Play to Earn: Castle Crashers & BattleBlock Theater

Major Nelson announced earlier today that Microsoft will be doing a new rewards program called  MyPunchcard, an exclusive feature for Xbox LIVE Rewards Members, and it starts on April 1st! 

This April, with Microsoft’s exclusive Play To Earn offers, your passion for playing arcade games can pay off in a big way. By simply playing your favorite arcade games and adding to your game collection, you can earn rewards in April.

Here are the three ways you can earn rewards all month long.

  1. Play 20 hours of any combination of arcade games, receive a free avatar item
  2. Purchase any four arcade games for 400 Microsoft Points or more from Xbox LIVE, receive a one month Xbox LIVE Gold membership
  3. Spend 3200 Microsoft Points on arcade games, receive 800 Microsoft Points in return. 

It’s easy and fun, you can earn for playing and or buying ANY arcade game from Xbox LIVE, like Castle Crashers! BattleBlock Theater will also be a part of the Play To Earn offer as it releases Wednesday, April 3rd! 

You’ll need to be an Xbox LIVE Rewards member to sign up and learn more on Xbox.com

Castle Crashers in Minecraft Skins Pack 4

9_Grid_Teaser_PosterLast week, the Minecraft forums were blowing up with predictions on what will be included in the upcoming Skins Pack 4! We’re here to congratulate those smarties in the forums for their sharp observations.

Castle Crashers’ Barbarian and Blacksmith are part of the up and coming Skin Pack 4 for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition. Check out these two character skins:

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Minecraft’s Skin Pack 4 will be out soon! Keep watching PlayXBLA for news about Skin Pack 4.

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Official Castle Crashers Avatars on Xbox LIVE

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Men, women, girls and boys of all ages can now sport the latest and greatest fashion trends from medieval times! Castle Crashers accoutrements are available on Xbox LIVE and your new garments are going to make you the talk of the village. And each item is under 300 MSP! Barbarianhead

While only a few accessories and outfits are shown in this post, a whopping twenty-six items were released yesterday to the world and we’re looking forward to seeing how you mix and match your avatar accessories. Will you suit up with the red knight tunic and confuse your comrades with the barbarian head? Have you always wanted the body of a ninja pirate and the face of an alien? The possibilities of strange and wonderful representations of your personality are endless.

Check out all the Castle Crashers avatar items here.

Each piece of head gear is 160 Microsoft points and tunics are 240 Microsoft points each.

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