Casually, time flies: with its numerous DLCs and additional content added over the years, it might be hard to believe that Dead Cells is preparing to celebrate its 6th anniversary in 2024. Just to affirm that Motion Twin is not just the studio of a single game, despite the early departure of Sébastien Bénard, previously lead on Dead Cells. As he left the Bordeaux outfit, he indicated how difficult creating a new project was proving to be, with the two-person team behind Dead Cells having expanded to 8 people at the time. A team of this size being more difficult to agree on a common project, he then left for new horizons by creating his own studio, Deepnight Games, since responsible for the game Nuclear Blaze.
The wind is blowing
Here we are now a few years later, and the Motion Twin team seems to have visibly agreed on a common idea, which thus takes the form of Windblown. The latter keeps the roguelite structure, while leaving the metrovanian horizons in favor of a more action/RPG-oriented style from a top-down view. The studio states in its press release: “We’re hungry for furious roguelite action, but it’s just not something that exists today“. We could object, Hades being a real thing which is also about to benefit from a sequel. The ambition is nevertheless there, and Windblown also stands out for the possibility of playing with up to 3 people in cooperation. It will be available in early access on Steam from 2024.