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...
View ArticleXBLA 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...
View ArticleHappy 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,...
View ArticleJuly 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...
View ArticleDeal 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...
View ArticleXbox 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...
View ArticleDear 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....
View ArticleMicrosoft 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...
View ArticleCastle 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleBehemoth 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleCastle 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...
View ArticleCastle 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...
View ArticleOpinion: 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...
View ArticleCartoon 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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