Get excited, Castle Crashers releases to the XBLA!

by Dustin Burg on Aug 27th 2008 7:30AM

After years and years of patient waiting, the day we've all been eagerly anticipating has finally arrived! Earlier this morning, The Behemoth officially released Castle Crashers and its four player, beat-em-up online co-op to the Xbox Live Arcade. GET EXCITED!

For 1200 Microsoft points ($15), you can download your own copy off the XBLA and, for those points, you'll be treated to an XBLA experience like no other. With 40 different weapons, over 22 unlockable characters, a leveling system, helpful animal orbs and even an Arena Mode, Castle Crashers should be worth every last dime. Heck, we're holding a week long Castle Crashers Baby Give-away for the game's monumental release. We're that excited! Okay, enough blab, get online and get downloading, because it's Castle Crashers and we need not say anymore.

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Tags: castle-crashers, the-behemoth, xbla

Reader Comments (58)

Gonna be picking this up after work, sorry to sound stupid but after looking i cant find the answer, everyone talks about online 4 player co-op, is this definitly OFFline co-op as well? i.e. me and my friends can sit around 1 xbox and play it 4 player? Thanks

yes it definately has up to 4 player OFFLINE co-op. In addition to that, you can be playing 2 or 3 player offline co-op, and decide to go online and get #3 and/or #4 player to join you and your buddies.

So... It's just Golden Axe with a more cartoony look? That's IT?

Wow. I was so expecting more than that. First we get Braid (Van Gogh version of Super Mario Bros) then we get Castle Crashers (Cartoony version of Golden Axe). What's next? Do we get a Picasso-style Q*Bert? A Monet-styled Pole Position?

Seriously. Is this all Arcade has to offer? Remakes of 25-year-old games?

Call me when that Dali-styled version of Pooyan surfaces.

I don't think you've played enough to appreciate the differences.

yes, it's a side-scroller. Yes you progress to the right. Yes, there are a lot of similarities to past side-scrolling adventures.

But that's where it ends. They add depth in combo form, ability to switch out weapons, increase stats, unlock other characters, etc.

Personally, going back to the past shell style like this is a hell of a lot better than a lot of the "Ooh, new" style that's out now.

Do you compare every FPS to something like Doom?

Do you compare every RPG to Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy?

Why am I arguing with you, it's not going to change your mind, nor any other anti-CC fanboy out there.

It's good to get it out, though - Helps remind me why I spent the money to buy it.

Good lord - looking at your past posts - do you hate EVERYTHING and enjoy being a jageef to EVERYONE who posts about something?

Is your life THAT bad? Get over yourself.

It's fine to not like something, and want to share that - but do it in a way that doesn't make you look like a gigantic _____ (adjective)

And Braid = Super Mario Bros?

HUH??

When did SMB involve puzzle solving like this? Does EVERY game that involves jumping on the head of an enemy automatically = Super Mario?!

Ugh - Again, I must have a mental defect, because I don't even take my own advice.

Simply put, You = Fail. Not epic, by any means, but still Fail.

Did you REALLY just compare Braid to Super Mario Brothers with a different art style?

You realize they're barely even in the same genre, right? Braid is a puzzle game. Super Mario Brothers is about going forward without dying. Even the enemies in Braid aren't there for you to kill/avoid, they're there for you to use in the puzzles.