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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 - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 10:59
Justice
I didn't want to watch but my finger clicked and my eyes can't look away!
godkow's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:01
godkow
This post is relevant to my interests.
Mr Wilson's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:05
Mr Wilson
I came
Kryptinite's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:11
Kryptinite
how is it 15 minutes and the video is only 7 minutes long?
Kryptinite's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:12
Kryptinite
Oh I'm retarded and didn't read the whole post...noob.
kapshhh's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:12
kapshhh
Holy hell.
Vengeful Penor's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:12
Vengeful Penor
That game looks awesome. Also Erotic asphyxiation
Arttemis's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:14
Arttemis
It's auto-erotic when you do it in a car.
randombullseye's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:15
randombullseye
I hate you guys. Why do you get to play it before us?
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:18
Justice
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 - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:20
KamikazeTutor
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 - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:22
Zombutler
"Take that, sexy enemies!"
taterchimp's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:22
taterchimp
Looks fun, if not very hectic.
galagabug 's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:24
galagabug
wow. this game buffers a lot!
randombullseye's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:25
randombullseye
@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.
necrozen's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:25
necrozen
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.
Shin Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:25
Shin Oni
...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 - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:27
Scrixx
I'm going to let lucky tonight. OH LOL.

I really NEED THIS GAME.
Scrixx's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:28
Scrixx
Why are people complaining over the talking, just mute them. I enjoyed it, twas funny commentary.
pendelton21's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:39
pendelton21
think I peed a little...
Simon's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:40
Simon
Looks awesome, can't wait
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:45
Samit Sarkar
This is one of the few games that make me wish I owned a 360.
007's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:47
007
Holy shiznats that was awesome...
mattynunchucks's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:53
mattynunchucks
balloon-knot
Senisan's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:56
Senisan
I played this at PAX last year, this is going to be a blast!
F Whipple's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 11:57
F Whipple
The talking made it for me. Auto-erotic ftw
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 12:03
Dan CiTi
YES. I'm long over due for a good beat 'em up.
ace of knaves's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 12:13
ace of knaves
Yeah, there are Asian mummies, you filthy, filthy racists.
Hitogoroshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 12:19
Hitogoroshi
GIVE IT TO ME NOW!
zombiekiller13's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 12:22
zombiekiller13
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 - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 12:30
Dead Movie Star
Saweet.
Fusiontr's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 12:32
Fusiontr
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 - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 12:34
Polish Hill
The talking just increased the awesome, well done.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 12:51
king3vbo
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFf

IT LOOK SO GOOD
dronkmunk's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 12:54
dronkmunk
don't want
Guagloves's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 13:08
Guagloves
YESSSSSSSS GIVE IT TO ME
fetusmilk's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 13:26
fetusmilk
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 - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 13:41
Lukky NL
The vid isn't loading over here :( Anybody else experiencing this?
RAB's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 13:45
RAB
@ lukky

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

KamikazeTutor: God, I fucking loved Guardian Heroes.

You better upgrade that rabbit, dammit!
HeavyD's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 14:01
HeavyD
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 - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 14:06
TrailerParkJesus
I'm not watching this. You evil, torturous, son of a bitch.
Lukky NL's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 14:12
Lukky NL
I want but I can't. The pain is horrible...
zeroword's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 14:21
zeroword
The talking was annoying and not funny at all.
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 14:31
Niero
THAT WAS EROTIC
edeo's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 14:34
edeo
I agree, it's pretty inane babbling.
Brass's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 14:34
Brass
I thought the commentary was charming.

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