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    Castle Crashers

    Game » consists of 12 releases. Released Aug 27, 2008

    Grab three other knights and storm enemy forces in this downloadable beat-em-up with RPG elements, complete with smoothly-drawn graphics.

    Castle Crashers Coming To PSN This Month

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    Edited By BradNicholson
    Castle Crashers, indie developer The Behemoth's charming four-player beat 'em up, is coming to PSN on August 31, 2010, according to a recent dev post on The Behemoth's official website.

    The game originally debuted on Xbox Live Marketplace about two years ago after an unveil at Comic-Con 2006. The PSN version of Castle Crashers was announced around July of last year, but only now has a firm release date. 

    So, what took so long? That's a question The Behemoth gets a lot apparently. Its release date confirmation post specifically mentions the frequency of the question and does give a decent answer to it. Officially, the devs are citing polish as the reason for the wait. But current development on a fresh downloadable might have been playing a role in the longish delay between announcement and release.
     

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    "… our whole team’s goal is to make you all happy, so we want to share it right now," the blog post read. "We’re super antsy. But like all of our games, we can never rush anything as it’s necessary to make sure that every little piece is airtight. And fun!"

    The Behemoth is taking Castle Crashers PSN on the road after its August PSN release. A four-player arcade cabinet edition of the game will be playable at PAX on September 3-5 in Booth #3102. The rig will be joined by The Behemoth's other game, BattleBlock Theater, in the booth.
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    #1  Edited By BradNicholson
    Castle Crashers, indie developer The Behemoth's charming four-player beat 'em up, is coming to PSN on August 31, 2010, according to a recent dev post on The Behemoth's official website.

    The game originally debuted on Xbox Live Marketplace about two years ago after an unveil at Comic-Con 2006. The PSN version of Castle Crashers was announced around July of last year, but only now has a firm release date. 

    So, what took so long? That's a question The Behemoth gets a lot apparently. Its release date confirmation post specifically mentions the frequency of the question and does give a decent answer to it. Officially, the devs are citing polish as the reason for the wait. But current development on a fresh downloadable might have been playing a role in the longish delay between announcement and release.
     

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    "… our whole team’s goal is to make you all happy, so we want to share it right now," the blog post read. "We’re super antsy. But like all of our games, we can never rush anything as it’s necessary to make sure that every little piece is airtight. And fun!"

    The Behemoth is taking Castle Crashers PSN on the road after its August PSN release. A four-player arcade cabinet edition of the game will be playable at PAX on September 3-5 in Booth #3102. The rig will be joined by The Behemoth's other game, BattleBlock Theater, in the booth.
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    #2  Edited By HawkSE

    Have it on 360, but glad the PSN folks will get it!

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    #3  Edited By dbz1995

    Awesome!

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    #4  Edited By Pathogenocide

    Congrats PSN, bask in the glory that is Castle Crashers.

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    #5  Edited By artofwar420

    Great news everybody!

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    #6  Edited By meteora

    Castle Crashers was great.

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    #7  Edited By Onigenko

    Yay, co-op goodness!

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    Played and beat co-op with my friends on their 360 and it was great.  Now I get to play it whenever I want YAY!

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    #9  Edited By Gugi9000

    Cool. I think. 
    I wonder why I never bought it on Xbox.

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    #10  Edited By Nadafinga

    Is this $15 on XBLA? I assume it will be the same price point for PSN....

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    #11  Edited By Jasonofindy
    @Nadafinga said:

    " Is this $15 on XBLA? I assume it will be the same price point for PSN.... "

    It launched at $15 on XBLA, but considering its age and the number of times it has been on sale for $10 I can't really see them launching at that price on PSN now unless they also throw in the DLC or something for free.  If they do launch at $15, it seems very likely that it will be one of Sony's PSN sales for $10 within a couple of months.  That being said, the game is awesome and well worth the price whether it is $10 or $15.
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    #12  Edited By WitchHunter_Z

    Great, I hope the EU release is around that time. Been waiting to play Castle Crashers for ages.

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    #13  Edited By MisterMouse

    That is awesome, I am fine with them taking that time to polish up the game.

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    #14  Edited By DockJaw

    I played Castle Crashers on a PS3 at PAX East. It was basically done. So. Yeah. I dunno.

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    #15  Edited By knoxt

    I love you dan.

