Dead Cells has enjoyed consistent post-launch support since its launch in 2018, having received numerous updates and five expansions (four of which were paid)- though its fifth expansion, Return to Castlevania – which launched last year – is going to be its last, with Motion Twin having announced that Evil Empire – the studio that was created in 2019 to continue supporting the game – will be ending support for Dead Cells with its upcoming Update 35.
“Since you’re asking me, I’d just say Motion Twin did the worst imaginable a**hole move against Dead Cells and Evil Empire,” he wrote.
In its announcement, Motion Twin stated that Evil Empire would now be “pursuing new adventures”, however, Sébastien Benard – Motion Twin’s co-founder and Dead Cells’ lead designer, who left the studio in 2020 under acrimonious circumstances – has suggested that there’s more to the announcement of end of support for Dead Cells than it may seem.
Motion Twin is currently working on Windblown, a 3D roguelike action game that is set to launch in early access for PC sometime this year.