Wednesday, 29 May 2024 15:00

Unicorn Overlord Cant Let Its Franchise Potential Go to Waste

Written by Matt Karoglou
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Recent Vanillaware job listings point to the studio moving on from Unicorn Overlord, but there's still plenty of uncharted territory for a sequel.

Vanillaware's Unicorn Overlord has already proven to be a massive success for the developer, selling over 500,000 units in a matter of weeks, whereas it took the studio's previous game (13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim) almost a year to reach similar figures. Even more impressive is the fact that Unicorn Overlord would end up being many players' first Vanillaware game thanks to its embracing of tactical RPG tradition at a time when few new games in the subgenre are being released. The success and crossover appeal of Unicorn Overlord should make a sequel a seemingly foregone conclusion, but Vanillaware's history as a developer and some recent job listings point elsewhere.

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