BattleBlock Theater

Blow away the competition with The Nose

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FeaturePost_NOSEKNOWSThis week in BattleBlock Theater, we bring you a newly Featured Arena Playlist for XBLA and Steam. These playlists were honorable mentions in our recent Arena Playlist Creation Contest and you can access them just by going into the Arena and heading to the “Feature” section.
 
When you load up BattleBlock Theater and head towards an online area, you should receive The Nose (Knows). Make sure you get this unlock because you’re going to blow away your competition in those Arena levels (right?!). Right on.
 
Featured Arena Playlists:
 
In XBLA:
HEY LOOK HERE by TxC Artist
 
In Steam:
Duckshark Arena by Obama’s Mama
 
Enjoy your weekend!

 

Meet Dan’s (man’s?) best friend

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FeaturePost_WinstonIn BattleBlock Theater, it’s a dog eat dog world with hallways full of conniving cats. Sometimes it feels good knowing that you have a pal to go through those stages together, especially when you get a newly featured cooperative playlist in Furbottom’s Features!
 
This week, play with a friend (or befriend an enemy for the time being) to play through a new featured playlist. To reward your teamwork, you’ll be given Dan’s best friend–Winston!
 
Here are the playlists you’ll find in Furbottom’s Features:
 
XBLA Co-Op Feature:
MegaBlock coop by QuirkyTurky
Difficulty Rating: Easy

 
Steam Co-Op Feature:
Co-Op Chapter by nanobot
Difficulty Rating: Easy

 

Of course, if you really don’t play well with others then you can play through the Solo Feature to unlock this canine friend. (If you’ve already finished the Solo Feature then you’ll just need to go in and play a couple levels again to get the unlock). But it’s all up to you now how you want to get your paws on this prisoner!

 
Winston

Difficulty Rating: Easy

Our definition: A walk in the laser and buzzsaw filled park. Playlists of this difficulty will be a smooth experience full of interesting ideas more so than relentless challenge. These will generally be easier than the original Story mode campaign.

 

A Quick Word on our Latest Steam Feature

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Hi guys, Aaron here!
 
Every once in a blue moon, I find that my desire to share a playlist with neat ideas wins out over my concerns about accessibility. It would appear that this week’s Solo Feature on Steam was one of those times. Acknowledging that, let me put two things out there before I continue:
 
1. The tail end of this playlist is HARD. Like, really hard. This is definitely something that should have been communicated in my forum post and on the blog; sorry about that! In the future, we are going to make sure the difficulty rating is posted front and center.
 
Also! Don’t forget that completing the Coop Feature will also unlock the same prisoner. As an added bonus, if you already happened to complete the current Coop Feature, new prisoners will unlock earlier in the playlist! We also make a habit of revisiting prisoners regularly, so even if you didn’t get a chance to unlock someone this time around, it doesn’t mean the chance is gone forever.
 
2. There is NEVER a reason to attack a level designer for the contents of their playlist. Remember that it is The Behemoth that chooses to feature a playlist, so please keep your feedback kind and constructive.
 
Everyone should have the freedom to make whatever they like without having to worry about how it will play to a wider audience. Heck, we’re the ones saying, “hey, this might be something you like”, so if you disagree with that statement, this is one of those rare times where you actually SHOULD shoot the messenger. I mean, well, metaphorically speaking.
 
Now with THAT out of the way, I wanted to take this opportunity to provide a bit of insight into the different factors I personally considered when selecting this particular Steam Feature and why we ultimately feel that this week’s playlist made the cut. For a general guideline for playlist creation, check out Furbottom’s Tips.

 

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