Castle Crashers is easily one of the most entertaining titles from the last year and has been one of few shining beacons for Microsoft and it’s XBLA. That’s not to say that there aren’t other great titles on the Arcade but unfortunately there are more remakes and retro titles that I don’t feel are worth the money than truly good …
So you’ve voted this morning already and now have nothing else to do? (You have voted haven’t you?) Well while you are waiting for your online gaming buddies to get back why don’t you have a crack at winning a pink Castle Crasher from Newgrounds.com. All you have to do is put together an edible pink Castle Crasher and post …
This week, Xbox Live gold members can look forward to yet another discounted piece of downloadable content. This week, the lovable yet slightly deranged Alien Hominid from Castle Crashers developer, Behemoth, can be picked up at half price for only 400 MS points. Alien Hominid began as a flash game and eventually rocketed Behemoth to higher places in the world …
Congratulations to Behemoth, the creators of Castle Crashers, for picking up the Xbox Live Arcade Game of the Year award for 2008… and Best Original Game… and Best co-op Mode. Though you have to say that the last one only counts after the latest patch was applied as before that it was a complete abomination of a co-op title. It …
Behemoth Games the geniuses behind the hugely popular Castle Crashers have just released a teaser image for their upcoming game entitled Game #3… hopefully that title doesn’t stay. From the image we can see that Game #3 has the same art style as Castle Crashers and the hordes of baddies (red eyes) in the background leads me to believe we …
In a time where sequels are prevalent (and mostly successful), Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade looks to have it’s own follow-up to it’s fruitful Summer of Arcade. The original “Summer of Arcade†saw the release of stellar games such as Braid, Castle Crashers and Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2 – all of which were critically lauded, financially auspicious and quite …
Forget the upcoming national elections in April. Who cares about national governance when there’s really important stuff to vote on. As of March 3, you’ll be able to cast your votes for the best Xbox Live Arcade had to offer in 2008, using the New Xbox Experience’s spotlight channel. My votes will likely be spread between Super Street Fighter II …
New Xbox Live Activity figures from Major Nelson reveal that Treyarch’s Call of Duty : World at War is currently the most played game on Live, knocking perennial leader Halo 3 in to second place. This may have something to with the Nazi Zombie minigame being untethered, and the recent Double XP weekend. Or it may be because Halo 3 …
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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