guacamelee
Latest
Guacamelee grows more enticing with Guacamelee Bundle Fantastico
You shouldn't need additional reasons to pick up Guacamelee (a game we awarded 4 of 5 stars) but just in case you remain on the fence, developer Drinkbox Studios has announced the content-packed "Guacamelee Bundle Fantastico." Headlining the Bundle Fantastico is the game itself, which is cross-play compatible with both the PlayStation 3 and the Vita handheld. Additionally, the collection includes both the Costume Pack and El Diablo's Domain DLC releases. The former offers new outfits for the game's protagonist which alter how the game plays, from granting you infinite stamina to reducing the power of certain attacks. El Diablo's Domain adds 17 new trials to Guacamelee designed to test the skills of those who have mastered the game's Metroid-meets-lucha libre controls. Rounding out the Bundle Fantastico are three Guacamelee themes for your PS3, 10 Guacamelee avatars, and a remastered soundtrack including 30 mariachi-inspired tracks from the game as well as four additional remixes. Drinkbox claims the Guacamelee Bundle Fantastico should appear on the Sony Entertainment Network later today. Once available, the bundle will feature a $20 price tag - making it $5 more expensive than purchasing Guacamelee by itself.
Best of the Rest: Sinan's picks of 2013
Team Joystiq is barging into 2014 with a celebration of last year's best games. Keep reading throughout the week to see our assembly of ingenious indies and triple-A triumphs. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon It's still hard to believe that Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon exists, and perhaps that's why this standalone expansion is so great. Who'd have thought Ubisoft had it in them to greenlight a Far Cry 3 reskin that traded the 2012 game's colorful jungle and wicked undertones for 1980s neon, Michael Biehn, and dinosaurs shooting lasers out of their eyes? Not only does it provide a wonderfully excessive version of Far Cry 3's open-island action, but with its dumb humor and loving pastiches Blood Dragon crams an impressive number of standout moments into one bite-sized package; this passage of play (spoiler warning!) is without doubt one of my favorite moments from any game in 2013.
Best of the Rest: Anthony's picks of 2013
Team Joystiq is barging into 2014 with a celebration of last year's best games. Keep reading throughout the week to see our assembly of ingenious indies and triple-A triumphs. DmC: Devil May Cry No game surprised me more in 2013 than DmC: Devil May Cry. That surprise has absolutely nothing to do with some diehard devotion to Capcom's internally developed quartet of games in the original series either. What surprised me was the fact that Ninja Theory finally made something that lived up to the promise of Enslaved and Heavenly Sword. Both games aimed high in trying to deliver bitchin' action and deeply human tales, but both missed the mark. In DmC, they finally nailed it. Young Dante's fight against the demons is classic coming-of-age stuff. Rushing through Limbo feels like if J.D. Salinger wrote Dead Leaves. The combat, meanwhile, felt meatier than the limp button mashing of Enslaved, but more accessible than ball busters like Devil May Cry 3.
Rumor: Guacamelee coming to PS4, Xbox One with new content
Drinkbox Studios is allegedly preparing a next-gen port of its latest, Guacamelee. This new version, which is said to be coming to Xbox One and PS4, will add new content and greater visual polish to the Lucha Libre-inspired 2D action-platformer. The rumor comes via a piece that was published by IGN over this weekend but has since been pulled. In it, designer Chris McQuinn told IGN that the next-gen version of the game would include two additional worlds to explore, new enemy types, a "chicken-bomb ability" and updated visuals with better particle effects. We contacted Drinkbox Studios and were told by McQuinn that the studio is "not ready to talk about any of our current projects but we'll be sure to reach out to you when we are." Guacamelee initially launched in April of this year, for both the PS Vita and PS3, and was later ported to the PC in August.
Game Music Bundle 6 offers tunes from Guacamelee, Braid and more
For two years, the Game Music Bundle series has served as a convenient alternative to leaving games running in the background to listen to music. Its sixth entry aims to do the very same with over 20 soundtracks, including Fez composer Disasterpeace's soundtrack for Famaze. The bundle also includes the first official digital release for Braid, along with soundtracks for Guacamelee, Kentucky Route Zero, The Stanley Parable, Mighty Switch Force and more. A dollar will earn the soundtracks to Dust: An Elysian Tail, Braid, Rogue Legacy, Electronic Super Joy and Famaze, but contributing $10 will grant you all 24 albums involved in the bundle. Of course, if you'd rather give the composers more than a few cents, you can pay any amount above $10 that you feel is fair.
GRID 2, Guacamelee heading to PS Plus in Europe this month
Sony announced December's PlayStation Plus lineup for Europe, revealing that Codemasters' racing game GRID 2 and Drinkbox Studios' luchador-themed platformer Guacamelee will be free for subscribers to download starting later this month. PlayStation Plus members will also get free access to the PlayStation Vita version of Sega's kart racer Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed, along with Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories for the PSP. PlayStation 4 early adopters who subscribe to PlayStation Plus can download free copies of Housemarque's Defender-like Resogun and Compulsion Games' light-and-shadow platformer Contrast starting on November 29. December's PlayStation 3, Vita, and PSP program inductees will be available in Europe on November 27.
