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Castle Crashers big title update
As we approach the third birthday of one of XBLA’s biggest hits, The Behemoth celebrates with a brand new Castle Crashers title update full of new content and fixed glitches for the fans to enjoy....
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Happy third birthday Castle Crashers!
Three years ago today The Behemoth gave us Castle Crashers, a game that truly brought the brawler back to the limelight. It’s hard to believe that the four colored knights have been hacking away at...
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What we are playing: Week of September 18
What we are playing is a weekly column that appears each weekend. Various staff members let the world know what games had them hooked the past week and which ones they look forward to. Perry Jackson –...
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XBLAFancast Episode 34 – Hells of bass edition
I’m joined by Todd and Perry this week and we have theme music! Huge thanks to Chris Green for that, we love it! We’ve changed things up a little bit with this episode, we start off with what we’ve...
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Friday Top Five: XBLA’s cutest characters
The real world can be depressing at times but so too can the world of video games. If you’re looking to take a break from war, zombie outbreaks and bleak post apocalyptic realms then check out our Top...
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Activity report for the week of December 15, 2011
Major Nelson released the Top 20 XBLA sales for the week of December 15. 2011; these stats are based on individual full game purchases. Halfbrick is still proving that ninjas and fruit are an...
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Top 10 XBLA soundtracks: Part 2
Last year, we posted a list of the top 10 XBLA soundtracks and while it’s a great list, there’s been a great deal of omissions and new tunes in the past year. Some of them have become iconic and...
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Top selling XBLA games for 2011 revealed
Major Nelson has recently published the top selling XBLA games for 2011 and congratulations are in order for Zen Studios as Pinball FX2 was the number one seller last year. The list is comprised of...
View ArticleThe Behemoth is changing things up in BattleBlock Theater
Back in 2006, The Behemoth’s wildly popular XBLA game Castle Crashers was neither celebrated nor an Xbox 360 game; it was the rough and bumpy shell of itself seen in the footage above. The guys behind...
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Analyst firm reports 18% revenue growth for XBLA in 2011
Analyst firm Forecasting and Analyzing Digital Entertainment (FADE) has released a new report that shows XBLA revenue increased 18 percent last year to $144 million. From Dust, created by Eric Chahi...
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Friday Top Five: Games for Parties
Parties are one of the oldest institutions of humankind, from the time fire was discovered to the latest significant party somebody everyone cares about attended. Perhaps something involving Tony...
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XBLA brings in record revenue in 2011
Xbox Live Arcade brought in $144 million in 2011, making it the best year for the service yet. Leading the charts in 2011 were Castle Crashers and From Dust, as they grossed around $4.6 million each,...
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Friday Top Five: XBLA Games as TV Shows or Movies
Over the years, we’ve seen many video games turn to Movies or TV shows. From Pac-Man to Sonic to Viewtiful Joe at one point, some of these characters are some we want to see on our small screen when...
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XBLA sales data for week beginning January 30
Worldwide Xbox Live Arcade sales data for the week beginning January 30 has been published revealing the top 20 games on XBLA and XBLIG. The Simpsons Arcade leads the pack ahead of Bastion, Fruit...
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XBLAFancast Music Special
To celebrate our recent milestone of 50 episodes, which also coincided with our one year anniversary, we decided to do something a little different. In this special episode of the XBLAFancast we focus...
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EU Easter Eggstravaganza Sale
Gamers in the EU region are being treated to a special Easter Sale just now. Some top XBLA games are featured and see a whopping 50% off the RPR: All Zombies Must Die! – 400 MSP (was 800) Bastion –...
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Fez claims weekly top spot in XBLA activity
Exalted puzzle/platformer Fez has hurtled into pole position in this week’s Live Activity leaderboards, warding off strong competition from Skullgirls which debuted at number 2. Comments from...
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What we are playing: May 13
What we are playing is a weekly column published on Sunday. Select members of the team talk about the games they’ve been playing over the past week and which they’re most looking forward to. Perry...
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More XBLA deals with Microsoft Publisher Sale
Now that the Arcade Next promotion is over, and Minecraft and Trials Evolution are breaking records all over the place, Microsoft seem to celebrating with a huge sale. If Deal of the Week this week...
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Alien Hominid HD on sale this week for 400 MSP
Fans of Castle Crashers may not be too familiar with The Behemoth’s first console outing Alien Hominid HD, but now is as good a chance as any, for it’s on sale for a mere 400 MSP from today for one...
View ArticleThe Behemoth booth tour at Comic Con 2012
Gamespot went to visit The Behemoth‘s retro styled booth at this years San Diego Comic Con, where both their best seller Castle Crashers and upcoming platformer Battleblock Theater were playable on...
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Sacred Citadel promises beat-em-up action in 2013
If one were to wonder what SouthEnd’s follow-up to 2010’s cute-as-a-button ilomilo would be, their first guess might not have been a colorful side-scrolling beat-em-up in the same vein as Golden Axe...
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Minecraft Skin Pack 2 adds many more gaming stars
A crazy amount of new skins have been announced for Minecraft‘s second skin pack. First, we have the trio from Rare’s classic N64 shooter Jet Force Gemini. Don the appearance of interstellar heroes...
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Castle Crashers hits 3 Million players
The original breakout hit for XBLA, Castle Crashers, has hit a major sales milestone. Though extrapolating sales figures from XBLA leaderboards isn’t an exact science, The Behemoth now has over 3...
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Interview: The Behemoth’s Dan Paladin
Launched in 2008, The Behemoth’s Castle Crashers went on to become one of the most popular co-op experiences on XBLA, with it just recently having crossed over the 3 million player threshold on its...
