As the Legacy of Kain remasters continue, a new game emerges—a 2D action-platformer

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Games Action As the Legacy of Kain remasters continue, a new game emerges—a 2D action-platformer News By Jody Macgregor published 15 February 2026 Legacy of Kain: Ascendance and Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered will both be available in March. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 1 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter PC Gamer Get the PC Gamer Newsletter Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Want to add more newsletters? 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It was the atmosphere that sold it rather than the genre—so dark and portentous it could shit bats.Which is why I’m not bothered to see the newly announced Legacy of Kain: Ascendance is changing genres and will instead be a pixel-art 2D action-platformer with a story told in the visual novel-style, with some first-person 3D bits thrown in for the PS1 vibe. But mostly it’ll be 2D action.”Combat and movement are closely intertwined,” lead writer Claribel Guerra says on the Xbox blog, “pushing you to constantly stay in motion as you fight, jump, fly, turn into a swarm of bats, and climb through Nosgoth’s dark, crumbling environments. Encounters often flow directly into platforming challenges, creating a rhythm that keeps the pace moving forward.” Related articles Castlevania is finally back, and it’s in exactly the right hands Vampire Survivors is getting a deckbuilding dungeon crawler spin-off that looks purpose built to annihilate your free time Tomb Raider comes to The Game Awards with not just one but two new games: a ‘re-imagining’ and an all-new adventure Three characters will be playable: Kain, Raziel (both as a human knight and as a vampire later in the timeline), and Elaleth, a new character introduced in the recent Kickstarted comic book prequel The Dead Shall Rise.”Each playable character brings their own combat style and traversal tools,” Guerra says, “including aerial movement, gliding, special abilities, and evasive dashes. These mechanics are governed by a stamina-like resource that fuels nearly every action, from attacking to flying, forcing you to manage your momentum carefully.”They’ve br