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Castle Crashers hits one million players photo

Yesterday saw a milestone for Castle Crashers as the XBLA side-scrolling beat-em-up hit one million players. After only ten months on the service at that.

It should not come as any surprise. The game has managed to keep itself in the top ten games purchased over Live Arcade even as recently as last month where it spent at least three of the four weeks in the top three. Still, that's a metric s--t ton of sales for an indie developer.

A well-deserved metric s--t ton if you ask me. Despite the multiplayer and savegame glitches which plagued the title for many months after release, it was and remains one of the very best games on the service. Congratulations, Behemoth! 


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14 comments | showing # 1 to 14

FalconReaper's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2009 10:39
FalconReaper
I say congrats to them. They made a great game ( and one of my personal favorites) and its nice to see them succeed
falinter's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2009 10:48
falinter
If they came out with more levels and such I'd consider going back to it. I'd probably pay for more laughs.
Char Aznable's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2009 10:53
Char Aznable
Congratulations, Behemoth. I love this god damned game, and would gladly pay for an expansion or a full-fledged sequel.

What's up with the Necromancer dude and the boss being playable characters? Did that ever happen? I haven't checked out Castle Crashers in a few months, so I may have missed it.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2009 10:59
Holyetheline
Wow. And to think the first time I played this game was so long ago... but I've had so many awesome memories of it with my friends.
Jack Maverick's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2009 11:10
Jack Maverick
You know what would make them gain more players? Putting it on PSN.

Come on, Behemoth, some PS3 users could use some love.
hpv's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2009 12:14
hpv
And with all that loot they can afford a PS3 port. Castle Crashers is one of maybe three games on Xbox that I have any interest in playing. It really should have been on PS3 in the first place, it's indie sensibilities would be much more at home on PSN than on Live Arcade.
funran's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2009 12:21
funran
I'd love it on ps3, but obviously it felt right at home on live, having a million players and all....... still i'd buy it on ps3.
eskimo bob's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2009 13:30
eskimo bob
... and I still haven't bought it; something I've been thinking of doing since the game's release.
zombiekiller13's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2009 13:44
zombiekiller13
This is the only XBLA game that I've gone back and played multiple times. It is way too much fun.

I'm looking forward to Behemoth's next game. Hopefully it will be just as addictive as Castle Crashers.
danpaladin's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2009 14:45
danpaladin
thanks <3<3<#<3<#<#<#<3<3
Freefall's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2009 15:09
Freefall
Hell yeah! My and my pal are always doing some Castle Crashers when we meet up. Bloody fantastic game!
smurfee mcgee's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2009 15:18
smurfee mcgee
Awesome. The game is fantastic. And yeah I want more.
Did anyone guess this correctly? the contest where you were supposed to guess when this was going to happen.
Conrad Zimmerman's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2009 17:37
Conrad Zimmerman
@smurfee mcgee: The winner was within three minutes, which is pretty damn amazing.
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2009 20:42
Dexter345
Woo.
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