Lifeless Cells has loved constant post-launch help since its launch in 2018, having acquired quite a few updates and 5 expansions (4 of which had been paid)- although its fifth growth, Return to Castlevania – which launched final yr – goes to be its final, with Movement Twin having introduced that Evil Empire – the studio that was created in 2019 to proceed supporting the sport – shall be ending help for Lifeless Cells with its upcoming Replace 35.
In its announcement, Movement Twin acknowledged that Evil Empire would now be “pursuing new adventures”, nonetheless, Sébastien Benard – Movement Twin’s co-founder and Lifeless Cells’ lead designer, who left the studio in 2020 below acrimonious circumstances – has steered that there’s extra to the announcement of finish of help for Lifeless Cells than it might appear.
As caught by PCGamesN, upon being requested about Movement Twin ending help for Lifeless Cells within the sport’s official Discord server, Benard known as the choice “the worst conceivable a**gap transfer” and “complete advertising and marketing bulls***”.
“Because you’re asking me, I’d simply say Movement Twin did the worst conceivable a**gap transfer towards Lifeless Cells and Evil Empire,” he wrote. “Having seen first-hand the precise state of affairs behind the scenes, I can actually say I’m glad to not be a part of this anymore. The official assertion is complete advertising and marketing bulls***, the best way this case occurred is on an entire completely different degree. I by no means imagined my former co-op studio would develop into such grasping individuals. I want the best possible to Evil Empire for his or her subsequent issues and hope individuals working there’ll survive this sudden financial minimize.”
In June final yr, it was introduced that Lifeless Cells had bought over 10 million models worldwide throughout all platforms. Later that month, a 10-episode animated collection primarily based on the sport was additionally introduced for 2024.
Movement Twin is at the moment engaged on Windblown, a 3D roguelike motion sport that’s set to launch in early entry for PC someday this yr.
