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Check Out PS4 Multiplayer Gameplay Of Guacamelee 2

Watch us team up with developer DrinkBox and play through an early level of the upcoming Metroidvania-style beat-’em-up.

by Tony Wilson on May 4, 2018 at 2:13PM

When it first debuted back in 2013, DrinkBox’s lucha libre platformer Guacamelee quickly captured players’ attention by mixing 2D beat-’em-up gameplay with Metroidvania-style exploration through vibrant levels inspired by Mexican culture. For the sequel, Guacamelee 2, the studio is doubling down on all the elements that made the original title so beloved, refining its mechanics, expanding its multiplayer options, and significantly increasing its chicken quota.

We recently got a chance to go hands-on with Guacamelee 2. This time, the game takes place several years after the events of the first. After defeating the evil Carlos Calaca, Juan Aguacate is living out his days in peace with his family. However, that peace is soon broken when Juan’s friend and trainer, Uay Chivo, brings word of a new evil that threatens to destroy the very fabric of time and space.

Juan dons his luchador mask once again and sets out to stop this new menace. Like its predecessor, Guacamelee 2 is a Metroid-inspired side-scrolling brawler. This time around, DrinkBox says the game is roughly 40% bigger than the first and features four-player co-op play. It also introduces some new gameplay mechanics, most notably a chicken transformation, which allows players to explore small spaces and dash.

In the video above, you can watch us team up with the developers and play through the one of the earliest levels in the game. The demo took us through the opening portion of the adventure, culminating in a fight against El Mineco, one of the new bosses in Guacamelee 2. You can also see us tear through hordes of enemies as giant chickens.

Guacamelee 2 is coming to PS4 and PC. DrinkBox hasn’t announced a solid release date just yet, but the game is slated to arrive sometime this year.

A new Overwatch update is out now on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, and it presents some significant changes for the game. Blizzard has not just introduced the new map, Rialto, but it’s also released significant balance updates for several character–with the biggest of the bunch being the long-awaited revamp of Hanzo.

Blizzard has been working on an update for Hanzo for some time. As detailed in the full patch notes, this finally implements the changes that have been tested on the PTR recently. He loses his Scatter Arrow ability, which has long been a frustrating component of his kit for enemies. In its place, he gets Storm Arrows, which lets him rapidly fire as many as six arrows. Each of these does less damage than a standard arrow, but they’re each fired at max power.

Another new ability for Hanzo is Lunge. By pressing jump while he’s in mid-air, he’s able to leap horizontally. Additionally, his default attack gets a tweak, with his arrows moving more quickly. Sonic Arrow, which is used to highlight the location of enemies near its landing spot, has been adjusted to be used more often but last for a shorter duration. Its cooldown is now 12 seconds (down from 20), its duration is six seconds (down from 10), and its radius is seven meters (down from 10).

“The goal of these Hanzo changes is to allow him to have new options and maintain his high damage output, while removing the frustration of fighting against the old Scatter Arrow,” Blizzard explained. “Hanzo is now much more mobile with his new Lunge ability, and with the combination of the bow projectile speed increase and the new Storm Arrows ability he can now deal his high damage more consistently than ever before.”

Other hero updates are less impactful but still noteworthy. The projectile size of Junkrat’s Frag Launcher is now smaller, and his RIP-Tire is slightly slower. Lucio’s Wall Ride should generally be more reliable and now even lets him go around corners without leaving the wall. His Soundwave ability also doesn’t consume ammo and can be activated while he’s reloading.

Rialto, the new map

Tracer’s Pulse Bomb loses a chunk of its damage, a change which is meant to make it less deadly to tanks (while still allowing it to kill other characters). The hitbox size of Genji’s deflect is now smaller, and the cone angle of Brigitte’s Shield Bash has been reduced.

The remainder of the patch deals primarily with fixing some lingering bugs and adding some options for custom games. Those include the ability to disable Mercy’s passive, Regeneration.

The release of the second DLC expansion for Destiny 2, Warmind, is right around the corner, but it’s what comes after that which is suddenly much more intriguing. Publisher Activision has teased that this fall will see the addition of a major new mode, although it’s keeping specifics under wraps until E3 2018.

During a post-earnings conference call with investors, Activision president Coddy Johnson responded to a question about how Bungie plans to continue improving the game. He said Bungie recently hosted a group of Destiny 2 players at the studio to show them both Warmind and some of what’s coming this fall. Johnson claimed the response was “very positive” to both what Warmind and the update roadmap are doing, but also to something in the fall update.

Without giving away any details, he said the addition is “an incredibly engaging new mode–one that introduces a whole new style of play for first-person shooter gaming generally and certainly for the shared-world shooter space that Destiny created. It’s a really exciting development. It’s one of the things we think will really speak to the community when it comes out in the fall.”

Despite this tease, Johnson added that we won’t be hearing more about it until after Warmind’s release, once E3 rolls around. E3 takes place in LA from June 12-14, and we’ll have all the details on whatever Bungie and Activision have to say.

Bungie has made a concerted effort of late to better inform players about what’s coming to Destiny 2 next. It’s outlined a roadmap going through this summer, but so far, we haven’t heard anything about the expected fall expansion, which will be the game’s third. The original Destiny also faced numerous complaints until the release of its third DLC, The Taken King, that really turned around the perception of the game. We’ll find out if E3 if something similar may be in store for Destiny 2.