Castle Crashers

Resurrecting the Arcade at PAX East

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After experimenting with building our own four player Castle Crashers arcade cabinet we decided to expand on the idea a little. So for PAX East next week we are bringing a total of 5 handmade arcade cabinets with us.

Four of these cabinets will feature a two player BattleBlock Theater setup with the latest build of the game, (which is looking amazing) and the final unit is the original four player Castle Crashers cabinet that started it all. BattleBlock Theater runs off an Xbox 360, while the Castle Crashers cabinet is using a PS3. All of these cabinets are built in-house here in San Diego, and feature a secondary display that rises out of the back of every machine via a remote control. Although the last part about the secondary display is not very relevant, I wanted to emphasize that it was remote controlled and it freaking rises up from the back of the unit like a Phoenix!

Pictures from our warehouse/construction shop:

So if you’re going to be in Boston March 11-13th please try to come by Booth #550 and say hello. It’s the first time we’re showing all of our games using nothing but arcade cabinets. I’m not saying there is some type of arcade contest going on at PAX this year, but if there was I’m betting we’re currently in 1st place; I’m talking to you Mortal Kombat and NBA Jam!

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Emil

Tournament Victories, Pink Knights, and Missiles.

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Dear Behemothtown,

Three very exciting things this week!

#1. Over the weekend, on Feb 5th, we hosted the first ever Castle Crashers Tournament of Champions on XBLA! With several hours of ferocious battles we discovered who are the very best Castle Crashers Arena fighters in the world!  Our top 3 finalists, winning the exciting grand prizes are:

FIRST PLACE: Imperfect Luck
Second Place: Wootywootman
Third Place: RsL Warsteel

Congratulations to all our competitors. We were truly impressed with the level of skill you showed, as well as the awesome sportsmanlike attitude everyone brought to the tournament. Everyone who competed, and everyone in the Qualifying top 100 will get a prize. Keep an eye on your email for details.  [PSN players… we’re gonna do something similar for you too. Waiting for you to hit a certain milestone.. ;)]

Missed the action? Here is a video showing some of the exciting moments from the tournament:

#2. Pink Knight is now available on PSN!! Remember all The Behemoth proceeds from Pink Knight packs will go to Breast Cancer Research. Beat up your enemies with RAINBOWS!  I understand it hasn’t yet released in all regions, but it is coming to all for sure. Here are some love-ly screenshots:

#3. Super Soviet Missile Mastar has released on to iThings (iOS)! So far only a few people have managed to beat our high score of 20.5k… Can you? We’re going to give a special prize to the first person to get the Fly 50,000 km achievement!! Oh, did we mention its FREE?

love and lollipops,

kelly