Whew. Can I just say that again? Whew.

What a whirlywind ComicCon is! Please experience some more of our adventure through pictures.

there might have been one or two people there

In other news, there is no new news on Castle for PSN. Submission is moving along, things are being tested, forms are being filled out, magic is occurring, babies are being saved… we’ll let you know when there is something to know!

Hit the jump for lots and lots of pics! (Thanks to David for taking such great shots!)

and squishy chickens,

kelly

Hello Population of the Internet of Peoples,

We have been going crazy the past few days setting up and running our booth at Comic-Con. Our original hope was to do a daily post and have pictures and witty comments and other relevant things. That quickly failed so here’s some random pictures from the past few days and a hope that we are more organized with posting over the weekend.

If you’re in the San Diego area please come by booth 4229 and play some BattleBlock Theater, Castle Crashers for PSN and XBLA as well as consume some merchandise and fulfill your families legacy ?

Thanks!

-Emil-

While we are all patiently waiting to see how submission and certification of Castle Crashers for PSN goes, we would like to share with you some new products that will be available at the upcoming tradeshows. Represent!

Are you stressed like us? Work out your frustrations in this new Behemoth Chicken Stress ball.

Want to call your buddy to tell them about the chicken stressball, but your phone is so boring you can’t stand to look at it? Check out these itty bitty extra cute cell phone charms!

Observe also these quite shiny new metal key chains.

All of these products and more will be available at Comic Con and PAX! What do you think?

kelly

ps. there is one mystery animal orb cell phone charm not pictured. which do you hope it is?

With one game in submission (Castle Crashers for PSN), and another’s development in full swing (BattleBlock Theater), we come to that joyous time of the year we like to call, “please kill us all” “Tradeshow Season.” Here’s what is in our lineup for the rest of the year:

Comic Con International (San Diego, CA: July 22-25)

Penny Arcade Expo (Seattle, WA: Sept 3-5)

Tokyo Game Show (Tokyo, Japan: Sept 16-19)

First up Comic Con International, right in our home turf, San Diego. We’re putting together our biggest booth ever, completely redesigned and extra glorious. We’ll have both Castle Crashers and BattleBlock Theater there for you to try out, and we’re always excited to hear what you think! Oh, and did we mention the new toys? We like toys.

Check out the King figure! He is so happy that he’ll be available at Comic Con and PAX!

In the next post, I’ll tell you about some more of our fun new goodies, and we’ll continue to update you on PSN Castle’s submission progress as there is news.

kelly

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Dear Behemeisters, Just a quick note to update you on Castle Crashers for PSN’s progress. After months and months of rigorous testing, we’re beginning the FINAL submission process! We still can’t estimate a release date, as this submission process is highly variable and involves yet more verification by Sony.  We will, of course, let you know [...]]]>

Dear Behemeisters,

Just a quick note to update you on Castle Crashers for PSN’s progress. After months and months of rigorous testing, we’re beginning the FINAL submission process! We still can’t estimate a release date, as this submission process is highly variable and involves yet more verification by Sony.  We will, of course, let you know when we have an idea of the date so you can put it on your calendars.

We are very pleased with the way Castle Crashers for PS3 has turned out and we look forward to playing with you soon!

Word up to all the XBLA Castle Crashers players out there! The Behemoth would never had made it this far without the overwhelmingly positive response Castle got from players on XBLA. You’ve shown a lot of love for this game and we want to share that love with as many players out there as possible.  Behemoth loves you and we haven’t forgotten about you either.

-Tom

Guess what?!

As a part of a big E3 sale on XBLA, both Castle Crashers and Alien Hominid HD will both see a big discount next week. From June 16-22nd, both Alien Hominid HD and Castle Crashers will be on SALE!

Castle Crashers will be discounted 33% to 800 moondollars.

and

Alien Hominid HD will be discounted a whopping 50% to just 400 fairy gold.

Please to enjoy.

kelly

[[[EDIT: Contest Extended through June 28th!]]]

