We’re Invading PAX East 2020!

Can you believe that PAX East is almost here? I sure can’t! In fact, I accidentally typed “2019” in the title while I was writing this. Anyway, we’ll be at the show from February 27th to March 1st at Booth #10031, and we want you to visit us!

We’ll be at PAX East with a full-scale INVASION happening at our booth. That’s right, Alien Hominid Invasion will be playable at the show for the first time ever, AND we’ll be releasing more details about the game while we’re there! That way, even if you can’t make it, you’ll still be able to be a part of it all. No one is safe from the Invasion.

But since you’re here, you must be excited! We’ll give you a little sneak peek at everything that’s coming to PAX East, just because you deserve it.

Games

We’ll make this easy, and start with the big one: Alien Hominid Invasion.

The recently announced Alien Hominid Invasion will be playable for the first time ever at PAX East! Drop by our booth any time during the weekend to get your hands on our upcoming game.

If you can’t make it to the show and are eager to learn more about the game, have no fear! When PAX East kicks off, we’ll be sharing more information about the game right here on our blog and across our social media channels.

We’re also bringing the rest of our fine selection of games via arcade cabinets. Try your hand at the original Alien Hominid game, or revisit an old familiar favorite like BattleBlock Theater, Castle Crashers, or Pit People. And if you consider yourself a pro at any of our games, you’re going to want to keep reading…

Challenges

Each day at 11 AM and 4 PM, we’ll be hosting competitions for PAX attendees! Go head to head against your friends, your family, and a bunch of random people you’ve never seen before in your life.

There’s a little bit of something for everyone, so check out what’s on the menu:

  • Day 1: Alien Hominid Speedrun
  • Day 2: BattleBlock Theater Challenge
  • Day 3: Super Soviet Missile Mastar High Score
  • Day 4: Backoff Barbarian Longest survival time

Each challenge will last approximately 1 hour. To enter, all you have to do is show up! 1st and 2nd place winners will earn themselves some sweet prizes, and all participants will get consolation prizes, too! (Until we run out.)

Merch

We’ve got pretty merch, and lots of it. New hats, new socks, new shirts, and of course a PAX East exclusive t-shirt! Some of these are new to the show, and some are new to the WORLD, which means you have a chance to be a real trendsetter.

Keep an eye out for another blog post with more details (and tons of pictures!) coming next week.

Aside from the whole snow thing, we can’t wait for the show! We’re excited to show you what we’ve been working on. And if you can’t make it, remember that we’ll be sharing all the best bits on our social media channels, so be sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram!

PAX West 2019 Recap

When PAX rolls around, we hit BIG. This year was no different, especially considering we kicked off the weekend with the Castle Crashers Remastered Nintendo Switch release date (which is September 17th, by the way)! That energy carried us through the show to a wacky, wild, and fun-filled weekend.

Revisit the arcade-y excitement, heated competitions, and space bear shenanigans that happened at PAX West 2019 with our recap video!

Even though we’re pretty sure that video was everything you ever could have dreamed of (and more), you can check out the full photo album that we spent ages virtually scrapbooking right here. Bonus points for anyone who wants to try to play “Where’s Waldo?” and search for themselves in our photos.

Dream work makes the team work, or something like that.

Anyway, we’ll be doing this all again on the opposite coast next year at PAX East, which… will be much, much colder than this was. But just like you did at PAX West, you will warm our hearts and keep us going through sun, rain, sleet, or snow.

Just don’t bring the PAX pox with you next time, please.

Hello, Seattle 👋 We’re crashing PAX West 2019!

Ah yes, Seattle. Land of the Space Needle, Starbucks, and PAX West! We’ll be there (at PAX West 2019, that is) from August 30th through September 2nd at Booth #1501, and you should come, too!

PAX West is a gaming convention of epic proportions, one where we always pull out all the stops and show up in a big way. The biggest of ways, in fact. And we’ll prove it.

Read on for a preview of the entire amalgamation of everything we’ll have with us this year at PAX:

Smash and bash your way through the kingdom with playable demos of Castle Crashers Remastered for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4! Both versions of the upcoming port will be available to play for all show attendees, so grab some friends or make some new ones at the show and get ready to crash some castles!

We’ll also have arcade cabinets for all of our games, from A to… P. Alien Hominid, BattleBlock Theater, Castle Crashers, and Pit People. Play all of your Behemoth favorites with an arcade classic twist! On top of all that, we’re also bringing Back Off Barbarian, which you’re going to want to start practicing ahead of time…

Back Off Barbarian is coming back to PAX with a new high score contest to challenge and delight! Practice your fancy footwork for a chance to win fame and fortune (more or less). We’ll have more details on the competition coming in a future blog post, but in the meantime get hoppin’!

STATUES! Your favorite Behemoth characters will come to (still) life as maybe-life-size-but-maybe-not-life-size statues that you can snap selfies with. Gluten, the Blue Knight, and a Barbarian will all be there, along with an on duty Cat Guard for… guarding purposes. While you’re at the show, you’ll also have an opportunity to share any photos you take with them on social media for a chance to win a goodie bag full of Behemoth prizes!

And of course, we’ll be setting up our Gift Shop so you can get your goods. Keep an eye out for a merch feature post in the upcoming weeks, but just know that we’ll be bringing an all new, all beef PAX exclusive to the show.

We know you’re excited, and we are too! But don’t worry, it’ll be here before you know it. See you soon!