Promise Mascot Agency Gets Grindy New Update

One of this year’s more oddball titles is getting a big update.

Developer Kaizen Game Works has announced a Prepare To Grind update for its game Promise Mascot Agency. Here’s what you’ll be getting:

• There is now an extra truck upgrade that allows you to grind on rails and train tracks. After unlocking it, jump at a metal fence or train track, and press INTERACT to grind (you can find the upgrade fox near the abandoned village).
• Time Trials have been added. There are ten to complete. Achieving par times unlocks new hero cards. Time Trials are unlocked after speaking to Shiori at the stage outside the agency and recruiting specific mascots. The options menu contains a difficulty setting for the Time Trials.
• Difficulty modes have been added. You can change the difficulty when starting a new game and at any time in the Options menu. The difficulty mode only affects sending money to Matriarch Shimazu (this feature unlocks part way through the game).
• Added a lot of new hero cards that can be acquired from Captain Sign, the new Kaso-Mart stores and the new Time Trials. These cards include collaboration with Hot Indie Bangers, including Unbeatable, Sorry We’re Closed, Paradise Killer and Dunk Dunk.
• All Kaso Marts can now be interacted with! Drive up to the door and see what’s in store.
• The vocals version of the music track “Promises Lost (Promises Found)” is now available for purchase from Captain Sign.
• New seasonal props have been added for Halloween, Christmas, Children’s Day and Obon.
• A lot more Pinky nails have been added. Some will appear in the world after a mascot has been recruited, others need to be unlocked from Captain Sign.
• You can now change the style of the button prompts between different controller types (Xbox Series, PlayStation 5, Switch). PC ONLY!
• Music track skip enabled on controller (R3 by default). Keyboard still supports previous track (1 on keyboard) and next track (2 on keyboard).

Check out the announcement trailer below; the update’s live right now, so you can get on with the new content & zaniness. For more on Promise Mascot Agency, check out our review.