It’s time to cut, stencil, draw, glue,  iron-on, shred?.. go nuts on a t-shirt and let your Castle Crashers love show!!

Sometimes, you just have to add your own style to things. We have determined at least 360 ways to customize a t-shirt to make it an ode to your favorite knight, princess or pooping deer.  Please help us find even more!

If  you want to repurpose a Behemoth shirt, or other shwag you’ve acquired the possibilities are endless… see the reconstructed, Deconstructed Painter Boss shirt above & Behemoth button tee below. You can pick up a plain t-shirt at any rite-aid or walgreens for about 4 bucks and use just about anything you may own to spruce it up. Look in your junk drawer / craft box or tool kit for buttons, nuts, bolts, googely eyes and other scraps of inspiration.

The contest is simple: revamp a tee into something that shows off your own style, and give it a Castle Crashers spin!  In anticipation of the upcoming launch of Castle Crashers for PSN, we will pick a few that tickle our fancy and reward the creators with something that will tickle theirs. Upload a photo or two of your creation to the “Tee Contest” thread in the forums by June 21st 28th, 2010. If you are under 18 years of age, please make sure you have permission to participate. Have fun, we can’t wait to see what you come up with!

-Pictured above are the super Deconstructed Painter Boss tee as well as a Deconstructed Knight shirt which have just arrived at The Behemoth Store! OMGMOGMOGMOGMOGOMGOMGMGMOGOMGOMGOM

LOVE,

DANIEL PALADINI

Nate's Bike

Hello People of the Internet,

This weeks blog post is brought to you by Nate Bosia. Nate is one of our AM’s (account manager) at Sony Computer Entertainment America. He will be riding his bike 545 miles next week in a fundraiser to help end AIDS. Sony is going to match any pledges Nate gets up to $2,500, so we thought we should one up Sony and double match Sony’s match, so it will be like a box of matches! BOOM!!! Don’t get left behind, pledge today so your donation will do triple itself overnight!

To find out more and track Nate’s progress check out this awesome LINK

-john

So though we’ve been talking a lot lately about Castle Crashers coming to PS3, all the while we’ve been quietly working away on BattleBlock Theater for XBLA.  We’ve got all sorts of things we’d like to start sharing with you about the game. We are still adding tons of stuff,  and changing things around all the time so please keep in mind anything we share with you is all subject to change or maybe you dreamed it.   It’s all part of the development process! Please share this magical journey with us.

These things we speak of?  New ways for players to interact, and by interact we mean kill each other. Or maybe we mean help each other. The two are so confusing…  We’ve also been exploring some new AI characters, exciting new deaths, new block types,  glorious new weaponry (with gloriously balanced previous weaponry),  and experimenting with ways to better the modes.  We’ll share some of these things with you as soon as we polish ‘em up.  Emil is currently and has been in a state of non-stop vomit so we were unable to produce a video for this particular day.  Get well soon mister Emil!

While I was pacing outside wondering what we could share,  I found this newspaper on the stoop:

(Before you ask: No release date yet! Thanks for asking! Now on to the news…)

Greetings peoples,

Today we talk about some additions to our extremely challenging gameplay mode in Castle Crashers called Insane Mode.

For those of you new to the Castle Crashers world, Insane mode is a super crazy difficulty setting that is unlocked once you beat the game for the first time with any character. It’s like voluntarily injecting all your enemies with a cocktail of steroids, rocks, and radioactive goo, beefing them up like crazy. So for those who enjoy AI beating the pulp out of you as you progress through the game, this mode is for you.

We’ve tried to add a few things to this Insane Mode for the imminent release of the PlayStation Network version. We’ve already mentioned the new gold “You are Insane” trophy, that you’ll earn by completing Insane Mode in PS3 Castle Crashers. So I’m here today to tell you about a new shopping experience you’ll have in the world of Castle Crashers PSN. There will be a new store available in Insane Mode, the “Insane Store”, for all your Insane shopping needs! What will you buy in there? What will the prices be like? Will they accept coupons??

kelly