PlayStation 5 and PC gamers will have exclusive access to two highly anticipated titles – Silent Hill: Townfall and Kena: Scars of Kosmora – at launch, as revealed during February’s State of Play event. Current promotional materials and official statements from Konami and Ember Lab confirm availability only on those platforms, leaving Xbox owners without immediate access.
Silent Hill: Townfall, developed by Screen Burn and co-published by Annapurna Interactive and Konami, is a psychological horror game set in Scotland. The game will be played entirely from a first-person perspective, placing players in the role of Simon Ordell, who returns to the island of St. Amelia to “put things right,” according to promotional materials. Players will rely on tools like the CRTV, a pocket television used to tune into unstable signals, to explore, evade and survive.
Kena: Scars of Kosmora, the sequel to Ember Lab’s award-winning Kena: Bridge of Spirits, expands upon the original’s action, adventure, and combat. Josh Grier, Co-Founder of Ember Lab, stated the team aimed to build on what they learned with the first title while capturing the heart of what made it special. In Scars of Kosmora, an older and renowned Spirit Guide, Kena travels to the island of Kosmora to find answers to a lifelong affliction. The island is described as being full of buried secrets from a tragic past. The game introduces a new alchemy-based Spirit Guiding system, utilizing elemental spirit companions that grow and unlock new powers as the player’s bond deepens.
The omission of these titles from the Xbox launch lineup is not isolated. 4Loop, Yakoh Shinobi Ops, and Konami’s Rev.Noir are also currently slated to bypass Xbox at launch, alongside Sony’s first-party offerings like the God of War Trilogy Remake. While some titles from the State of Play event are confirmed for Xbox, a significant portion will initially be exclusive to PlayStation and PC platforms.
The lack of an immediate Xbox release for Silent Hill: Townfall and Kena: Scars of Kosmora echoes a pattern of timed exclusivity deals between platform holders. Previous titles, such as Silent Hill 2 and Kena: Bridge of Spirits, eventually became available on multiple platforms, raising hopes that these games may follow suit. Although, no timeline for a potential Xbox release has been announced.
