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The Behemoth’s Free Play Week on Steam

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We know times have been a little bit weird lately. We also know that you’re probably trapped inside trying not to go all WWE SmackDown on your siblings or roommates, or that you’re maybe trying to convince yourself that it’s very cool and normal to be having full on conversations with yourself or the cat. It’s cool, we’ve been there. Some of us ARE there. And that’s why we want to help by giving you something fun to do!

From today until 10 AM PT on April 1st, 2020, all of our games will be completely free to play on Steam. If you’re looking for a something to do with your family or a fun way to catch up with your buddies online, we got you with our catalog of PC co-op games: Castle Crashers, BattleBlock Theater, and Pit People.

If you missed out on playing any one of our games, now is the perfect time to give it a whirl! There’s no catch, other than the fact that you’ll have to download them (but that’s pretty standard).

If you do happen to fall in love with one of our games and decide you want to keep it for yourself, all of our games will be on sale. Castle Crashers and BattleBlock Theater will be discounted by 80%, and Pit People will be 40% off.

If you play through the games in the week they’re free, that’s totally okay! Heck, you should beat ’em while they’re free! Enjoy, it’s our treat. We don’t want you to feel like you need to buy our games during this crazy time, and we do sales year-round; we just wanted to be sure that anyone who does want to buy them can get a sweet deal.

Stay happy, stay healthy, we love you.

PAX East 2020: The Recap, The Review

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We met PAX East 2020 with fun, flair, and one funky little alien dude.

After announcing Alien Hominid Invasion at the end of January, PAX was the first opportunity for players to get their hands on a demo of the game! For all of our homebodies and friends that couldn’t make it to the show, we also revealed a first look at gameplay which you can watch here.

In the midst of all that jazz, there was of course much more going on: we debuted new merch, had games and competitions, and oh… did we mention that when Alien Hominid Invasion was playable, it was playable on custom-build arcade cabs?

Even if you missed the IRL sensations, you can see it all in our PAX East 2020 Recap video:

Reliving it is almost as good as being there, right? Right!?

But of course, for those who prefer to consume their memories in still, non-moving photo form, you can do that right here. We’ll give you the smallest taste with this beautifully crafted image of our Alien Hominid Invasion arcade cabs in the calm before the PAX attendee storm.

As we mentioned, this was the first time that players could ever get their hands on Alien Hominid Invasion! We were so thrilled to be able to share our current project with so many excited fans, and it was great to get firsthand feedback on the floor. In fact, we’ve already made some changes to the game based off of our experiences with players! This game is really shaping up to be something special.

Exemplary visual archives and wonderful memories aside, we fully intend on getting the game back out to more of our excited players later this year. Stay tuned for more news on that!

Also, in case anyone was wondering, the cold SUCKS. Every walk to and from the convention center was met with varying levels of freezing, struggling, and language not appropriate for our T-rated games. But you know what? Our team of spoiled-by-the-constant-sun San Diegans persevered anyway. We trudged like, two frozen blocks through wind and negative temperatures every day for almost a week. And we did it all for you, because we love you. <3