Hello PlayStation.Blog residents. Emil Ayoubkhan here from The Behemoth. We were graciously granted access to the blog to update everyone on our progress with Castle Crashers for PSN.
I’m here today to talk about our new volleyball minigame that we will be including in our upcoming version of Castle, but before I get into that, let’s talk about the release date. This is pretty straightforward actually as we don’t have one yet. We’re looking to finish sometime this year and as soon as we can narrow it down to a specific month, we will be able to talk about this more.
Now back to the to volleyball minigame. Here are some of the finer points:
Play co-op or vs your buddies
- Local or online play
- From 1-4 players per team for up to 8 player matches
- Variable stats based on character
- Use magic attacks to place 8 new magic status effects on the volleyball
- Cool new serving and spiking moves
- Available AI teammates or opponents
- Play as any character you have unlocked
- Play 1, 3 or 5 matches against your opponents
- Leaderboards to track the best in the land
It’s basically like playing volleyball with your friends but you get to replace good sportsmanship with explosions, magic, and weaponry. As we get closer to the release, we’ll start revealing some more features and additions. What will they be? How will they work? What will they do? Stay tuned for more.
-Emil
OMG thank you for giving us this update I was starting to think that castle crashers was forgotten but I’m glad I read this post and I can’t wait to buy this game when it comes out I’ve been waiting for it to come to ps3 since it came out on the 360
Although it’s a real shame that a number of people have left such sour comments on here, I for one, am really looking forward to this game. I played it vaguely on my 360, but most of my friends play on the PS3, so I’ll have a lot more fun playing this over PSN!
It’s great to see you’re not just copying and pasting it over, and are developing new things to make the PS3 version superior. Good on you. :)
This’ll be a first day buy for me, when it’s released!
man i’ve actually wanted this game for a while now. had no idea it was coming to the PS3. definitely good news. wish there was a date (as in today lol) but still good news to know it’s coming.
yessss thank you …my friend always used to rub this game in my face laughing and telling me its not for ps3 only 360….wat a meathead
@BloodyCow
I am fully aware that my opinions do not equal fact, my point was that a lot of the comments on the posts were pretty whiny and ungrateful. I know the online may not be perfect and I know my feelings about the game are purely subjective (though if you look at reviews and such, the game is generally considerded “great”), but the fact the Behemoth is even bothering porting this to PSN plus the fact they are throwing in extra stuff is pretty strong evidence that they are, in FACT, awesome. They could have decided “screw it, buy a 360 if you want to play this game.”
I’d totally buy this…
IF:
1. It was priced at $10 or less. After all, it’s almost a year old now.
2. Behemoth brings BattleBlock Theater (which looks mega-awesome by the way) to PSN on the same date 360 owners are getting it.
Fail to meet these conditions and I, as well as many many others, will skip out. I don’t believe in having to wait for games 360 owners got to experience a year before. It’s only normal for people to lose interest after awhile. If you guys do decide timed exclusivity for BattleBlock Theater, you may as well keep on that platform.
Microsoft moneyhats are killing the gaming industry. It’s pointless and hurts the developers.
i love this post, its short and to the point. i just wanns say that i enjoyed this game on 360 and that I WILL be downloading it AGAIN on psn. its that good…
THANK YOU.
For the post, your comments, and your honesty.
Was hoping it would have been out sooner myself, but will definitely check it out when it does arrive.
@105 Bashr21
“my point was that a lot of the comments on the posts were pretty whiny and ungrateful.”
The point is PS3 owners shouldn’t have to be “grateful” when treated like second class gamers, when cross platform games are finally released were supposed to be all “grateful” we recive second-hand goods.
“the fact the Behemoth is even bothering porting this to PSN plus the fact they are throwing in extra stuff is pretty strong evidence that they are, in FACT, awesome.”
Or that they finally realised there was another console out called PS3 and they can get the second class gamers of the PS3 to buy a re-released title, but so as not to be looked at as purely money grubbing, throw in some extra stuff, kudos to them on the extra effort.
“They could have decided “screw it, buy a 360 if you want to play this game.””
They could have, your right.
However, looking at how many people will buy it, if its priced right (Myself included) they would be fools not to.
Yet, to act like its being brought to PS3 as a gift or out of simple respect to the PS3 owners and no consideration to the financial aspect is both naive and shows the mindset of the second class gamers we are treated like on the PS3
Don’t listen to the guy who said to scrap the game. I want to play this. Thanks for bringing it over.
this game seems like the starcraft 2 of ps3. It was announced way too long ago, and there is still no end in sight. I think people would be a lot happier if they had a release date in mind. People don’t like the unknown.
We don\’t like the unknown either. Thank you for comparing us to Starcraft, that\’s like the nicest thing to say to a game developer.. I\’m getting all teary eyed.
Sometimes we just can\’t narrow it down to a specific month, week, day. We hope we can maintain your individual happiness as we move closer to release.