Joystiq cornered The Behemoth's Dan Paladin after the GDC awards ceremony and asked about a release time-frame for Castle Crashers. To their (and our) dismay, Mr. Paladin stated that there was still "about a year of development left" on the XBLA title. Shocked, Joystiq then inquired to whether The Behemoth was going to take advantage of the 100MB bump in the XBLA size limit and were pleased to learn that Castle Crashers would benefit by adding additional features and content. So, we'll be seeing more Castle Crashers content, but will also have to suffer a longer wait. With a year or more of development nobody will be having any Castle Crashers fun until 2008 ... so you better make one hell of a game Mr. Paladin, because this hurts. This hurts a bunch.
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3-09-2007 @ 1:54PM
Toph said...
WHAAAT? What the hell? This HAS to be further along than what they're illuding to here. I want to call this an early April Fool's joke, but it's too early..
Nooo, Behemoth...Castle Crashers was going to be a major reason for me to get a second controller in a few weeks or a month or so.
This really needs more than nine more months plus?? I can't believe that.
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3-09-2007 @ 1:57PM
Clinton said...
I find it hard to believe a game like this could take so long to create. If the delay is true, that sucks very much, as I only started getting hyped for this game earlier this week.
Ya bring me up only to take me down. sigh
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3-09-2007 @ 2:02PM
Toph said...
IGN played some at GDC this week! What's the holdup???
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3-09-2007 @ 2:06PM
Type105x said...
welll i am still waitin for sonic lol WTF ever happen to it???
@2 ...its not like theres 100s of people working on it lol .plus M$ have the say on what makes it out____maybe it was Crap
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3-09-2007 @ 2:11PM
DjDATZ said...
reason 1: microsoft certification process.
reason 2: CASTLE CRASHERS IS RACIST!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
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3-09-2007 @ 2:15PM
Toph said...
Oh lord, DjDATZ, don't get back into THAT again.. lol
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3-09-2007 @ 2:17PM
zenprism said...
They must be too busy killing puppies and kittens. That's the reason for the delay. It's the only reason that makes sense.
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3-09-2007 @ 2:21PM
DjDATZ said...
i love saying that cuz its so ridiculous! :P
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3-09-2007 @ 2:26PM
DeadPlasmaCell said...
Well only a matter of time before the Boycott & Suing whores start their engines!
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3-09-2007 @ 2:29PM
beardsly43 said...
this hurts.
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3-09-2007 @ 2:31PM
Toph said...
You guys..with this game pushed back..or whatever you wanna call it..what are your top 2 XBLA games you'd want now? Has the 2008 date changed your immediate wants list any?
Castlevania: SOTN remains my #1 for sure..(and if my 360 wasn't bricked, i'd hope for it this week coming up...but I can assume it'll be Turtles Arcade.)
My #2 was actually Tetris, until they decided to go wierd and release it as a 'full' retail game. Now, with Castle Crashers 'gone', I have no next best choice, actually.
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3-09-2007 @ 2:51PM
smak said...
Vaporware. Nobody will give a shit about this game 1 year from now.
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3-09-2007 @ 2:59PM
JeffT said...
Ok, if Xbox Live arcade games are taking over a year to create and get into people hands then there has to be a problem. It's not even a full on Retail release. Can the company afford to delay the game like this?
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3-09-2007 @ 3:12PM
DeadPlasmaCell said...
I'm kinda glad they're saying "about a year left" or whatever, cuz it will be a nice suprise if they release it earlier, which they probably will.
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3-09-2007 @ 3:13PM
Mike said...
Forget SotN on XBLA. Get the PSP port. Meh, nevermind, I forgot the PSP's d-pad is like sh*t run over twice.
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3-09-2007 @ 3:16PM
Toph said...
Mike..the whole reason I'm excited for SOTN on XBLA is the widescreen HD, acheivements, and perhaps gamer pics and a theme or two. It'd also do me good to see friends play it; I really think it's the best side scroller ever.
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3-09-2007 @ 3:17PM
turkatron64 said...
One word comes to my mind: BAH! I have been waiting for this a REALLLLLLLY long time, and this really sucks. I just hope TMNT's release will keep me occupied for a while to come.
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3-09-2007 @ 3:17PM
DeadPlasmaCell said...
I got a few I'm looking forward to. SOTN, TMNT, Double Dragon
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3-09-2007 @ 3:25PM
DjDATZ said...
MUST I REPEAT MYSELF SO MUCH?! CASTLE CRASHERS IS RACIST!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP!!! WHAT HAS THIS WORLD COME TO WHEN WE HAVE GAMES BEING RACIST?! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
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3-09-2007 @ 3:36PM
Logan said...
Wow, don't know why they would need another year for this game. Seems a little absurd to me, as I was playing this game at pax last summer, and it looked and played like a beta version of the game. It's not like the gameplay is very deep or anything.
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