Thanks to everyone who participated in the Pit People Xbox One Closed Beta and thank you for making it such an active experience. We’ve got lots of great data, suggestions, and feedback from people!
Also, thanks very much to the versus community for keeping things helpful, friendly and fun. Everyone was great sport and made 1v1 / 2v2 very refreshing to come back to.
Now, onward to the Steam Closed Beta that begins on September 28th! If you haven’t signed up for the Steam Closed Beta, you can still register by going to pitpeople.com/beta/steam.
Xbox One closed beta signup does not carry over, so you’ll need to register for the Steam Closed Beta as well (just make sure to sign up with all the same info that you did for Xbox One and you should automatically qualify).
The Steam Beta will include all or most of the work we’ve been doing throughout the Xbox One Beta build running, so if you played the Xbox One beta last week and join us on Steam next week then you’re sure to run into new unlocks, areas, maps, balance changes and features within. A whole weapon category for humans was completely rehauled into something NEW! Whoa! See you there!
We’ve got super important news: Our Pit People Xbox One closed beta will launch on the afternoon of September 8, 2016 and run through September 15, 2016!
We’ve also got a new gameplay trailer just for YOU! It shows off our single player modes, co-op modes, and PvP. Check it out if you’re feeling cooperative!
Emails will be sent to selected beta testers starting today and beta codes will be sent out on September 8th. (I love September 8th because September 8th, 1930 is when Richard Drew invented Scotch transparent tape!!!!!!!!)
You can still sign up for the Xbox One closed beta until September 8th. Please be sure to read the Terms & Conditions and fill out the form carefully. No duplicate entries necessary.
More info on the Pit People Steam closed beta to come. Keep an eye on our blog during PAX West! PAX West has a lot of pulp and juice.
As our wickedly mysterious Pit People narrator said, “Hold onto your butts and your babies, this will be a bumpy ride to a new frontier!”
EDIT: We’ve just been approved for a few more countries on Launch Day. Read the update here. Other countries to follow as ratings are approved.
Can you believe it’s been seven years since Castle Crashers debuted on Xbox 360? Those seven years of technology getting more and more powerful means we can harness that new technology! Yes! We shall harness this technology to make an even better version of our game! I say let’s get all Next-Gen up in here. Yes, no, maybe so?
September 9th, 2015 is the release date for Castle Crashers Remastered (CCR) on Xbox One! Yeah!! CCR being our new improved version of Castle Crashers, of course. We’ve been working on this update for the past year. Whew!
Here’s the skinny FAT you’ll find inside CCR:
-New multiplayer mini-game called Back Off Barbarian
-Five times larger texture sizes than the original!
-Twice the framerate of the original! (60 frames per second)
-Performance updates, gameplay tweaks
-Online multiplayer performance updates
-Ability to find games easier and quicker online
Please note that we plan to release CCR for North America on launch day with other countries to follow as ratings are approved. EDIT: We’ve just been approved for a few more countries. Read the update here.
Pricing
Castle Crashers Remastered on Xbox One will be $14.99 which is our usual cost of admission for this classic game baby. However…if you’ve previously owned Castle Crashers on Xbox 360, you shall receive our Thank-You-For-Saving-Our-Lives-That-One-Time special price of FREE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 20th with current Xbox Live Gold membership. Be sure to scoop it up early if you want to take advantage of that awesomeness. $0.00 for our game feels like a pretty good deal to me!!!!! (I’m not much of a businessman though!!!!)
The good news is starting September 21, 2015 we’ll still have a loyalty discount for Xbox 360 owners of Castle Crashers, which will bring CCR’s cost down to only $5.00 if you’ve owned it before. This special $5 price is available for any Xbox Live Gold members who are previous owners of Castle Crashers on Xbox 360.
Backwards Compatibility
Now that we’ve sorted pricing, let’s continue with the other informationals. In the nearish future, Castle Crashers will be playable on Xbox One at some point with Xbox One Backwards Compatibility. Yes that’s right, if you have the original Castle Crashers on Xbox 360 you can play it for free on your Xbox One once backwards compatibility launches broadly in Fall 2015 and the 360 title is released! Please note that the updates and advancements we’ve been making for CCR will not be in that version because it’s the OG–original game.
Same Day, Different Spacetime
There’s this great Gold Egg Project recipient we know of. If you fancy co-op, then you might like this fancy co-op game called Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime by Asteroid Base. They’re also releasing on September 9th! I have always liked work created by their team members, like Matt Hammill’s previous project, Gesundheit.
Fun fact: You know who wrote this section of the post? Kim Karda–Wait did she? I’m not actually sure. Oh okay. We can print that right?
Signed, Dan
PS.
I would like to post-celebrate August informationals with this statue of Augustus.
I get to be the baby!!!!!!! Maybe next time if you guys are lucky YOU can be the baby. But this time around I get dibs. -Dan
