Dead Cells roadmap guarantees boss rush mode and “the most exciting year” within the game’s historical past
On: July 19, 2022
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Dead Cells has been delighting gamers for practically 4 full years now, and the crew at Motion Twin isn’t slowing down with new content material anytime quickly. The studio simply shared its 2022 roadmap — although it’s the center of July as of the time of this writing, however higher late than by no means — and there’s some thrilling stuff on the horizon.
As detailed in a Steam neighborhood submit, the subsequent update on the checklist is at the moment in its alpha section. As Motion Twin’s roadmap picture (beneath) reveals, the spotlight of that update is the brand new panchaku weapon, which trades the standard sticks on the top of nunchucks for frying pans. There’s additionally a brand new flame-head pores and skin modeled after the protagonist’s look in Dead Cells’ animated trailers. That update is deliberate to launch someday this summer season.
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Then within the fall, Motion Twin will likely be including a boss rush mode. “The basic idea here is to let you fight all the bosses you’ve met so far, one after the other, with unlockables to win as you progress,” Motion Twin explains. “We’ll potentially be adding a scoreboard to add a bit of friendly competition.” There definitely are a number of bosses in Dead Cells, and because the Queen and the Sea DLC added an alternate ultimate battle, there are much more potential encounters for a boss gauntlet.
The subsequent two updates on the roadmap are fairly obscure, although they’re intriguing. “It’s a surprise,” says Motion Twin in regards to the winter update. It teases “new stuff to play with” when that arrives. Finally, the studio pledges to proceed supporting the game in 2023. In truth, it claims we’ll see “the most exciting year in Dead Cells’ history” then.
Of course, 2022 has already been a giant 12 months for the game. In addition to the aforementioned Queen and the Sea DLC, the game additionally obtained a brand new biome, the Bank. Motion Twin additionally added a bunch of accessibility choices to the game in its Breaking Barriers update in June.
