Chilean studio ACE Team has made a name for themselves with some downright surreal releases ever since Zeno Clash came out in 2009. Their latest game, Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder, is no exception, having you take on all sorts of historical figures as a giant rolling rock and wreaking havoc in the process. I met with Edmundo Bordeu, one of the studios founders, to talk about their new release and what lies ahead for ACE Team.

Let's talk about Rock of Ages 2. Did the first game really do so well that you said to yourself "we need a sequel""

Actually, yes. Of all the projects we've made, it's the one that has performed best in sales and such. I really like to see the comment sections of videos. It's one of those games where I see a lot of comments like "oh yeah, I used to play this with my roommate," or "I used to play this at college". At that time, there weren't that many couch-play games.
So we definitely brought that back: split-screen, you can play on the same console. Also, we wanted [this multiplayer aspect] to be an important feature of the second game, so now you can play 2-vs-2, with more people in a single match.

We also didn't want to make the second one right after the first one, but after these many years we saw the opportunity and thought, well, why not" Inbetween we made Zeno Clash 2 and we also had Abyss Odyssey and The Deadly Tower Of Monsters. That kind of gives enough time...

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