And while we’ve been eagerly waiting for FOLLOW, the sequel, to drop on June 1st, Serafini Productions has gone ahead and released a new trailer for Ascend, a standalone instalment that brings two new protagonists to the table.

Of course, an obsession with social media and a need for external validation continue to underpin the narrative. Still, the stakes are much higher for the two ambitious climbers, Ren and Yui, who are at the center of this new story. They might not be as helpless as Anne is, but that doesn’t mean that the dangers they’re about to face down are any less potent, as they attempt to climb Elysium Tower.

We’re quite curious to see the kind of challenges await, especially since this is the highest building in Tokyo (in-game), in their effort to create the “ultimate” video. We’re not as eager to meet the Rokurokubi that resides there, though, since it looks like a nasty piece of work.

BrokenLore: Ascend is coming to PC and PS5, but a release date has yet to be confirmed.

BrokenLore: Ascend will have players experience the story of a pair of rooftop climbers – Ren and Yui – who decide to climb the seemingly-cursed Tokyo Tower only to encounter the yokai Rokurokubi – a yokai known for its ability to stretch its neck to incredible lengths. The story of the title will revolve around Ren and Yui making a new video for their channel, SKYLIMIT, which also ends up feeding into their desire to take on more dangerous challenges.

While Rokurokubi on its own might only be a single entity, the yokai also ends up embodying the deepest fears of the two protagonists, which have been described as “the terror of being forgotten, of becoming ordinary, invisible, irrelevant.” Along with the franchise’s first-person gameplay, BrokenLore: Ascend also introduces new climbing-based gameplay elements which will also likely feed into what kind of horrors players can expect to face.

BrokenLore: Ascend doesn’t yet have a release date. The title is confirmed to be in development for PC and PS5.