Celebrate a Year of Fun and Exploration with Tchia’s First Anniversary

Kepler Interactive :

LONDON (March 21, 2024) – Developer Awaceb and publisher Kepler Interactive today celebrate the first anniversary of Tchia with a major new game update alongside today's release for the game on Steam. With dozens of industry award wins and nominations earned since Tchia’s launch in March 2023, including winning the "Games for Impact" award at The Game Awards 2023 and being nominated for the "Game Beyond Entertainment" award at the 20th BAFTA Games Awards taking place in April 2024, Tchia has touched the hearts of players around the world, and today’s celebrations thank those players while welcoming even more into a stunning world inspired by New Caledonia – the homeland of Awaceb’s co-founders. 

Watch the new trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fh3uIAfEFY

Since launching in March 2023, Tchia has been played by over 1.4 million players globally, introducing fans to an endearing protagonist and a beautiful open world. Players can now jump back into their adventures with a major new game update available on all platforms, which introduces a number of new features including an Outfit Perks System, new Cosmetic Items, and new Soul Melodies that open up a whole host of new ways to play. From spawning food instantly around you, sailing with speed with the new Super Boat Soul Melody, leading a pack of animals with new Attract Animals abilities; Tchia’s new game update provides a bounty of new ways to play and interact with the beautiful, sun-soaked archipelago. 

Additionally, players on Steam can now purchase Tchia from today, starting their adventures in a beautiful sandbox where they’ll climb, glide, swim and sail and discover new secrets. Furthermore, fans can also look forward to Tchia launching on Nintendo Switch™ this summer, with a physical edition available in partnership with Maximum Games available to pre-order now. 

Tchia is now available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and PC (via the Epic Games Store and Steam) and launching on Nintendo Switch in Summer 2024. For more information, visit https://www.awaceb.com/tchia. 

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About Awaceb: 

Awaceb is a small studio based in Montreal, Canada. Founded in 2016, the studio’s first game was Fossil Echo, a story-driven 2D platformer. Tchia, Awaceb’s latest title, is a love letter to New Caledonia, the home of the studio’s two co-founders.  

About Kepler Interactive: 

Kepler Interactive is the first global publisher co-owned and run by creators. Launched in 2021 and led by the founders of Kowloon Nights, Kepler nurtures creativity through collaboration with each of its founding studio partners having a stake in the business and a leadership role in strategic decision-making, whilst retaining total artistic independence. Following the successful launches of Ebb Software’s, Scorn, and Sloclap’s two million selling and critically acclaimed, Sifu, Kepler’s studio partners are as varied as they are talented, including A44 Games (Ashen, Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn) in New Zealand, Alpha Channel and Awaceb (Tchia) in Canada, and Timberline (The Red Lantern) in North America and Shapefarm in Asia. Kepler Interactive is headquartered in London. Learn more at https://www.kepler-interactive.com/. 

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