Aliens Invading Next Fest June 19-26

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May I offer you a byte-sized piece of Invasion?

Earthlings, I have exciting news from the Mothership – an Alien Hominid Invasion demo will be available during the Steam Next Fest from June 19-26!

We know you’ve been patiently (and excitedly) waiting for the Invasion, so we thought this could be a great opportunity to let you experience some Alien gameplay before the game’s release later this year.

Friendly, Normal, INSANE, whichever difficulty you prefer, we’ve got it! Even better, the demo has online and local 2-player co-op functionality, and both players can choose their desired insanity difficulty. So grab an alien pal (or human pal if you really have to), choose INSANE difficulty while your fellow invader picks Friendly or Normal, carry them through waves of enemy Agents and deadly (but kind of cute?) hazards, AND PROFIT.

Really though, pick whichever difficulty suits you. I can’t even dodge the enemy, so Friendly it is.

Throughout the event, we’ll be streaming on Steam (steaming?), hanging out in Discord, and hosting a couple of competitions you can enter to win some Alien merch. More details on that will be in a post to follow!

As always, we’re stoked for you to get your hands on the demo and hear your thoughts. If you have any questions or feedback throughout the event, you can reach us at games@thebehemoth.com or here on Discord. We hope you enjoy your byte-sized piece of the Invasion!

PAX East 2023 Recap

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Our first trade show back in person has come and gone, and while I’m sad the magic of it all happened so quickly, I’m excited to relive it all again in a quick blog post (with many pictures included so we’ll never forget it)!

Since it was Sarah and I’s first time hitting the show floor as Behemoth staff, getting a chance to meet fans for the first time and network with industry veterans was delightful. Just getting to walk around, soak in the sights of endless colorful booths, pose with the cosplayers (Cloud and Tifa, you made my entire weekend), and see all the gamers GAMING – it was all great. Thank you to everyone who was a part of it.

And now, what you’ve all been waiting for, I hope, the highlights:

First, the booth

Our beautiful Behemoth of a booth featured PC and Nintendo Switch stations where PAX goers got their hands on the latest demo of Alien Hominid Invasion! Of course, cute little Digestors judging attendee gameplay were also present.

Our #1 Twitter follower wins a contest

One of the coolest fans we’ve met yet came by and stunned us with a crazy AHI performance in our high score INSANE mode competition! Thanks for coming by to see us, and we hope you enjoy all that new alien swag.

A… lamb? I thought this was a chicken company

While we do honor the big chicken more than normal people honor chickens on a daily basis (unless you’re Sarah), I have to give a shout out to the second cutest mascot there is around, The Lamb. Peep that cute chicken follower, too!

Pins, pins, and more pins!

We saw a crazy Behemoth pin collection on Day 4 that I just can’t shut up about. So here is the collection, in all its glory, with many pins from our old gachapon machines!

We will be back with our typical Behemoth-sized booth at future tradeshows (gasp!), maybe even with PINS (!?), so no worries if you don’t have a comparable collection. Maybe someday you will, but it probably won’t be as cool as this one. Unlesssssss it does become as cool as this one.. If that’s the case, print out this blog post and shove it in our faces later.

Showstopping cosplays

The loveliest cosplayers visited our booth to join the Invasion! Here are a couple snaps Sarah shot, with a bonus picture of a familiar face below..

AAAAND A CHICKEN

Sarah chased down this lovely chicken from across the expo hall. Naturally, we had to snap a few photos to honor their hard work and dedication! Baaawk!

And that’s a wrap on our PAX East 2023 recap. We’re hoping to hit more shows in the future, so who knows where the aliens will be beaming down next… Wherever it may be, we hope to see you there!