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Evil Empire Takes Over Brotato Post-Launch Development, First Update Arrives in October

The Dead Cells live-ops studio will steer community-led updates with an October patch introducing The Gobbler.

Overview

  • Blobfish Games is stepping back to pursue new projects and has entrusted ongoing support of the 2023 roguelike to Evil Empire.
  • Evil Empire says it will run Brotato as live ops, collaborate closely with players, release regular updates, and may run betas in the coming months.
  • The first update under the new stewardship is slated for October, introducing The Gobbler, a new mob reported to consume Material and yield greater rewards as it grows.
  • Brotato has surpassed 10 million players and is available on PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, PC via Steam, iOS, and Android.
  • Evil Empire, founded by ex–Motion Twin developers known for long-term Dead Cells support, is also reported to be bringing The Rogue Prince of Persia to Switch and Switch 2 later this year.