Storytime with BattleBlock Theater

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Greetings!  I bring news of BattleBlock Theater, mysterious and exciting new screenshots of our cinematics, and upcoming Tradeshow information!

In past tradeshows we’ve shown BattleBlock Theater’s Arena modes and Arena modes ONLY,  all while having parts of this really cool Story mode.

We weren’t positive whether Story mode would be ideal at a tradeshow because it isn’t instant battle intensity like Arena mode –  Story mode is much more cooperative and thoughtful.  “Oh, stand over there and do this!” you say to your friend.  “Wait a sec, go this way!” your friend says, and so you try out your theories on navigating the level.   These are the kinds of things that are more tolerated while sitting on the couch than standing in a sea of sweating humans.   Of course,  Story mode still allows you to kick your friend’s butt all over the map in between that precious cooperation.  If you could just stop throwing me into the spikes I’ll let you get us that Gem over there.

Since we’ve found many people to have even more fun working together in BattleBlock Theater it only makes sense to break that out and let you all give it a whirl.

Story mode accommodates the difference between the number of players (1-4 currently).  We will be showing some of the 2 player set.

I am so excited to get this game into your hands.   It looks simple I’m sure, but it is the most complex thing I’ve ever worked on.  The amount of thought we’ve put into it has really paid off.   Please come see our game if you’re around!

Upcoming Tradeshows where you can play things and solve things and enjoy things made of Blocks in a Theater:

PAX East (Boston, MA) March 11-13th

Tokyo Anime Fair (Tokyo, Japan) Business Days- March 24-25th; Public Days March 26-27th

Comic Con International (San Diego, CA) July 21-24th

PAX Prime (Seattle, WA) August 26-28th

peace be witcha,

-dan

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