Castle Crashers Dev’s Next Game, BattleBlock Theater, Gets Release Date

By Chris Holzworth, Editorial Intern
Posted on March 19, 2013 AT 11:03am

BattleBlock Theater, the next game from Castle Crashers developer The Behemoth, will be available for download on XBLA April 3, the studio announced.

According to The Behemoth, BattleBlock Theater will allow players to “experience technologically evil cats, friendship, betrayal, co-optional justice, and several other forms of visual and audible stimulation.”

In the trailer embedded below, Behemoth uses humor to own BattleBlock’s notably long development. The title was first revealed in 2009. It also advices viewers to buckle their pants.

BattleBlock Theater will be available on Xbox Live Arcade for 1200 Microsoft Points ($15) on April 3.

Source: The Behemoth

Chris Holzworth has wanted to report on and critique games all his life. He first cut his teeth writing for enthusiast sites such as RPGFan, then took a break from gaming to study English, creative writing, and linguistics at Rutgers University. Started out as EGM's obligatory east coast correspondent before selling out and moving to the west coast. Chris is particularly keen on examining narrative structure, character development, and writing in video games. Frequently opens mouth, inserts foot, often where twittery things happen: @chrisholzworth. Meet the rest of the crew.

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