Games by Evil Empire
The Rogue Prince of Persia Switch 2
- 16th Dec 2025 (UK/EU)
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- 10th Apr 2026 (UK/EU)
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The Rogue Prince of Persia Switch eShop
- 16th Dec 2025 (UK/EU)
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Reviews of Evil Empire Games
Review The Rogue Prince Of Persia (Switch 2) - A Worthy, Approachable Follow-Up To Dead Cells
PoP it like it's hot
It’s hard to believe that it’s already been the better part of a decade since the launch of Dead Cells, though its absurdly long stretch of post-launch DLC expansions and updates certainly helped to keep it in the average player’s consciousness. The original Dead Cells developer, Motion Twin, actually passed the buck in...
Latest Evil Empire News
Wednesday12th Nov 2025
News Super Slick Roguelike 'The Rogue Prince Of Persia' Finally Dashes Onto Switch 2 Next Month
The Evil Empire expands
We've assumed that it would be coming our way for some time now, but Dead Cells developer Evil Empire has today finally given its slick roguelike, The Rogue Prince of Persia, a Switch release date. This one will be arriving on the eShop (for both Switch and Switch 2) on 16th December, with a physical edition following behind...
Monday29th Sep 2025
News Dead Cells' Evil Empire Is Bringing New Waves Of DLC To Another Beloved Roguelike
Mashed Brotato
Evil Empire — the studio best known for its work on Dead Cells — has announced that it's turning its attention to another beloved roguelike, Brotato, with the promise to support it with a bunch of post-launch content. In a new announcement, Evil Empire revealed that it'll be stepping behind the development wheel of Brotato while...
Wednesday20th Aug 2025
News Dead Cells Dev's 'The Rogue Prince Of Persia' Leaps Onto Switch 2 Later This Year
What a surprise!
As a part of today's Xbox Gamescom showcase, Dead Cells dev Evil Empire finally lifted the lid on The Rogue Prince of Persia, revealing that it will be coming to Switch and Switch 2 "later this year". While every other platform landed the full release of this Prince of Persia roguelike today, we're pleased to see it finally...
Monday30th Jun 2025
News Dead Cells Devs 'Prince Of Persia' Roguelike Has Been Rated For Switch
It leaves Early Access in August
Ubisoft and Evil Empire's roguelike take on Prince of Persia may well be coming to Switch, if a new rating in Australia is anything to go by. Spotted by Gematsu and shared on Bluesky, The Rogue Prince of Persia was rated for Switch (and other consoles) on 27th June 2025, which you can see on the Australian...
Monday19th Aug 2024
News Dead Cells' Final Update Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Bring out yer Dead
Motion Twin and Evil Empire have today released the final update for Dead Cells, wrapping things up after six years of DLC, content drops and patches on Switch. As the great Samwise Gamgee once said, "Yes, Mr Frodo, it's over now." Update 35, fittingly titled 'The End is Near', refuses to go out with a whimper. The final update...
Wednesday31st Jul 2024
News Dead Cells' Final Update Arrives Next Month
"The end really is near..."
After it was announced in February that Dead Cells would be receiving no new content, we knew it was only a matter of time before the final update came our way. Well, it looks like it's right around the corner as Motion Twin and Evil Empire have today revealed that the ver. 35 update will be coming our way on 19th August...
Wednesday10th Apr 2024
News Prince Of Persia Roguelite From Dead Cells Dev Revealed, Switch Not Confirmed
Early Access launch is in May
The rumours were true — The Rogue Prince of Persia is real, and it's being developed by Dead Cells co-developer Evil Empire. Announced during the Triple-i Initiative, The Rogue Prince of Persia is coming to Steam Early Access on 14th May 2024. Other platforms have not been ann
Monday12th Feb 2024
News Dead Cells Lead Designer Isn't Happy With "Abrupt" Decision To End Development
"...it’s a one-way strategy that leaves people behind"
Former lead designer on Dead Cells Sébastien Bénard has spoken out over Motion Twin and Evil Empire's announcement to end creative work on the hugely popular indie roguelike. Bénard, who left as an associate with Motion Twin to form Deepnight Games in 2020, shared a post on his official...
Friday9th Feb 2024
News Dead Cells Will Receive No New Content After Next Update, Confirms Devs
Dead Cells is... dead?
After five years of post-launch support, Motion Twin and Evil Empire have today announced that there will be no new Dead Cells content added to the game after the release of Update 35. The announcement was made via a post on the game's Steam page and on the Evil Empire Twitter account, with both teams thanking players for...
Monday7th Aug 2023
Anniversary Dead Cells Is The Gift That Keeps On Giving Five Years On
Look at that fire grow
Today marks the fifth anniversary of Dead Cells on the Nintendo Switch in North America, and what a five years it has been. From humble indie beginnings to releasing a wave of DLC with Castlevania developers Konami, it is fair to say that the game we see today is rather different from the 'roguevania' (a phrase that we are...
