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On August 27, The Behemoth's side-scrolling beat-'em-up role-playing game Castle Crashers will finally be available for a cool 1200 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE Arcade.

Although the reality is that Castle Crashers has been in the making for "a normal amount of development time," it sure has seemed like forever, hasn't it? But why make the next week of waiting any harder than it has to be? 

After much begging and pleading, we're being allowed to share with you the first 15 minutes of Castle Crashers. While the game supports four players (both locally and online), I was only able to round up two people -- my good friend (and Baltimore-area record biter) Don and my wife, Debbey -- to sit down and play with me.

Note: Castle Crashers is rated T (for "teen"), but the commentary is probably a bit closer to mature. With that in mind, the audio of this video may be not safe for work. That's NSFW for those of you who only look for Internet lingo when browsing blog posts.

Part one of the video can be found above, with the second half after the jump. Be sure to check back this Thursday, when we present our follow-up, "The 18 minutes right after the first 15 minutes of Castle Crashers." Enjoy!




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Justice's Avatar
Justice at 08/19/2008 10:59
I didn't want to watch but my finger clicked and my eyes can't look away!
godkow's Avatar
godkow at 08/19/2008 11:01
This post is relevant to my interests.
Mr Wilson's Avatar
Mr Wilson at 08/19/2008 11:05
I came
Kryptinite's Avatar
Kryptinite at 08/19/2008 11:11
how is it 15 minutes and the video is only 7 minutes long?
Kryptinite's Avatar
Kryptinite at 08/19/2008 11:12
Oh I'm retarded and didn't read the whole post...noob.
kapshhh's Avatar
kapshhh at 08/19/2008 11:12
Holy hell.
Vengeful Penor's Avatar
Vengeful Penor at 08/19/2008 11:12
That game looks awesome. Also Erotic asphyxiation
Arttemis's Avatar
Arttemis at 08/19/2008 11:14
It's auto-erotic when you do it in a car.
randombullseye's Avatar
randombullseye at 08/19/2008 11:15
I hate you guys. Why do you get to play it before us?
Justice's Avatar
Justice at 08/19/2008 11:18
I had to skip through bits, I can't ruin it entirely for myself. Looks awesome, though we all already knew that.
KamikazeTutor's Avatar
KamikazeTutor at 08/19/2008 11:20
I'm getting a 360 for this game.
I've been playing Guardian Heroes lately, wishing for a 4 player story mode like this.
Zombutler's Avatar
Zombutler at 08/19/2008 11:22
"Take that, sexy enemies!"
taterchimp's Avatar
taterchimp at 08/19/2008 11:22
Looks fun, if not very hectic.
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galagabug at 08/19/2008 11:24
wow. this game buffers a lot!
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randombullseye at 08/19/2008 11:25
@justice

I also skipped stuff.

The talking over the game was unbearable. Please don't do that next time or at the very least scale it down a notch.
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necrozen at 08/19/2008 11:25
Looks like a fun game. I like the art. I don't have a 360, so I won't actually be playing it, but I'm glad to see folks making games that go back to oldschool buttonmashing punchemups for fun. Oh, and I had to mute the video because the people talking was preeetty annoying.
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Shin Oni at 08/19/2008 11:25
...why was Nick's character farting? Like...I didn't get it. Then Debbie and Don's were farting for a bit and then they stopped.

Can't wait though...i'm literally holding whatever MS points i've had for the past month just to get this game.
Scrixx's Avatar
Scrixx at 08/19/2008 11:27
I'm going to let lucky tonight. OH LOL.

