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The Griers wouldn’t say exactly how many copies of Kena they’ve sold, but they said they’ve recouped the game’s initial costs and have been pleasantly surprised with sales so far. “It’s hard to tell what's a huge success,” said Josh. “Sony’s happy.”

Next Game:

Kena’s success has allowed Ember Lab to become a full-time game developer. They’re not yet sure what their next title will look like, but they know it’ll be a narrative-driven video game like Kena.

“We're not going back to commercials,” said Josh.

Sony’s Breakout Video Game Owes its Success to a Hazmat Suit

Hi everyone, it’s Jason. Today I’ve got an interview with the developers behind one of this year’s indie hits. But first...

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[TLZ]

That's great news for them. Even greater they'll keep making good games like this one.

 

[AlexxKidd]

Good for them. Congrats to the team at Ember Lab!

 

[mejin]

Sony's Midas touch continue.

 

[Yoboman]

Give them Jak and Daxter 4

 

[TheTony316]

I'd love to see a sequel with a Sony budget.

 

[reksveks]

Between Epic, Microsoft and Sony competing; it's not a bad time to be an indie looking for money to have timed exclusives

 

[Dick Jones]

Great for them. The hard work paid off. Can't wait for the next game

 

[The Shepard]

Fair play to them. I enjoyed it and look forward to there next game (wouldn't mind if it was a sequel) I just hope that it's physical day one this time.

 

[Del_X]

Will be interesting if/when Microsoft buys them.

 

[Elder Legend]

Never played it but from what I heard and saw its looking and sounding solid. I'll wait for the Xbox release.

 

[CitizenZ]

Im just going out on a limb and say Epic didnt help.

 

[Aggressive Carrot]

Kena is a great game. Hard to believe it is an indie game. I had no idea they worked on commercials in the past.

Give them Jak and Daxter 4

I would love to see that happen.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Im just going out on a limb and say Epic didnt help.

We saw those Epic payouts for exclusives. They definitely helped lol.

 

[Great Hair]

Give them Jak and Daxter 4

 

[MrA]

better middle ware and lots of overhead seem to have done wonders for making projects by smaller teams way more feasible.
so nice to get away from the xbox360/ps3 gen that seemed to leave piles of dead developers in its wake

 

[proandrad]

Well earned. I would love to see what they could do with a AAA budget.

 

[CitizenZ]

We saw those Epic payouts for exclusives. They definitely helped lol.

Not in term of sales.

 

[TrebleShot]

Awesome , Xbox only players will be in for a treat when they get to play this as it’s a brilliant experience. Hopefully comes to Gamepass so there’s a wider reach.

As for what’s next , I hope they take their time and carve out another smaller scale narrative driven gameplay experience that everyone can enjoy.

 

[Deleted member 471617]

Congratulations to Ember Lab. Kena is a great freaking game!!

 

[Gediminas]

Awesome , Xbox only players will be in for a treat when they get to play this as it’s a brilliant experience. Hopefully comes to Gamepass so there’s a wider reach.

As for what’s next , I hope they take their time and carve out another smaller scale narrative driven gameplay experience that everyone can enjoy.

they already reach the widest, PS and PC, other than that, Sony funded the game and had marketing deal.

 

[wOs]

Well deserved. I really enjoyed my time with it. Final boss was annoying af. I hope they can build upon the ideas even more. Deeper skill tree and rot action tree would be nice.

 

[Mr Moose]

“Sony’s happy.”
I don't like the sound of that... They are going to acquire them aren't they?

 

[kittoo]

Great game (except some sudden unfair difficulty spikes). Very reasonable pricing too. Bought it on epic games store.
Looking forward to their next one.

 

[Swift_Star]

“Sony’s happy.”
I don't like the sound of that... They are going to acquire them aren't they?

I believe that's the plan from the moment Sony made the deal with them.

 

[TheGrat1]

Good, now do a physical release.

Mr Moose said:
“Sony’s happy.”
I don't like the sound of that... They are going to acquire them aren't they?

 

[Exentryk]

Great game and well deserved for the developer. Amazing result considering it's their first game.

Can't wait for their next one!

 

[TheGodfather07]

I believe that's the plan from the moment Sony made the deal with them.

Yeah, sony are clearly establishing new partnerships with new and fresh studio's that they may try to aquire down the line. Ember labs are for sure one to keep an eye on.

 

[Kerotan]

Brilliant news. Great seeing new ip do good.

 

[Polelock]

I somehow haven't heard of this game, it looks pretty great, will check it out

 

[killatopak]

Good.

AA titles need this.

 

[lh032]

Herman right now:

 

[Sosokrates]

Good for them, they probably made a nice pay day from this.
If ember lab got £20per game and they sold 500,000 thats £10 million.
And thats for a core team of 15 devs. Even with outsourcing and UE4 cost it is possible they got paid more the lawyers and surgeons.

 

[kyliethicc]

Not bad for a couple of guys' first game made by a team of 15 people. Nice.

 

[NoviDon]

Can't wait for the sequel Kena: Bring the Brinks Trucks

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Really hope Sony acquires this talented team and lets them grow into another AAA studio

Kena was insanely impressive

 

[carlosrox]

Was very interested in this game until the delay hit.

I'll try to get around to it sooner or later.

 

[ArcaneNLSC]

This is great news the game is amazing especially for a first try by Ember Labs

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Honestly I can see Sony grabbing this studio in the future.

 

[wipeout364]

The game seemed over hyped from the 2 hours I played but it’s an amazing level of quality for such a small studio. Glad to see them succeed and looking forward to their next game.

 

[BlackTron]

Pretty crazy for a first game.

Definitely give these guys more resources.

 

[Umbasaborne]

Glad to hear it, its an awesome game that harkons back to the height of ps2 action platformers. Its also sad as fuck. Like holy shit. Gorgeous as well, id love to see what they can do with a higher budget. Sony should scoop em up. Someone said jak and daxter? They would make a great jak game that stays true to the series art style

 

[John Wick]

Hopefully they can take feedback from the first game and improve the second one even further. A decent budget and more staff could produce an even better title.

 

[Marvel]

Very talented studio, I liked the game a lot. They can really aim high for a sequel.

 

[Moses85]

No surprise if this is true…

Kena: Bridge of Spirits - Designer beschuldigt Ember Labs der Unterbezahlung und nicht-Einhaltung von Versprechen

Der Entwickler Ember Lab steckt noch in der Entwicklung des ursprünglich noch für dieses Jahr geplanten Action-Adventure Kena: Bridge of Spirits, welches nun irgendwann Anfang nächsten Jahres erscheinen soll, u. a. für PlayStation 4 und 5. Der Designer Brandon Popovich behauptet nun, das Entwickl...

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[Major Angry]

This is coming to Xbox right?

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

Hopefully my physical copy will arrive saturday.

 

[chinoXL]

i love this game and as much as the boss difficulty spikes piss you off, feel good when you get the strategy down and then smack the boss. hope Sony does buy them so they can eat from that first party budget and really go hard on a new IP.

 

[ToTTenTranz]

Hopefully my physical copy will arrive saturday.

My copy shipped yesterday, arrived today. I think the official release for the physical copy was yesterday.