Game developer Motion Twin has announced a new free Boss Rush update forDead Cells. The update is now available for PC gamers and will launch later this month for console users. This comes as good news to fans ofDead Cellswho have been requesting more challenging gameplay.
After the release of The Queen and the Sea DLCin January, which added to the lore and introduced a new antagonist to the game, Motion Twin announced its content roadmap which featured several updates to mechanics and possibly more, with a lot of the future update information being kept as a surprise. The first update mentioned was the Panchaku update, which featured new customizations and abilities. The new Boss Rush update is the second notable update to be released with a mysterious update set for winter.
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The Boss Rush update is already available for PC players and will beavailable for console playersin a few weeks. Motion Twin mentioned that mobileDead Cellsplayers can expect the update at “some point in the future.” Boss Rush consists of four stages with each having its own conditions. All stages require players to fight a certain number of bosses back-to-back, but only two stages have modifiers, which means the bosses have been modified to make the fight more difficult.
There are some other tweaks to the update that depend on the original gameplay. Players will only encounter bosses they have fought before, and they will be pulled randomly from three different tiers with three differentDead Cells' bosscategories each, which all have their own set level of difficulty. The specifications of each tier are outlined in detail in Motion Twin’s video. Other goodies players can look forward to are the transition room full of shops, mutation changes, item re-rolls, health refills, and other rewards. As players progress through the boss stages, more things will unlock depending on certain gameplay aspects, such as difficulty level. Extra gameplay additions include a tactic weapon, brutality skill, and a mutation called “Wish.”
Motion Twin has supported its roguelike title for quite some time now with free updates, and it doesn’t look like those updates are going to stop any time soon.Dead Cells' roadmapholds a lot of nice surprises for fans. Some might think the Boss Rush update is a nice opportunity to challenge themselves, others might sweat profusely at the thought of increased difficulty. Whatever a player’s specific gameplay style is, Motion Twin has already proven it listens to fans. There’s no telling what excitement players are in for this coming year.
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