Besides E4 the most information that has come out of GDC has been for the Behemoth's future title, Castle Crashers. With the recent release of Alien Hominid it should come as no surprise that the release date for this title is no where close to anytime in the future, but what you may not have heard about is the rumor running rampant about the release being sometime in 2008. Joystiq has uncovered that the title does in fact have "about a year of development left". The reason for this super long "delay" can be partially attributed to the new size increase, which has allowed them to pack more content and features into the game. Castle Crashers also hit it big at the Game Developers Choice Awards (full results can be seen at Joystiq). The Behemoth took home both "Excellence in Visuals" and the Audience Award for Castle Crashers. There were many hands-on previews of the game, but we will just skip those and go straight to the movies for our hands-on impressions.

• GameVideos "Bear Battle"
• GameVideos "Thrash gameplay"
• Gamespot's Interview/Hands-on feature on "On the Spot"

After watching those videos, I must say that Castle Crashers is the game to watch for Xbox Live Arcade in 2008 AND 2007. What are your impressions?

Castle Crashers has the potential to be one of the biggest games ever on XBLA. If the multiplayer is done right, it will certainly give all other offerings on the service a run for their money. The worst thing about that is the waiting. We already know what the next eight games are likely to be, and none of those are CC. So until then we'll have to be patient and soak up whatever small bits we get about this game.

This is one such time.

GameTrailers.com has just posted a sweet looking trailer, for us all to drool over. Click "Read More" to see it in action.

Thanks for the heads up Measure.

 

The people who run the Independent Games Festival have announced the entries for the 9th iteration of the show. While many of the games are completely unknown to the general public, this is not due to the quality of the game but rather due to the lack of marketing budget. So next time you get sick of Tony Hawk 52 or Madden 78 check out this list for some great games.

Another thing to note that three upcoming XBLA games are on the list; Load Inc's Mad Tracks, Naked Sky's RoboBlitz, and The Behemoth's Crashers.

You can check out the list here.