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Hotel Barcelona ‘Under New Management’ update now available

Publisher Dark Product and developer White Owls have released the “Under New Management” update for side-scrolling action game Hotel Barcelona, described as a “structural refineme…

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Here are the patch notes:

• Combat, Flow, and Player Control
  • Faster recovery from attacks with expanded cancel timing into jump, dodge, guard, and follow-up attacks.
  • Reduced stamina friction and shortened attack animations for a more aggressive combat rhythm.
  • Increased base dodge distance and rebalanced dodge skills.
  • Fully reworked parry system. Precise guard timing now triggers parries and rewards HP Recovery Orbs.
  • Guard now consumes stamina, creating meaningful defensive decisions.
  • Multiple new parry skills added to the skill tree. Skill layout and progression reworked.
  • New skill "Enhancement Luck+" added.
  • Weapon balance adjustments including Flamethrower AP tuning.
• Enemy and Stage Rebalancing
  • Enemy HP, attack ranges, and reaction timing adjusted across multiple types.
  • Phantom Lost removed from Normal difficulty and below.
  • Boss durability and behavior adjustments for Jacob, Nigel, and Eve.
  • Terrain, camera distance, and door placement improvements in key stages.
• Invasion Multiplayer Improvements
  • Reduced imbalance caused by player progression differences.
  • Improved parry reactions between players.
  • Doppelgangers can no longer invade during boss fights.
  • Doppelgangers no longer interfere with enemies or environmental systems.
  • Matchmaking and multiplayer user interface improvements.
• Quality of Life and Performance
  • Optimized performance across the entire game.
  • DualShock controller support added.
  • Prologue tutorial, layout, and user interface improvements.
  • Dialogue autoplay added.
  • Extensive UI, localization, boss fight, journal, animation, and achievement fixes.
• Five New Playable Skins, Free for All Players
  • Demonschool Faye – A cult indie crossover presence inside the nightmare hotel.
  • Slitterhead Alex – A horror infused guest skin with a sharp silhouette in combat.
  • Slitterhead Julee – A second Slitterhead crossover that stands out immediately in motion.
  • Promise Mascot Agency Pinky – A surreal mascot dropped into violent horror for striking contrast.
  • Promise Mascot Agency Michi – A companion mascot skin that heightens the absurdity of the setting .