We previously shared that after the game was shown at The Game Awards, there was a lot of excitement surrounding its January 26th release, especially since there hadn’t been much news about it since the announcement.
I was really surprised to read the news about Amazon’s latest layoffs. Apparently, Reuters is reporting it affects about 10% of their corporate staff – thankfully, it doesn’t include the people working in their warehouses and fulfillment centers. From what I understand, Amazon is trying to streamline things, cut down on management levels, and just generally make things more efficient. What’s cool is that Amazon Game Studios seems to be safe this time around. The cuts are mostly happening in areas like retail, Amazon Web Services, Prime Video, and HR.
The world’s top players are about to begin competing in a major tournament in Malmö, Sweden, with the first matches starting in around 30 minutes. The tournament will continue over the next several days, and the winner will receive the tour’s largest prize.
The PlayStation Store currently offers a Gold Edition of the game, which includes the original game and all three of its expansions. Now, a new Definitive Edition is coming out, and it looks like it will replace the Gold Edition. The Definitive Edition will include the same content as the Gold Edition, plus some additional cosmetic items like outfits.
The game Villion will be released in Japan on May 25th, according to Gematsu. While there’s no announcement yet for a release in Western countries, it’s likely to come eventually.
Dear me, I was… first launched for Switch 2 via Nintendo eShop on July 31.
Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:
Here are the first details:
Here is an overview of the game, via CangMo Game Entertainment:
Adam Jay Epstein, along with producers Ari Daniel Pinchot and Jonathan Rubenstein, now own the rights to the Chia Pet brand. They plan to develop an animated movie or TV series based on it. The team at Rakia Media and Crystal City is also looking for partners to help them maximize the brand’s potential for both business and storytelling.