Our scanners have picked up a release date from the Microsoft Store for the first Dead Cells DLC. The Bad Seed is launching in just a couple of weeks on February 11.

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed Explore a relaxing Arboretum, wade through a noxious Swamp and take on a new boss in this new early game content designed to expand the Dead Cells universe and add variety to runs for people who want to support the development of the game. So you’ll be able to play through: - The Dilapidated Arboretum: A relaxing and peaceful greenhouse inhabited by a peaceful clan of mushrooms, with an understandable desire to murder the Beheaded. - The Morass of the Banished: A noxious environment ruled by a band of tree dwelling mutants with pointy sticks, sneaky dart shooting frogmen and a bunch of deadly bloodsuckers. - The Nest: Domain of Mama Tick, if you’ve seen Starship Troopers, you get the idea... The two new levels and their monsters are alternatives to Promenade of the Condemned/Toxic Sewers and Ramparts/Ossuary/Ancient Sewers, with the boss designed to be on par with The Concierge, so hopefully it’ll spice up your early game runs once you’ve played through the core game. Why Paid DLC? We’ve been releasing free updates for Dead Cells for over a year now, this paid DLC is designed to support that effort, allow us to expand the game even more and ensure that Motion Twin have the time they need to make their next game one they’ll be proud of and you’ll be stoked to play. As usual we’re going to do this right, so if you’re not happy with the cost of the DLC, the quality of the update or have suggestions, ideas for other ways of continuing to pay for the team or anything at all, leave us a review, or come and ask us directly via Reddit or Discord. View On Microsoft Store

Motion Twin previously announced The Bad Seed DLC back in December but only gave the release window of Q1 2020. In The Bad Seed, players will explore a few new areas including The Dilapidated Arboretum, "a relaxing and peaceful" greenhouse which is inhabited by a "peaceful" clan of mushrooms which have a desire to murder the Beheaded. We also have The Morass of the Banished, an area ruled by some tree-dwelling mutants, sneaky dart shooting frogmen and deadly bloodsuckers. And finally, we have The Nest, which is the domain of Mama Tick, "if you've seen Starship Troopers, you get the idea."According to the Microsoft Store description , the new content is described as early game content which has been designed to expand the Dead Cells universe. The new levels and their monster enemies are alternative areas to Promenade of the Condemned/Toxic Sewers and Ramparts/Ossuary/Ancient Sewers. The new boss (presumably Mama Tick) has been designed to be on par with The Concierge boss, Motion Twin says, "hopefully it’ll spice up your early game runs once you’ve played through the core game."No price has been put up on the Microsoft Store for The Bad Seed just yet, but Motion Twin has previously said that the DLC will cost $4.99. All previous Dead Cells updates have been released for free, including the last Corrupted Update which added a new biome, meta upgrade and several other additions . This is the first DLC that Motion Twin has charged for. Motion Twin said, "We’ve been releasing free updates for Dead Cells for over a year now, this paid DLC is designed to support that effort, allows us to expand the game even more and ensure that Motion Twin have the time they need to make their next game one they’ll be proud of and you’ll be stoked to play."Nothing has been mentioned officially from Motion Twin regarding a release date, so just bear in mind that the one stated on the Microsoft Store could change. If it doesn't, expect to see The Bad Seed DLC on February 11. We also don't know if the DLC will contain any new achievements — we're yet to see an achievement list for this one. Dead Cells is currently playable in both Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass for PC