Nathan Vella, the co-founder and former CEO of Capybara Games, recently revealed that he joined indie studio Annapurna Interactive as an executive board member about six months ago. He made the announcementExcited to finally share my new digs! After 15 years at Capy, I joined Annapurna Interactive 6 months ago. Now I get to help some of my fav studios (and good friends) make amazing things & get them in front of people everywhere. Thanks to the lovely@A_Icrew for welcoming me.pic.twitter.com/wH2dwZD7x4— Nathan Vella (@nathanvelllllla)June 21, 2025">on his official Twitter, while showing off an image of his new digs. Which, admittedly, looks pretty gorgeous:
Excited to finally share my new digs! After 15 years at Capy, I joined Annapurna Interactive 6 months ago. Now I get to help some of my fav studios (and good friends) make amazing things & get them in front of people everywhere. Thanks to the lovely@A_Icrew for welcoming me.pic.twitter.com/wH2dwZD7x4
According to Vella: “Annapurna Interactive quickly proved they were one of the top publishers, and I doubt I could find another with a better combination of skill and love for games. Iâm really excited to leverage my experience to help these awesome creators make the best games they can.”
Indie studio Annapurna has developed titles in the past such asOuter Wilds, Sayonara Wild Hearts, Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition, FlorenceandWhat Remains of Edith Finch. Their most recent game,If Found, will be releasing on May 19th for iOS and PC.
Back in September of last year Vellaannounced over Twitterthat after over 14 years of service,BelowandSuperbrothers: Sword & Sworcerystudio he would be stepping down as Capybara Games CEO. In some addition tweets,ÂVella stated that"Capyâs in an amazing spot these days – Iâm certain their best work is yet to come." Which, coming from the founder himself is great news for the company.
The latest title Capybara released wasÂBelow inÂDecember of 2018. WhileÂinitially unveiled back at Microsoftâs press conference at E3 2015 and before then at E3 2013 as simply a dark and roguelike adventure title. It was originally slated for a 2016 release but then wasÂdelayed indefinitely until finally revealed for its final release date two years later.
In total, Capybara Gamesâ adventure titleÂBelowÂhad been in development for half a decade before finally releasing for PC and Xbox One. Even more miraculous was the fact that it was well worth such a long development cycle, according toÂour preview of the title at PAX East 2018.
Before then Capybara releasedÂthe Switch version ofÂSuperbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EPÂon November 30th of last year. Capy also made headlines earlier this year when they revealed that the Twitter integration inÂSword & SworceryÂhas also beenÂremoved for the Switch iteration due to the way in which the platform has fallen apart over the years.
Sword & SworceryâsÂcreative director said a few months ago that the company now wants ânothing to doâ with the social media platform which led to them deleting its functionality for this version of the game.
