Motion Twin

The announcement comes after seven years after the Metroidvania's initial release

Publisher points to milestone as evidence Chinese market can support premium paid mobile games

Motion Twin's title sold 1m in China "within a few days" -- mobile version to launch on March 30

That's 500,000 copies sold in the last five months, two years after game's initial launch

The studio introduces the ability to roll-back the game to previous iterations

Evil Empire will keep updating Dead Cells while Motion Twin moves on to a new project

iOS version of the game will launch in the US in August, Chinese release still to be determined

Motion Twin's indie hit was on 1m sales in December 2018

Motion Twin's Steve Filby and Sébastien Bénard talk co-ops, explain why studio will remain small after the roguelike's success

Switch is the game's leading console platform, with PC the biggest platform overall

Ex-Motion Twin marketing manager Steve Filby shares how the studio used streamers, press, and events to build a successful Early Access launch and an even more successful multiplatform debut

All 11 employees at French studio have identical salary, same say in project direction