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PAX East 2012 Has Begun!

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Day 1 of PAX East 2012 went by in what felt like a blur… a blur of awesome fans coming to visit our booth and showing their support for what we do. So yeah, thanks for that! And if you need proof as to just how great our fans are, just know that our limited edition Ushanka Bear hats sold out in under two hours! Considering the hats sold for $60 a piece and all proceeds went to the Wigs For Kids charity, that’s reason for everybody to smile.

Of course, no day at PAX would be complete without a hearty collection o’ photos, right? Right! Here are some photos of our booth setup from late Thursday night, along with action from the expo yesterday:

 

Alrighty, that’s all for now. Thanks again for the tremendous support on our first day… you guys really make all this hard work worth it! Don’t forget, we’ll be at PAX all weekend long, so there’s still plenty o’ time to come by to check out our games and pick up a free postcard. Hope to see all of you there!

PAX Gauntlet, Booth details and more!

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PAX Gauntlet charity benefits Able Gamers

We’re happy to announce that Castle Crashers has been selected as one of the games in the PAX Gauntlet by Dedicated Servers. This is their first official charity event in which they will play a different game every hour from 11am – 11pm EST on Saturday, March 24th. Viewers will be able to watch the event live at Twitch.tv/DSC, and all donations made during that time will go directly to the AbleGamers Foundation for disabled gamers. Please be sure to support the cause by making a donation as you watch them attempt to play video games for twelve hours. We played games for six hours once and then we completely blacked out. Days later, we awoke to find Dan’s left arm had been surgically removed and attached to his face, and our plush toys had been stapled to the ceiling. That was after only six hours of gaming… so who knows what madness will take place during the twelve that the Dedicated Servers guys are about to endure. Be sure to tune in!

PAX East 2012 Exhibitor Map

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LOOK UP TO THE SKIES AND SEEEEEE…

PAX East preparations have been coming along nicely and we can finally reveal our booth number! The Behemoth will be located at booth #512, and you shouldn’t have trouble spotting us since  our gameplay footage will be projected on a giant screen with Hatty Hattington looming over. Yep, you read that right. Hatty will be watching over all of you, so feel free to shove all the other PAX East attendees out of the way. If they ask you, “Hey, what was that for!?”, just tell them you’re playing Battleblock Theater in the real world!

Come back next week to see what fuzzy mysteries await!

Super Charity Post (One)

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October‘s been a crazy month for us. Here’s a couple things we’ve been doing while we’re working on BattleBlock Theater…

Extra Life

Team Behemoth was able to raise $500 last week to help Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals! We’re really proud of the members who made this happen. Woot! And for that, we’ll be sending gifts to our fundraisers. 🙂

8-Bit Brigade’s Halloween Hootenanny!

This year is our 4th year sponsoring the 8-Bit Brigade as they hold their annual fundraiser to benefit Child’s Play!

For every $1 donated to Child’s Play through their page, you’ll get one ticket entered into the raffle drawing!

Prizes from The Behemoth that you may win:

  • Castle Crashers Animal Orb cell phone charms. “Chicken,” “Monkey,” “Bitey”
  • Behemoth Chicken Key chain
  • Castle Crashers 3D Knight Key chain
  • Castle Crashers Flat Knight Key chain
  • Behemoth Squishy Chicken stress balls
  • Castle Crashers Orange Knight Figurine
  • Behemoth “Chicken Touch” Medium Tee
  • BattleBlock Theater Duck-Shark Large Tee
  • Castle Crashers Red “Hello Knight” XL Tee

The raffle is scheduled for Sunday, October 30, 2011 and it’ll even be broadcasted live on the interwebz! So if you’re interested, here’s the link:

http://www.8bitbrigade.com/content.php?264-ChildsPlay2011

The Debbie Burton Walk

We put together a basket full of Behemoth swag to donate for the Opportunity Drawing at The Debbie Burton Walk. The Debbie Burton Walk is a solidarity walk held in the Lake Murray Community of San Diego, where 100% of the proceeds donated from participants go to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Basket Goodies: T-shirt, Pink Knight Figurine, animal orb charms, squeezy chickens and a poster!

The event is taking place on October 23rd, 2011 in San Diego. If you’re in the area and want to check it out, visit www.TheDebbieBertonWalk.com!

There’s more to be featured in an upcoming post after the next Prisoner Update! One last thing…

San Diego Asian Film Festival

If you’re in the San Diego, CA area (or can travel) and want to play some BattleBlock Theater, come visit our booth at the San Diego Asian Film Festival! The festival starts Thursday, October 20 through Friday the 28th. Come experience a wide array of films that you won’t get to see anywhere else, attend the parties, meet new people and talk to us! We will be there from 11 ’til whenever on Friday, Saturday & Sunday (21st-23rd). Be sure to check out www.sdaff.org for more info!

‘Til next post (which is probably tomorrow),

<3 Your favorite Pink Knight Christine!