PSN gets in the ring for two rounds of PS Vita price drops
Sony celebrates the Thanksgiving brawls coming soon to a family home near you with a two-week round of price drops on PlayStation Vita beat-em-ups and fighting games. Starting tomorrow and ending next week, PSN shoppers will get up to a 60 percent discount on the Vita versions of Tecmo's Dead or Alive 5 Plus, DrinkBox Studios' Guacamelee!, NetherRealm's Mortal Kombat, Vivid Games' Real Boxing, and Namco Bandai's Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny. PlayStation Plus members get an additional 20 percent discount on top of the announced sale prices. Next week, the Knockout Sale will expand to include Atomic Ninjas, Divekick, KickBeat, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and Reality Fighters. Pricing on featured games is available at the PlayStation Blog.
PSA: Spelunky, Guacamelee, Papers Please available on Steam
A triple-threat of indie games made their way to Steam today, starting with Papers, Please, which is debuting for $9.99. Additionally, Spelunky and Guacamelee Gold Edition are ten percent off (each game priced at $13.49) until August 15. The Gold Edition of Guacamelee includes a free copy of Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack for this week only, which is regularly priced at $7.99 on Steam.
Guacamelee piledriving onto Steam
If you prefer your Guacamelee Steam-ed, a 'Gold Edition' of the PS3 and Vita game is coming to the PC platform, featuring the Costume Pack and The Devil's Playground DLC. Guacamelee: Gold Edition comes to Steam on August 8, priced $15, or £12/€14 in Europe. If you buy the game in its first week on the portal, you'll get a 10 percent discount, as well as pick up developer Drinkbox's Tales of Space: Mutant Blobs Attack for free. Joystiq head honcho Ludwig, known in wrestling circles as The Kietz Man, gave Guacamelee a body-slamming four stars, recommending the 2D adventure with a three-pronged attack: "once for its devilish difficulty, again for its luchadorable charm, and one last time for its even-handed treatment of the lowly video game chicken." Check his review for some really fowl puns.
Guacamelee enters 'El Diablo's Domain' in new DLC
Guacamelee will unleash its next DLC pack, "El Diablo's Domain," on PSN tomorrow. Europe will get the DLC on July 24. El Diablo's Domain adds 17 new trials and a trio of new outfits for protagonists Juan and Tostada, all for $2.99. One outfit is based on noted Mexican soccer player Jorge Campos' colorful training garb. Another is based on Mexican folk art, while the third outfit is Diablo himself, provided you can best some tough trials with style. Guacamelee is a 2D action game by Drinkbox Studios starring Juan, a Mexican luchador who can travel between the worlds of the living and the dead. With the aid of mystical female luchador named Tostada, he sets out to defeat the evil Carlos Calaca and pile-drive so many chickens.
Guacamelee costume DLC returns from the dead
Once more, with feeling! Guacamelee's first DLC pack is available in North America again following its initial problematic launch earlier this month. Europe and the rest of the world can go clothes shopping tomorrow. The Guacamelee Costume Pack, which costs $1.99 (€1.59/£1.25), includes three different costumes: the Pollo Luchador, a chicken suit that restores health over time; the Skeleton suit, an undead garment bestowing infinite stamina; and the Identity Swap outfit, which increases strike damage at the cost of throw damage. These outfits also accompany a series of new DLC-related Trophies.%Gallery-192400%
Guacamelee costume DLC pulled to fix 'Pollo Power' glitch
Guacamelee's first batch of DLC, a costume pack, was supposed to launch today alongside a patch that enabled players to swap characters at checkpoints – but the patch causes serious problems and Drinkbox Studios has pulled it down. This means the DLC won't launch today as planned. The patch bugs out in save games after acquiring the "Pollo Power," making it impossible for players to leave chicken mode and essentially blocking progress. The patch was live long enough for some players to download it, and Drinkbox says it may have automatically downloaded for PlayStation Plus members last night. To fix the issue, PS3 players can delete Guacamelee entirely and re-download it, and Vita players can save to the cloud, then delete and re-download the game. "We hope to release a fix for the patch (as well as the downloadable content) as soon as possible," Drinkbox says. "Really sorry about this!"
Guacamelee's first DLC is a costume pack, lands tomorrow in US [Update: Nevermind]
Update: Looks like the DLC won't make it today, the PlayStation Twitter account says. Drinkbox Studios will announce the new launch date later. Guacamelee is playing dress-up with some new costume DLC tomorrow (June 5 in Europe) but these garbs aren't strictly for show: each outfit employs a type of risk-versus-reward modifier changing Juan and Tostada's traits in the game. For example, the Pollo Luchador get-up is a bright yellow chicken suit that allows you to replenish health over time, but at the cost of slower stamina regeneration. A skeleton costume grants infinite stamina for super moves, but removes all health packs from the entire game. The third outfit of the bunch decreases throw damage but increases striking damage. All three outfits will be sold together starting tomorrow for $1.99. The DLC will be accompanied by a patch, which will allow players to switch characters at checkpoints - right now, the PS Vita version of Guacamelee only lets you play as Juan and playing as Tostada alone on PS3 requires a convoluted process that will be moot when the PlayStation Store updates tomorrow.
