“Eat the blue poop! It’ll help you!” Sure, it's not really a phrase you ever expect to hear, but it’s exactly the advice Chloe Skew from Turtle Rock gave me while playing as the Kraken on a new map today at Microsoft’s Gamescom Press Conference showcase. “Oh, and don’t eat the Glaciapods – they’ll keep pooping so you can get more health if you need it!”

While there were no new hunters or monsters to play around with today, there were a few new tidbits we learned about Evolve while playing the tight, compact new map: Distillery. In addition to the excrementally-helpful Glaciapods, Distillery adds three other new wonders of wildlife to the Evolve ecosphere: the giant Steamadon, the octopus-influenced Cephalodon and the elusive blitz leopard, which is both a tasty snack for the monster while serving as a nimble, predatory nuisance to the hunters.The biggest addition to gameplay was weather effects, more specifically snow. During the match you can get hit with random snow storms, which makes it tricky for both the hunters and the creature by reducing visibility during extreme blizzards. However, the creature does gain a slight advantage as its footsteps are covered up as the snow falls, making it harder to track.It was recently announced that Evolve won’t make it for 2014 , but that means the team at Turtle Rock has a little more time to tweak and balance the game before its ultimate release in February 2015. Look for the open beta on Xbox One in January

Tal Blevins really wanted to use the line "Glaciapods give a new meaning to the term 'analgesics'" in his preview, but he refrained. Follow him on Twitter at @talign