BattleBlock Theater

PAX East – Pinny Arcade Pins!

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Our merchandise team has been working towards the upcoming PAX East show that starts on April 11th in Boston. Penny Arcade just announced some third party pins on Friday and our new pin designs were part of that post! Look at our shiny new collectibles:

 

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The four new pins are the second set of Pinny Arcade pins we’ve come out with. Each represent our company and games (from left to right): the Alien from Alien Hominid, The Behemoth company logo, Golden Whale from BattleBlock Theater, and Pink Knight from Castle Crashers. Pins are limited in quantity, with only one thousand of each Series Two pin!

 

All our Pinny Arcade pins are blind boxed in our Chonku Chonku capsule machines. PAX East attendees can buy the coins for the machine at our gift shop at Booth 512.

 

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PAX East attendees will also have a chance to get some pins from our Series One set that we first brought to PAX Prime 2013. Series One pins are also blind boxed in Chonku Chonku machines and there are very, very limited quantities left for Series One pins, so get them soon!

 

Come engage in trading madness and merriment!

 

This prisoner got Steam!! Rolled…

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We hope you enjoy this week’s Arena offering. It is fun and frantic and definitely geared for the more dexterous among you. This week’s new Arena Feature is Kat Khaos 2 by Melted Cow!
 
The plot stew has thickened in this sequel to Kat Khaos 1, and before tasting it you should know that there are things moving in the broth. Lots of things. Hairy things, shuffling things… it’s like an undead yeti was tossed in to add a bit of kick. Which, ironically enough, is what you’ll need to add if you want to win: kicking. Kicking of (ehem, SOCCER) balls, kicking of butts… although the odd uppercut is also perfectly acceptable.
 
There is also sizeable slurry of stand-out moments in this Arena Playlist for those less inclined to combat however: 2 challenge levels and even an “”adventure”” level (?!). Solid entries, all three, and hey, who are we to say Melted Cow can’t put an adventure level in their arena playlist? I don’t even know what kind of rules apply for a melted cow, and this IS a free country after all. Granted, BattleBlock Theater is a terrible example, seeing as how most of its population is imprisoned.
 
If you have been waiting for a plum opportunity to show off the full range of your BBT skills, well, this one is so ripe that it’s begun to smell a bit. And when I say smelly, I do mean it in the best possible sense… even if it did come from a cow.

 

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In addition to the new Arena Feature, we’ve got this guy! He’s back! And, honestly, if his head hasn’t gone back to normal by now, its probably permanent. Sorry pal.

 

If you haven’t heard already, we’ve just closed off the registrations for the BattleBlock Theater Steam Beta. We’ll continue reviewing the rest of the Beta Registrants this weekend, so check to see if you got Steamrolled too!

 

BBT Steam Registrations Close Friday

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This Friday morning, March 21st, we’ll be closing off the registration form for our BattleBlock Theater Steam Closed Beta. We will start reviewing the applicants this week and start sending out acceptance emails so please keep your eye on your inboxes for that golden ticket. You know it’ll be pretty sweet! (Haha, see what we did there?) And for those who still need a bit of persuasion before signing up for the beta, check out our announcement trailer below:

 

 

Our tentative start date for Closed Beta of our Windows version of BattleBlock Theater Steam will be next week. A Closed Beta means you’ll need to register to get a beta key, but anyone 13-years-old and up are welcome to sign up!
 
Read all the rules and sign up here before it’s too late.

 

 

For those of you who are curious about other versions of BattleBlock Theater, we’re happy to announce that we are currently working on the Linux version of the game as well, but it will not be ready in time for the beta. The only confirmed version for Steam at this time is for Windows, and once the first PC version is out, we will focus our attention on the Linux version. Until then, don’t get too excited staring at the pot and waiting for the water to boil.