The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Guacamelee
It's not that there are too many indie games; it's that there aren't enough hours in a day to play all of them. The Joystiq Indie Pitch curates the best indies to play now and watch out for in the future. What's your game called and what's it about? Guacamelee! is all about kicking ass and saving the girl. Sell Guacamelee in one sentence: Guacamelee is a Mexican-themed cross-platform cooperative multiplayer metroidvania dimension-swapping brawler. Warning: reading this sentence out loud may cause seizures or loss of bowel control.%Gallery-185263%
Guacamelee dominates April's PSN charts in US and Europe
Sony reports that DrinkBox Studios' side-scrolling luchador brawler Guacamelee emerged as last month's biggest seller on the PlayStation Network, topping the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita sales charts in North America and Europe. Guacamelee launched in both regions the week of April 9, and was bolstered by a week-long sale for PlayStation Plus members. The game beat out Terraria and the downloadable version of Square Enix's Tomb Raider for the top PS3 chart spot stateside, and overtook Sony's Soul Sacrifice and Muteki's Dragon Fantasy Book I to lead PS Vita sales. Over in Europe, Guacamelee toppled PSN favorites Journey, Hitman: Blood Money HD and Crysis to champion the PS3 sales list, and outsold Urban Trial Freestyle and Sound Shapes in a no-holds-barred Triple Threat match on the Vita.
Super Joystiq Podcast 045 Live: Ouya, Guacamelee, BattleBlock Theater [update: Watch the recap]
Update: The live show is over, but you can watch the recorded episode right here!On this week's live edition of the Super Joystiq Podcast, the crew gathers to discuss the Android-powered Ouya console, which recently started shipping to Kickstarter backers. We'll also dip our toes into some Guacamelee and beat up a few friends in Battleblock Theater. The show starts at 3:45 Eastern!We'll also be giving away the new Pikachu-flavored 3DS XL. Watch the show to find out how you can win!
Guacamelee review: Wrestlevania
Is there anything more paltry than the video game chicken? Guacamelee lets you kick the poor featherballs, lock them in your log-like luchador arms, and pile-drive them into the ground so hard they bounce around the room. In the presence of a protagonist, the only thing worse off than a chicken is a vase.Guacamelee doesn't have much to say about vases or any sort of pottery, but its Mexican fairytale offers some spiritual redemption for the down-trodden chicken. This overdue kindness is reflected in the game's eclucktic characters, and in the hero's typical ascent to spandex.In Juan, you inhabit a slouching, mild-mannered man and earnest collector of wrestling paraphernalia. The villain kills him immediately. Upon his resurrection – via mystical luchador mask – a swaggering Juan learns to leap through the dual worlds of living and dead, and finds reason to punch them both.%Gallery-185263%
Guacamelee proves its concept is as hot as a habanero
Guacamelee didn't just appear like the chips and salsa do before the chimichanga arrives at your favorite Mexican restaurant – it took work, and it took a solid idea. The above proof-of-concept video shows Guacamelee before it got gussied up, demonstrating the game's mechanics and moves without any flashy art to get in the way.Guacamelee is out today on PSN, as a cross-buy title for PS3 and Vita. Apart from all those sweet luchador moves, the game is stuffed with classic video game and internet references.
PSN Tuesday: Guacamelee and some things that aren't Guacamelee
Guacamelee puts PSN in a headlock today, receiving top billing in this week's content dump. The PS3 and PS Vita cross-play game is available for $14.99, or at $11.99 for PS Plus subscribers as part of the "Spring Fever" promotion.Downloads for XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Anarchy Reigns, Fatal Frame on PS2 and a few PS Imports also make their debut today.This week's free PlayStation Plus game is Labyrinth Legends, the dungeon action game from Creat Studios – the Russian outfit responsible for Biker Mice from Mars on PS2 and a bunch of PSN games like Cuboid, Magic Orbz and others.
Spring Fever PlayStation Store event details, discounts for PS Plus members
Sony's Spring Fever PlayStation Store event will kick off later today (after the PSN update), with four indie games featuring PS3 and Vita cross-buy functionality, and 20 percent off discounts for PlayStation Plus members."PlayStation fans have been vocal about their desire to see more independent games on PSN, and Spring Fever is the perfect opportunity to show what makes PlayStation the premier destination for new and unique experiences from talented developers," said Adam Boyes, VP of Sony American developer and publisher relations.First up is Guacamelee!, available today for $14.99 (PS Plus price: $11.99). Followed by Dragon Fantasy Book I and Thomas Was Alone over the next couple weeks for $9.99 (PS Plus price: $7.99). Finally, on April 30, Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge seeks brains for $9.99, with PS Plus members receiving the game free as part of the instant game collection.
