Motion Twin to end post-launch support of Dead Cells | News-in-brief

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A former Dead Cells developer has commented on developer Motion Twin's decision to stop making updates for the game, saying it was «a rather logical marketing stunt».

Former Dead Cells lead designer, Sébastien Benard, strongly criticized Motion Twin's decision to leave the game behind. The development studio behind the roguelike Dead Cells recently announced its decision to cease future updates for the game, surprising some fans, along with one of its former co-creators.

Dead Cells is currently embroiled in a row over its developer’s decision to leave the game behind to focus on its next title, Windblown.

Former lead designer Sébastien Benard has further discussed the decision made by publisher Motion Twin to end Dead Cell's development — something he previously dubbed «the worst imaginable asshole move».

Former Dead Cells lead designer Sébastien Benard is none too chuffed about publisher Motion Twin's decision to end development of the well-regarded roguelike Metroidvania. A few days ago, Motion Twin announced that the 35th major Dead Cells update, aptly titled The End Is Near, would be its last. Benard feels this is a betrayal of both the game's community and its current development team, Evil Empire, a spin-off studio who took the reins in 2019.

Dead Cells is the excellent side-scrolling roguelike action game from Motion Twin. We loved it back when the vanilla version launched years ago, but it's since received many huge updates, adding a vast amount of extras to keep the experience fresh. Now, though, the studio has announced that the next update to the game will be the last.