I really NEED THIS GAME.
Scrixx's Avatar
Scrixx at 08/19/2008 11:28
Why are people complaining over the talking, just mute them. I enjoyed it, twas funny commentary.
pendelton21's Avatar
pendelton21 at 08/19/2008 11:39
think I peed a little...
Gemsi's Avatar
Gemsi at 08/19/2008 11:40
Looks awesome, can't wait
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 08/19/2008 11:45
This is one of the few games that make me wish I owned a 360.
007's Avatar
007 at 08/19/2008 11:47
Holy shiznats that was awesome...
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mattynunchucks at 08/19/2008 11:53
balloon-knot
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Senisan82 at 08/19/2008 11:56
I played this at PAX last year, this is going to be a blast!
F Whipple's Avatar
F Whipple at 08/19/2008 11:57
The talking made it for me. Auto-erotic ftw
Dan CiTi's Avatar
Dan CiTi at 08/19/2008 12:03
YES. I'm long over due for a good beat 'em up.
ace of knaves's Avatar
ace of knaves at 08/19/2008 12:13
Yeah, there are Asian mummies, you filthy, filthy racists.
Hitogoroshi's Avatar
Hitogoroshi at 08/19/2008 12:19
GIVE IT TO ME NOW!
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zombiekiller13 at 08/19/2008 12:22
I don't want to watch, mainly because I don't want anything ruined...but dear god, it's tough keeping myself from clicking. Next Wednesday...can't I just freeze myself and have someone re-animate me on the 27th?

Wait...that probably wouldn't go over too well...

And seriously...normal amount of development time? Wasn't this announced for the GameCube when it was still-somewhat alive? I can't remember the exact date it was originally announced, but I'm pretty damn sure it started as a GC-exclusive.
Dead Movie Star's Avatar
Dead Movie Star at 08/19/2008 12:30
Saweet.
Fusiontr's Avatar
Fusiontr at 08/19/2008 12:32
I love Alien Hominid's boss battles
and it seems Castle Crashers has just as many awesome boss battles
YEY

And hilarious commentary was hilarious
Polish Hill's Avatar
Polish Hill at 08/19/2008 12:34
The talking just increased the awesome, well done.
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king3vbo at 08/19/2008 12:51
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFf

IT LOOK SO GOOD
dronkmunk's Avatar
dronkmunk at 08/19/2008 12:54
don't want
Guagloves's Avatar
Guagloves at 08/19/2008 13:08
YESSSSSSSS GIVE IT TO ME
fetusmilk's Avatar
fetusmilk at 08/19/2008 13:26
this game gives me a reason to turn my 360 back on, now i cant remember, can silver members still buy/download full games or only demos?or will i need a gold membership to download it?
Lukky NL's Avatar
Lukky NL at 08/19/2008 13:41
The vid isn't loading over here :( Anybody else experiencing this?
RAB's Avatar
RAB at 08/19/2008 13:45
@ lukky

yup
cant watch it either. tried giving it like 5 minutes to load then clicking play-- but no dice
Pacopaco's Avatar
Pacopaco at 08/19/2008 13:52
Same as the gentlemen above me. First video simply hangs at the default "loading" screen.
Electro Lemon's Avatar
Electro Lemon at 08/19/2008 13:55
HUZZAH!

KamikazeTutor: God, I fucking loved Guardian Heroes.

You better upgrade that rabbit, dammit!
HeavyD's Avatar
HeavyD at 08/19/2008 14:01
Mmm baby. That's good castle crashing.

@ KamikazeTutor:
You HAVE a copy of Guardian Heroes? I HATE you! I haven't gotten to play that for like 10 years. I still long for the day...
TrailerParkJesus's Avatar
TrailerParkJesus at 08/19/2008 14:06
I'm not watching this. You evil, torturous, son of a bitch.
Lukky NL's Avatar
Lukky NL at 08/19/2008 14:12
I want but I can't. The pain is horrible...
zeroword's Avatar
zeroword at 08/19/2008 14:21
The talking was annoying and not funny at all.
Niero's Avatar
Niero at 08/19/2008 14:31
THAT WAS EROTIC
edeo's Avatar
edeo at 08/19/2008 14:34
I agree, it's pretty inane babbling.
Brass's Avatar
Brass at 08/19/2008 14:34
I thought the commentary was charming.

Definitely looking forward to this game - I'll be buying it the Wednesday after next.
Teta's Avatar
Teta at 08/19/2008 14:51
I want a 360 to play this.
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 08/19/2008 15:08
I will spare myself watching this so I can just play when it comes out.
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