Dead Cells News

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La Motion Week, our yearly event, is back! This time we’ve packed it (ribbon not included) with new merch, a fun collaboration, and a big anniversary…

CHECK IT OUT

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That’s right, we’ve teamed up with the legendary YouTooz to bring their love/hate relationship into the real world!



[h2]The Beheaded (ft. Serenade)[/h2][p]
He’s back and better than ever! The Beheaded returns as a plushie, but this time he’s not alone. He comes armed with his beloved (and clingy) companion sword, Serenade!

[/p][h2]The Queen[/h2][p]
(First-Ever Merch!)
At long last, Her Majesty is here! For the first time ever, you can get a Queen plushie to rule over your other plushies. We’re so excited to finally give her the royal treatment she deserves. And of course, true to form, both of these incredible plushies glow in the dark, ready for a night-time ambush of your senses.


[h2][p]Grab The Queen and the new Beheaded plushies NOW![/p][p][/p][/h2]

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Okay, this one is a lot of fun!

Dying again and again… Sound familiar? If you’re ready for a break, what about a little chilling?
The awesome folks at Color-A-Cube are bringing three of our characters to their world in a new FREE update![/p][p][/p][p]

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The team there are basically wizards; they’ve managed to perfectly translate the very soul of the 2D pixel art into charming 3D voxel models that you can paint yourself.[/p][p][/p][p]You’ll get to enjoy coloring… or daubing:[/p]

• [p]The Beheaded (naturally)
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• [p]The Merchant (still keep an eye on your wallet)
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• [p]Conjunctivius (wink wink)
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[p]A super zen experience available on Steam and in VR.[/p]

Grab the FREE Dead Cells character pack here!



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It’s hard to believe it’s been a full year since Windblown launched into Early Access! To everyone who has taken the leap into the Vortex with us, we’re incredibly grateful.

To celebrate this milestone, we’re pushing out our 6th major content update, Lost & Altered. This huge update introduces a dangerous, brand-new biome to explore, along with a host of other tweaks and improvements.

As part of the anniversary celebration, we’ve also deepened the discount on the Dead Cells + Windblown bundle. It’s got that fast-paced, ‘just one more run’ energy you'll love, but this time you can bring friends. You know, so you can all die together.

You can check out the bundle right here 👇

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Phew, it feels so great to finally share these surprises with you all!

It’s a privilege to work on games and projects we love, but the real joy comes from sharing them with an incredible community like all of you.

Whether you’re a long-time headless, a new prison enjoyer, or a fearless Leaper in the Vortex, thank you. Seriously. You make all of this possible.

Cheers,
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Dead Cells, released in 2018, is one of the best roguelikes ever—"a stellar action platformer with gorgeous presentation and excellent combat," we said in our 90% review, a reputation that only grew over seven years of further development, 35 updates, and a whole spin-off studio. You might think that Dead Cells 2 would inevitably follow, but no: Developer Motion Twin instead opted to go for an entirely new game called Windblown...
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Sequels! More often than not, they're completely unnecessary, but until we're at a point where we don't have to bow to the whims of the free market, studios of all sizes will likely continue to push them out. Right now people like familiarity, there's a risk in paying for something new. What if the thing you're buying is a waste of what little money you have? Ah, but a sequel to a thing I already like, more of the thing I know enjoy, that's the stuff. So it's quite refreshing to see Dead Cells developer Motion Twin completely ignore that, and put their heart into making something new, a topic the studio spoke about their feelings on in a recent interview.

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