Castle Crashers jumps through another hoop, gets rated 'Teen'

by Griffin McElroy { Jun 15th 2008 at 3:30PM }

We love the Xbox Live Arcade Service (fanboy placation: we love the PlayStation Network and WiiWare too), but it's a well-known fact that there are a number of hurdles a finished game has to clear before it can find its way onto the imponderable internets. One of said hurdles, labeled "the rating process" is actually three-hundred feet tall, covered in flaming, poison-coated spikes, and surrounded by a moat filled with bull sharks in mating season. Metaphorically speaking, of course.

Thankfully, in an act of incredible vaulting prowess, Behemoth's upcoming ~~racist~~ multiplayer beat-'em-up Castle Crashers recently cleared said hurdle, receiving a decisive "Teen" rating (the German judges, obviously confused and unimpressed, gave the effort a 7.5). There are a number of other hoops the adorable brawler must jump through before attaining that coveted XBLA certification, but we're hopeful that we'll be storming cartoon strongholds relatively soon.

Tags: behemoth, castle-crashers, castlecrashers, certification, microsoft, xbla, xbox-live-arcade, xbox360, xboxlivearcade

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

jcd @ Jun 15th 2008 3:43PM

Man, I have heard of this game for a very long time now. What the hell is taking so long? It's only an xbla title!

BPM [MKWii: 2578 3585 8392] @ Jun 15th 2008 4:04PM

The Behemoth is a pretty small team. So, it would take them a lot longer to finish a game than, say, EA.

Exo @ Jun 15th 2008 4:20PM

yea its a really small team. (the whole game is drawn by 1 person)

Admitidly they did make the mistake of talking about it way to early, and since no one has patience. people are going crazy over how long its taking

Poisoned Al @ Jun 15th 2008 4:22PM

That and they more or less redid the whole thing over as well.

Phi Nguyen @ Jun 15th 2008 4:23PM

Does this picture remind anyone else of Teen Titans at all? God, I miss that show.

Sir Fidlious Wong (Justin T. McElroy Memorial Burn of the Day Award) @ Jun 15th 2008 4:44PM

Wait, small team is an excuse now? Face it, this is taking an unusually large amount of time. Still looking forward to it but let's call a duck a duck.

Exo @ Jun 15th 2008 4:54PM

it isnt taking too much tme, like i said they talked about it too early. most xbox arcade games arnt talked about til a few montsh ahead of release, that and this game is haveing far more put into it then most xbla titles.

some people talk way to much shit without even knowing all that goes into working on a project.

also its been done for a few weeks now, its the certification process that takes a while

Farseer (GDI) @ Jun 15th 2008 4:57PM

If I remember correctly, they just about had the game done when Microsoft raised the size limit for XBLA games. The Behemoth then dragged it back to the drawing board and made it a much bigger game.

Regardless, I can't fucking wait for it.

giantenemycrab @ Jun 15th 2008 3:43PM

I can't wait for this game.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Jun 15th 2008 3:46PM

God when is this game fucking coming out so I can play it for a couple of months and then completely ignore it?

MasterInsan0 @ Jun 15th 2008 11:42PM

So true...so true. I played the crap out of Rez for a while and haven't touched it since. I imagine such is the fate of all XBLA games.

I DeX I @ Jun 16th 2008 1:57AM

...of most games.

John McPoop (PSN:johnnynumber5) @ Jun 15th 2008 4:08PM

The one thing that will certainly end up saving this game is the price. If it were a full featured release at retail price it would bomb hard. I look forward to finally playing this little title. Hopefully it will offer something new to the XBLA Marketplace.

Jason Axelrod @ Jun 15th 2008 4:28PM

Actually... while I do think the whole idea of Castle Crashers being "rascist" is absurds, I can see how this lady made the assumption...

Clearly, the main characters are Templars... and from the videos they have shown, idiots can believe they are committing ethnic cleansing against the Muslims, who are portrayed as evil monsters and trolls.

LaughingTarget @ Jun 15th 2008 5:19PM

Just view them as colorful guys with white skull face paint.

j.howlett @ Jun 15th 2008 4:59PM

is the green one Link? i only say that because his sword is in his lfet hand. bet he had an annoying fairy friend growing up. "Hey listen!"

Robert @ Jun 15th 2008 6:30PM

You sure that's his left hand?

j.howlett @ Jun 15th 2008 9:22PM

i looked after i posted and started to think it could be his right in a really awkward position. then i saw his shield arm. i figure its just a drawing so it doesn't matter that if its his right arm is reaching past his left shoulder so far. then i saw that it could be his leg and he was jumping. instead of keep trying to figure it out i let my first thought and post stand. i know how a drawing can get confused on completion thats why i don't think there is a hidden message in the gta chick with 6 fingers