Dead Cells Studio Is Reviving Two Dormant Franchises
In a recent interview, Dead Cells developer Evil Empire confirmed that it's working on two "massive video game franchises"--and we really hope one is Castlevania
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"Eventually people actually started asking me directly, saying 'Well, look, you guys are doing all this work on Dead Cells now, you have taken over things and what you're doing is fantastic, why don't you make the next game in X awesome series that you've been playing since you're a child?" Filby said in part. "And so from there, we ended up signing with two third-party IP holders to make the next installments in these really massive video game franchises."
Filby further confirmed that the IPs that the studio is working on have been "dormant for a long time." One is planned to come out in early access next year, and the other is slated for a 2025 release. He also said that the studio will be reinventing each series, rather than rehashing previous entries.
Though it's likely that we won't know what Evil Empire is working on for a while, there's a pretty obvious possibility on the table: Castlevania. Dead Cells recently received a large update that essentially turned the game into an old-school vampire hunt, and Konami has made it clear that it's open to working with third-party developers on its IP, per the recently announced Metal Gear Solid 3 remake. Still, there's no confirmation yet, so try not to get your hopes up too high.
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