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Windblown is a roguelike action platformer by the makers of Dead Cells

Motion Twin’s next title has been revealed at The Game Awards 2023

Marco Wutz

Windblown is a roguelike action platformer by the makers of Dead Cells
Windblown is a roguelike action platformer by the makers of Dead Cells /

Dead Cells developer Motion Twin announced its new game Windblown at The Game Awards 2023. The fast-paced roguelike action platformer will launch into Early Access for PC in 2024 and will feature a co-op mode for up to three players.

You can find the animated announcement trailer – featuring a little bit of gameplay – created by French adult animation studio Bobbypills below:

Windblown has players take control of Leapers, who are fighting to protect The Ark from the deadly Vortex and its Sentinels. These warriors are fast as lightning and dash from one sky island to another as they defeat the Vortex’s minions and uncover secrets hidden around the open stages.

During each run, Leapers absorb the memories of the fallen to obtain new abilities and enhance their fighting prowess. Players can freely adapt their builds during a run by swapping between an array of different weapons they can pick up along the way – these get ever more powerful and complex as the players progress through a run, naturally.

Memorizing the attack and movement patterns of enemies as well as how to counter them with your own dazzling maneuvers will be a key to success.

Players can face the forces of the Vortex alone or in a team of three via the game’s co-op mode.

“We were craving a lightning-fast combat roguelite, but it simply didn't exist,” the team at Motion Twin, based in France, stated. “So, we rolled up our sleeves and crafted the game we yearned for; one that lets us dive into the action on our own, and with friends, whenever the mood (or too much pain) strikes!”

Motion Twin
Motion Twin
Motion Twin
Motion Twin
Motion Twin
Motion Twin

Unlike Dead Cells, Windblown features 3D visuals as well as a top-down view, making for a big change of perspective for the developer. Leapers and Sentinels look colorful and quite adorable on the first released screenshots from the game.

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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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