-ascendance-69642d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Epic Games Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After dropping the remaster of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver and its sequel back in 2024, it\u2019s no&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[141364,101230,93,42293,61,60,141365,141366,270,42297,10137,15979,141367,6996,214,15981],"class_list":["post-297540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-bit-bot-media","tag-crystal-dynamics","tag-entertainment","tag-epic-games-store","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-legacy-of-kain-ascendance","tag-legacy-of-kain-defiance-remastered","tag-movies","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-nintendo-switch-2","tag-pc","tag-playeveryware","tag-playstation-5","tag-steam","tag-xbox-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}