During The Game Awards 2023, EA revealed their EA Originals title named Tales of Kenzera ZAU, which is the first project produced by Abubakar Salim’s Surgent Studios. Check out the debut trailer below.
As seen in the trailer, the game is a Metroidvania style action-adventure platformer, where you’ll be fighting bad guys, avoiding traps, and solving puzzles as you progress through the game.
Tales of Kenzera ZAU is a story of loss, and overcoming grief, inspired by the creator Abubakar Salim’s own struggle with communicating his feelings after the loss of his father ten years ago.
“For a long time, I’ve struggled to find a way of communicating my journey with grief. To now be able to do that through Zau’s story of loss, growth and healing in Tales of Kenzera: ZAU feels so right.
Games, to me, are the most powerful medium to share stories. My late father introduced me to the medium, and what better way of honoring him, our relationship and love than through this experience?
I am extremely grateful and proud of the team of creatives that have helped craft Surgent Studios, and I’m beyond thrilled to have EA Originals give me the platform and space to share this story together with them.”
Tales of Kenzera: ZAU launches April 23, 2024 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Pre-orders are live right now, and you can get the game for $19.99.
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