Hotel Barcelona Receives ‘Under New Management’ Update with Major Adjustments and New Collab Skins

Dark Product and White Owls have launched the “Under New Management” update for 2.5D “slasher film parodic” action game Hotel Barcelona. The Under New Management update is the biggest one yet for Hotel Barcelona with a major revamp of the player experience with major gameplay adjustments, systems overhaul, quality of life improvements, and five new collaboration skins with Slitterhead, Demonschool, and Promise Mascot Agency.

Read up on the patch notes for the new update below, via Steam:

Hotel Barcelona Under New Management Update 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 behaviour 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
    • Doppelgängers can no longer invade during boss fights
    • Doppelgängers no longer interfere with enemies or environmental systems
    • Matchmaking and multiplayer UI improvements

Quality of Life and Performance

• • • Optimized performance across the entire game
    • DUALSHOCK controller support added
    • Prologue tutorial, layout, and UI 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

Hotel Barcelona launched on September 26, 2025 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. The game’s development was led by Hidetaka “Swery65” Suehiro (Deadly Premonition series) and Grasshopper Manufacture’s Goichi “Suda51” Suda (No More Heroes series).