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PROJECT 002 · 2025–2026
REMASTER

Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered

RemasterEngine ModernizationPorting
DEVELOPER
Crystal Dynamics
PUBLISHER
Aspyr
PLATFORMS
PS5 · Xbox Series X|S · Nintendo Switch · PC
RELEASED
2026

A PS2-era engine modernized for current consoles without losing its look and feel.

Kain's story deserved better than an upscale. We modernized the original PS2-era engine for current consoles while protecting the look and feel that made Defiance a classic: thousands of textures uprezzed, every character model rebuilt, and modern renderers with volumetric lighting slotted in behind the original art direction.

Along the way we built a custom map editor for the remaster team, brought the codebase through present-day first-party certification, and shipped simultaneously across PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PC.

Kain returns. The vampire messiah's saga of fate and betrayal, remastered for a new generation.

1000s
TEXTURES UPREZZED
100%
CHARACTERS REBUILT
4
PLATFORMS SHIPPED
1
CUSTOM MAP EDITOR
Spirit Crossing