Legacy Of Kain: Defiance Remastered Switch Versions Hit With Last-Minute Delay

I didn't play Defiance due to not having a PS2 or Xbox so I may get that.

Ascendance looks okay, too. Hadn't read the description before watching the trailer and thought to myself "that looks kind of like Symphony of the Night," so it seems like they made what they aimed for.

Defiance was one of my fav games from this era. Cannot wait to replay it. Fantastic title.

So happy about Defiance and excited but cautious about ascendance. Haven't heard good things about this new character.

Where's the first Kain game?

Defiance is pretty cool but they are really milking a relatively short series here. I suppose the Blood Omen games will come in yet another collection. Par for the course though for how much they repeatedly manhandled the golden egg laid by the first game.

Definitely will be getting both later this year but for Switch 1 or Switch 2? Probably may had to do a coin toss on that.

Kudos to Sony for getting the announcements, but I had no doubt this was also coming to the Switch platform..

Looks great, can't wait! 👍

Currently in a giant mansion in Blood Omen funnily enough. Decent game with awful hitboxes and I never seem to have enough health. But fun enough.

oh yes ive wanted to play this game again for many years im cant wait

@FaroreAbhorsen @Liam_Doolan Same, i would love a remake/ remaster of the original. Soul Reaver and the rest were good games but i like the original most

Please tell me they brought back Amy Hennig to write the plot and script for this new game.

It could be a 1/10 for gameplay, but I'd still get it for those reasons alone.

I've been holding off on the first collection. When this new one comes out I'll get both so I can experience the complete story.

Looks super cool! Are the earlier Kain games available on Switch if I wanna play them first?

It seems this will be Dennis Dyack's year. Deadhaus Sonata is already in advanced development, and now they're remastering Legacy of Kain; it's only a matter of time before they do the same for Blood Omen.
Let's hope they at least remaster Eternal Darkness.

CDE GOT A NEW GAME OUT THE DOOR! They didn't make it themselves but FINALLY something NEW from that AAA disaster was able to survive the fall out The Randy Disaster and Wrath of Phil!

FELLOWSHIP REDEMPTION ARC! FELLOWSHIP REDEMPTION ARC!

THIS IS MY COPE! THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT, BUT THIS ONE IS MINE!

On a calmer, more serious note: I wonder why they're doing Defiance instead of Blood Omen Duoligy. Wonder why they didn't do Blood Onen first. That might be a bit concerning

Time to dive back into the dark fantasy of these games, then! The new game looks fab, too!

@Johnny_Arthur The first thing I thought when I saw this announcement, that maybe Eternal Darkness remaster…or even resurrection of the incrediblre looking but cancelled sequel could get some hope of getting green light!

@Varoennauraa From what I've read in Dennis Dyack's messages, he's already resolved his issue with Epic and is actually working with the Unreal Engine. This means he's no longer dealing with the issue of owing money to anyone and is therefore working without worry.

In other words, if Nintendo calls him again to make the sequel to Eternal Darkness and offers him a good sum, he's not going to spend it paying Epic.

That was rather unexpected. Next Blood Omen!

I'm a bit unsure about that new 2D game thoug, it looks rather rough, and the animations are super stiff.

This is super exciting. I had a Dreamcast & then a GameCube back in the day, so I only ever got to play the first Soul Reaver since the second was canceled after the Dreamcast was discontinued. It's still one of my favorite games to this day, so I was ecstatic when the Remaster of both 1 & 2 came out. Now I'll be able to complete the trilogy.

Why can’t I find it on the e-shop?

Are these game key cards?
Does anyone know?

@Kenchi did you not read the article?

@HauntedMasque this update came after his/her post. Game was supposed to come out this morning, so I wonder after not finding it on the shop they came here to check what was going on.

CDE and Aspyr need all the good PR they can get right now

It was kinda frustrating considering that usually delays are announced with a certain time before release, but I understand and respect the decision.

Gotta wonder why both versions are delayed.

I know it is silly, but I will be really pleased to have the entire series on carts. Blood Omen is Evercade but still, neat.

"Please watch our social channels for updates" after these channels wait until the borderline release to announce the delay itself is a statement, unless I'm unfairly dismissing a genuine sudden SNAFU here.

Seriously a pixel art game after all this time. Ascendance is a hard pass, Defiance was a pretty good finale for the series.

Just had stumbled on this on Steam and had no idea they were even remastering it. Definitely looks nice with the new coat of paint but I only have very vague memories of playing the original, so im guessing it didnt leave much of an impression with me.

Everyone seems quite pleased at least for whenever it makes its way to Switch.

I m happy to wait as long as it is full polish when release it for Nintendo Switch 2!! Hopefully put 60fps for Nintendo Switch 2 version as well.

Pokémon Pokopia and WWE 2k26 this week along with Resident Evil games I currently play and will continue Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition too. So that game can wait at least delay save timers lol

Because of course it was delayed.

How much longer will Switch 2 be treated like a 2nd class citizen for this generation? I get that it's a new system but if Switch versions of games continued to be released "at a later date" after a year on Market then something is seriously wrong that Nintendo needs to address

@Zeebor15

My cynical guess is "Because Blood Omen is a 2D game". Either because making a "shinier" remaster would be harder, or they have no confidence that a 2D game would sell, or both.

Which is a pity, since Hot Take Time: Blood Omen 1 is the best game in the series.

@Bizzyb
That is not Nintendo but developer for them there are only pc microsoft and sony first than and only than nintendo and that is because the mass of nintendo owner do not buy third party games like the other 3 they still sell but not same level (look to requiem despite being same day release and a very good version with few sacrifice only 4% of total selling (it was on the other new few days ago)???? Now capcom has good partnership with Nintendo so they will still bring their ip on it but other developers? Probably not and they eill just ignore it or make a ***** cheap low port sigh

@aresius What are you talking about? People absolutely buy 3rd party titles on Nintendos platforms. At least more than on Xbox. There are tons of AAs and indie games that are either exclusively on Switch/Switch 2 or on Switch/Switch 2 and Playstation only, skipping Xbox completely.

And it absolutely should be on Nintendo to forge partnerships with developers publishers to ensure that games arrive on their platform at the same time as other platforms, as you referenced, the way they do with Capcom. They should do their best to have that policy across the board.

After 1 year of being released, there should no longer be the excuse of "we didn't have SDKs, so our game is arriving later on Switch 2" (and esp not Switch 1) anymore.

@metaphysician Here's how little I actually know about CDE artistically outside of Gex and Whiplash: Blood Omen was 2D?!

No physical? Guess I'll pass.

@Zeebor15

Yep

https://www.gog.com/en/game/blood_omen_legacy_of_kain

That it is coming at all is fantastic. I thought they were going to screw us with only the double Soul Reaver release.
This one wraps up the entire series... or does it? Probably too late to hope for a continuation of this epic series. Best narative in video games ever. I would settle for a ground up remake of the first game though (Blood Omen).

@Bizzyb Maybe it was delayed because of the CPU. The PS5 and Xbox Series technically have the same CPU but the Switch 2 has a completely different ISA so it takes more time to port games. But who knows?

@metaphysician gotta love GOG’s table that says this game is 2026 ready on Windows 11. Elsewhere has a question mark… I guess with Steam you’re left to the developer and DRM 😆

They really should have told people sooner that the Switch 2 version would come later than the others. What a crappy thing to do.