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    #16  Edited By AuthenticM
    @Jasonofindy: The guy working at Behemoth said on the Sony Blog that it would be priced $15. Yeah, bummer.
     
    That said, anybody else think that maybe they had some kind of publishing deal with M$ that prohibited them from releasing the game sooner on another console?
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    #17  Edited By silentghost227

    Castle Crashers is only 10 bucks on XBLA now. Maybe the PSN version will have the DLC they released with it which could justify the 15 dollars....maybe. 

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    #18  Edited By Sin4profit

    Oh god! someone get a picture of that Castle Crashers arcade cabinet!

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    #19  Edited By vigorousjammer

    omg! arcade cabinet?!
    that's pretty kickass, I wonder what kind of button layout it's gonna use...

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    #20  Edited By Tuggah

    Stamper had to go in and make the epilogue.

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    #21  Edited By Crono
    @Sin4profit said:
    " Oh god! someone get a picture of that Castle Crashers arcade cabinet! "
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    #22  Edited By StephenLacey

    Are there any differences between the two console versions?

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    #23  Edited By Vorbis
    @StephenLacey: PSN is getting an extra mode, but it's nothing major. Guess it's to make up for being almost 2 years late. 
     
    It's called Volley Ball mode, I have no idea what it is.
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    #24  Edited By StephenLacey
    @Vorbis: I imagine it's like the one boss battle from the XBLA version, just as a multiplayer mode.
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    #25  Edited By Jasonofindy
    @Vorbis said:
    " @StephenLacey: PSN is getting an extra mode, but it's nothing major. Guess it's to make up for being almost 2 years late.   It's called Volley Ball mode, I have no idea what it is. "
    Do you know if the four characters from the Necromantic and Kings pack DLCs are being rolled into the full game on PSN?
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    #26  Edited By Three0neFive

    Still don't understand the hype over this game. Yes, it has some great humor, but the gameplay is shallow as hell and I've seen better looking games on Newgrounds.

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    #27  Edited By bombHills

    This just reminds me of yet another arcade game I purchased and did not finish. I really like castle crashers, just sort of fell out of it.

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    #28  Edited By ravensword

    I really dont have any interest in this game. I played a demo on 360 and thought it was really hard.
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    #29  Edited By Devil240Z

    don't really care anymore. I will probably buy it though. I do have a 360 though, just not that game on it. 

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    #30  Edited By Dimil0c0
    @Raven_Sword said:

    " I really dont have any interest in this game. I played a demo on 360 and thought it was really hard. "

    You thought Castle Crashers was hard, really? Come on. Have you ever played mega man 9?
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    #31  Edited By Piranesi

    The arcade cabinet seems the way this game should be played - TMNT style!
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    #32  Edited By ravensword
    @DimiLoco: 
     
    No, because I could hit myself in the balls with a hammer for way cheaper then buying that Hell.
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    #33  Edited By Dblueguy

    Now PS3 owners can experience the awesomeness that is, Castle Crashers.

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    #34  Edited By lacke

    Castle Crashers over Scott Pilgrim any day of the week.

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    #35  Edited By Spike94
    @HawkxSx said:
    "Have it on 360, but glad the PSN folks will get it! "

    Thank you! I shall thoroughly enjoy it, I trust!
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    #36  Edited By Retro89

    yay cant wait

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    #37  Edited By RagingWolf

    Will it have all of the 360 version's dlc, though?

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    @Tuggah said:
    " Stamper had to go in and make the epilogue. "
    It would just be a lot of dicks. I mean a lot of them. Everywhere. Man.
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    #39  Edited By Tuggah
    @beeryayghost said:
    " @Tuggah said:
    " Stamper had to go in and make the epilogue. "
    It would just be a lot of dicks. I mean a lot of them. Everywhere. Man. "
    Finally.
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    #40  Edited By hbi2k

    Given how broken the Xbox Live multiplayer was at launch and how freaking long it took them to patch in a fix, I'd tend to think a little delay on the PSN version for "polish" is forgivable.
     
    Of course, two years ain't exactly a "little" delay, but hey, at least you might finally get to play it sometime this decade.

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    #41  Edited By mzuckerm

    Really fun group game.

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    #42  Edited By PantslessJedi

    Wow.  it's about time you people with PS3's get some lovin.  Enjoy this great game!

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