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Newsbits: October 11
Three mid-90s Sega fighters – Virtua Fighter 2, Sonic the Fighters, and Fighting Vipers – were recently rated for release on the Xbox 360 by German software regulator USK, Joystiq reports. While this...
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Xbox Live 10-year anniversary sale features Wreckateer free
Ten years ago Microsoft launched Xbox Live. Today, they are celebrating with a slew of rewards and discounts. The first one you should claim is Wreckateer, because it’s free for today and tomorrow...
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Weekly Roundup: November 17 – Minecraft, Molyneux and Marketplace mayhem
Weekly Roundup compiles all the biggest news stories, reviews and features from the week into one handy post on the weekends. Another week of Xbox Live Arcade is in the books. This one’s been all over...
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XBLA popularized independent games on console, says Castle Crashers developer
In a recent interview with Xbox 360 Magazine, John Baez from The Behemoth praised Xbox Live Arcade, saying, “I think without a doubt the indie console community would not exist as it does today if...
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Top-selling XBLA games of 2012
Now that the year 2012 has been set firmly in the books, the boys back at the lab have poured over the raw data to bring you the top arcade titles of the year. The figures, based on full versions sold,...
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XBLA sets new revenue record, doubles last year’s figures
While physical retail software sales appear to have trailed off at this stage in the Xbox 360’s life cycle, XBLA has reportedly experienced its strongest year yet in 2012. According to the Research...
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Massive XBLA sale includes Dust: An Elysian Tale and Mark of the Ninja
If you scroll to the Games page on your dashboard, you can find a panel for “Microsoft Studios Sale” that includes a plethora of big XBLA Games. Some of our favorites like Dust: An Elysian Tale and...
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BattleBlock Theater is finally out — What took so long?
It’s out now. For 1200 MSP, you can buy it and start playing it right away if you’d like. Funny thing about that, though — that should be old news. And it would be if The Behemoth had followed through...
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XBLA Sales Analysis: March 2013
Gamasutra has published its XBLA sales analysis for the month of March, which notes some interesting movement that has shaken up recent trends. Storming onto the charts with a considerable performance...
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Happy Wars update enlists Castle Crashers
The fifth title update to bolster Happy Wars‘ cartoonish combatants has come ashore, bringing with it an invading force of familiar faces. Developer Toylogic Inc. in collaboration with The Behemoth,...
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July XBLA sales roundup
The numbers are in for the month of July, and it seems as though Pacific Rim: The Video Game is one of the more popular new additions to the store (of the games for which player statistics were...
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Deal of the Week: Cowboys, Crashers, Batman and Blood Dragons
This week’s deal offers up some of the very best Xbox Live Arcade has to offer, dropping names and prices on a couple of the year’s bigger titles and tossing in a few longstanding favorites for the...
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Xbox 360’s best XBLA games of all time: #5 – 1
Xbox Live Arcade began its life on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 simply enough. When eager gamers bought up Xbox 360s on launch day (November 22, 2005), they found a free copy of Hexic HD pre-loaded on their...
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Dear Xbox 360, I’ll miss you
Dear Xbox 360, Where to begin? How do you start something like this? Is there any “right” way to do it? I don’t think there is. Maybe by saying that I’m sorry? Yeah, a sincere apology feels right....
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Microsoft reveals huge list of new ID@Xbox partners
Microsoft has announced that over 200 developers are working on titles for the Xbox One via its ID@Xbox initiative and has released the names of 65 of these developers that are joining the 32...
View ArticleThe Behemoth helping other indies with funding, user experience & QA
The independent developer who brought XBLA gamers BattleBlock Theater, Alien Hominid and Castle Crashers has announced that, in addition to game development, it has two other ways it hopes will result...
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Castle Crashers event happening in Happy Wars until Wednesday
Happy Wars developer Toylogic Inc. has announced that a Castle Crashers event is happening from now until April 23rd. Simply by playing the Bounty Hunters mode, you’ll be able to score equipment...
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The Behemoth will debut life-sized Game 4 Cupcake at RTX
, The Behemoth will be unveiling a life-sized goodie from Game 4 at the Rooster Teeth Expo this year, seen above. The treat looks quite fantastic especially for a life-sized cupcake and if you are...
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Behemoth reveals first Game 4 trailer
The Behemoth has revealed the first trailer for their fourth game, temporarily titled Game 4. The studio’s previous works inclue Castle Crashers and BattleBlock Theater. You can see the trailer for...
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The Behemoth’s Game 4 preview: Flying circus
Like most worlds The Behemoth has created, that of Game 4 is a little outrageous and more than a little deranged. If you know anything at all about the studio’s fourth game, it’s probably that a...
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Castle Crashers Remastered crash landing on Xbox One this summer
The Behemoth are bringing their classic RPG beat ’em up Castle Crashers to Xbox One this summer. The new Castle Crashers Remastered will feature various performance updates including an uncapped...
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Castle Crashers Remastered preview: Unlearn what you have learned
The Behemoth Community Manager Megan Lam isn’t going to make it. She’s mashing the four oversized buttons on the arcade cabinet in front of her as wildly as one might stomp on a Dance Dance Revolution...
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Opinion: Microsoft took back the indie crown from Sony at E3, and no one noticed
If you read XBLA Fans with any regularity — or even any irregularity, for that matter — then you’ve probably noticed something about us: we cover indie games. A lot. It’s kind of our thing. We’ve had...
View ArticleRegistration now open for The Behemoth’s Pit People closed beta
Registration has now begun for the upcoming closed beta for Pit People. The turn-based strategy game marks the fourth release from indie darlings The Behemoth, best known for their smash hit Castle...
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Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers review: Hot garbage
The Cartoon Network has some fantastic intellectual property. I wish I were writing about how Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers brings them all together in a fun and original way, but sadly, it seems to...
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