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Dead Cells

Dead Cells is a rogue-lite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer with a sprawling, ever-changing castle. It features souls-lite combat and no checkpoints. It is available on PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch and mobile.
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Crossbows and difficulty progression highlight Dead Cells' update

Dead Cells The Bad Seed DLC screenshot
Dead Cells' Update of Plenty brought a ton of changes but two of major highlights are crossbow overhaul and a different approach to difficulty progression.

Dead Cells gets Freeman's crowbar in the latest update

Screenshot from Dead Cells showing the player fighting enemies on top of a tower
Motion Twin released another free update for Dead Cells, bringing along new enemies, affixes and weapons. One of the weapons turned out to be Gordon Freeman's signature crowbar.

RE-PLAY charity discounts on Steam are up for two more days

Dead Cells The Bad Seed DLC screenshot
War Child UK kicked off the fundraising campaign RE-PLAY on 9 April 2020 to help the less fortunate regions of the world with Coronavirus relief efforts. The funds will be granted from certain game purchases on Steam, all of which are discounted.

Dead Cells is still having issues on Xbox Game Pass

Picture of the Dead Cells protagonist with an ominous presence nearby
Motion Twin announced they are aware of issues when players tried to run Dead Cells through Xbox Game Pass on 14 February 2020 but it seems like the subsequently released update didn't do much in terms of fixing the crashes.

Dead Cells' first paid DLC The Bad Seed gets a release date

Dead Cells The Bad Seed DLC screenshot
Dead Cells The Bad Seed DLC now has a release date. It arrives on 11 February 2020 and Motion Twin have shared a new trailer to celebrate the launch.

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed release date announced

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed screenshot
Motion Twin released a trailer for Dead Cells' first paid DLC, The Bad Seed. They also revealed it is coming on 11 February 2020 along with the maps included and the reason why the developers opted to go with paid DLC this time around.

Dead Cells gets Legacy update

Dead Cells promotional image shows the protagonist looking at the colourful horizon
Dead Cells players can revisit the nostalgia-fueled previous versions of the game. Given Motion Twin's tireless work over the years, the players will have a lot to choose from, be it the glorious days or the infamous, bread-shaped ones.

Dead Cells breaks new record after selling like hotcakes on Switch

Picture of the Dead Cells protagonist with an ominous presence nearby
Dead Cells has sold over 2.4 million copies to date and the number was reached in large part thanks to massive sales on Nintendo Switch, following the August 2019 release.

Dead Cells to get two more years of post-launch content

Player has just obliterated an enemy in Dead Cells
Dead Cells is one of those indie games that exploded on Steam and eventually caused the creation of a new studio called Evil Empire that's solely focusing on the game's DLC content that they hinted could go on for another two years.

Motion Twin are porting Dead Cells to iOS and Android apparently

Dead Cells promotional image shows the protagonist looking at the colourful horizon
Motion Twin have announced they will be porting Dead Cells to mobile devices, starting in Summer 2019. The announcement gave rise to a few questions regarding the control scheme on mobile devices as the game is fairly challenging already.