Dead Cells: Everyone is Here Volume II Arrives With Indie Collaborations

Written by Brandon Hofer on November 07, 2022

News: There are a number of indie games that will be represented in this new Dead Cells update with outfits, weapons, and more.

An interesting new collaboration is taking place in Dead Cells with some popular titles joining forces. Beginning today, players can give The Beheaded some familiar-looking outfits along with some new lore rooms and weapons. This collaboration between Motion Twin and Evil Empire will be bringing the stars of indie hits like Shovel Knight, Katana Zero, Slay the Spire, Hotline Miami, Risk of Rain, and Terraria into the dungeons on PC. If you are a console player you will receive this as well but you will have to wait until later this month.

To help celebrate the occasion there is also a bundle on Steam that you might want to check out. This bundle includes Dead Cells, Shovel Knight, Katana Zero, Slay the Spire, and Risk of Rain 2. If you are interested in this bundle, you can check it out by clicking here.

Thanks to this promotion, you will be able to unlock outfits for characters from these indie hits allowing you to run through the dungeon dressed as Hotline Miami’s Jacket or potentially slice enemies in two with a Shovel Knight-inspired costume.

These outfits are only the beginning though. You can also take out enemies in Dead Cells using the signature weapon of each hero. You will be able to move swiftly through each level using Jacket’s infamous baseball bat or even the iconic Starfury sword from Terraria. The full list is below:

Terraria - The Character - Starfury Sword

Hotline Miami - Jacket - Baseball Bat

Shovel Knight - Shovel Knight - King’s Scepter

Slay The Spire - The Ironclad - Diverse Deck

Katana Zero - Subject Zero - Throwable Objects

Risk of Rain - The Commando - Laser Glaive

These weapons also come with their own unique traits and abilities. The Diverse Deck lets players cycle through passive effects based on Slay The Spire’s four different characters. Matching the game’s card-based mechanics, switching from one class to another also triggers a separate “discard” ability. For example, drawing a card that matches the Watcher class gives players the Foresight ability, which lets them avoid damage every few seconds as a passive ability. Switching to a different class from Foresight makes players immune to all damage for a few seconds. Another instance of this would be Jacket’s Baseball Bat, which lets players frantically attack stunned or rooted enemies for massive damage. All these weapons can be randomly found in new lore rooms dedicated to each character’s game.

To unlock the character outfits, new riddles have been added to the book of clues in the Prisoner's Quarters (the opening area). You just need to figure out these new riddles and then complete the challenges to get your new outfits.

Check out the video below showcasing this collaboration and then tell us what you think. Will you be playing Dead Cells with this new content?