Magical Metroidvania Tales Of Kenzera: Zau arrives in the PlayStation Plus games catalog from day one

Surgent Studios founder Abubakar Salim, who is also the voice of Bayek in Assassin’s Creed Origins, took the stage at The game Awards 2023 last December to reveal Tales of Kenzera: Zau, a magical Metroidvania inspired by Bantu myth. It’s coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox series

This means that all PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers can access the game at launch at no additional cost.

For the uninitiated, Tales of Kenzera: Zau is a 2.5D story-driven Metroidvania with lots of combat and exploration. A new game-catalog-on-april-23/”>PlayStation Blog Post says the game is about facing grief and its many faces while discovering how love gives us the courage to continue after a devastating loss.

Check out the latest Tales of Kenzera: Zau gameplay trailer below:

As you can see, players control Zau, a young warrior-shaman from Amandla in search of Kalunga, the god of death. As for why, Zau wants to bring his Baba back from the realm of the dead.

“Welding two powerful masks imbued with the cosmic power of the sun and moon in a beautiful and chaotic dance, Zau travels through Kenzera, a rich mystical kingdom inspired by Bantu tales, battling tough ancestral spirits and overcoming obstacles to find the 3 powerful beings who have escaped the God of Death”, we can read on the PlayStation blog. “Zau will discover and unlock powerful new abilities and skills during his quest to become a worthy Nganga and reclaim his lost Baba.

“These include powerful spiritual attacks like the Fierce Moon Beam Blast which can be unleashed to obliterate enemies using the Moon Mask and the Engulfing Fire Supernova which can be used to burn nearby enemies with fire shamanic using the solar mask.”

Tales of Kenzera: Zau comes to PlayStation Plus on April 23 alongside the standard launch of PlayStation 5, Xbox series X/S, Switch and PC on the same day. To learn more about the game, check out the Tales of Kenzera: Zau trailer here.

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