Motion Twin Announces Final Content Update for “Dead Cells” after Five-Year Collaboration with Evil Empire
With global sales exceeding 10 million copies, the Metroidvania masterpiece “Dead Cells” has continued to release updates and DLC content since its release in 2018. However, there are no games in the world that are constantly updated. Motion Twin recently announced “Update 35” This will be the last content update for this game.
According to Motion Twin’s official announcement, “Update 35” is the final journey of “Dead Cells” and the end of their five-year collaboration with Evil Empire.
“Dead Cells Update 35 marks the end of our creative journey with the game,” Motion Twin said in a statement. “After five years of working with Evil Empire to bring additional content to Dead Cells, Evil Empire will Seeking new adventures, we’re eager to see what new titles they come up with next.”
The Evil Empire team, which is responsible for the development of multiple DLCs for “Dead Cells”, has contracted all subsequent DLC development work for “Dead Cells” after the free DLC “Rise of the Giant” in 2019, including “The Bad Seed”, “Fatal Falls”, “The Queen and the Sea”, “Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania” and many other DLCs.
In fact, this news was hinted at when Evil Empire was interviewed by foreign media last summer. Although studio CEO Steve Filby emphasized that the update of “Dead Cells” has been scheduled until the end of 2024, he also revealed that they are starting to develop a new game.
“This is a decision we made after careful consideration, especially after the success of the “Return to Castlevania” DLC last year. We are committed to avoiding the trap of “sameness” and working hard to maintain the freshness and originality of “Dead Cells”. This makes We have come to this point. And in view of other long-running works, the most important risk is to avoid overexpansion and reducing the unique charm of “Dead Cells.”” Motion Twin’s announcement said.
The journey of “Dead Cells” is coming to an end, but its reputation and sales have brought a lot of influence to the Metroidvania-like works in recent years, and Motion Twin is also polishing their new work, “Windblown”. Players of similar works still have more new games to play.