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Castle Crashers @ Comic-con

GameVideos has a new video of Castle Crashers. And it's a whopping five minutes long! While we have already seen much of the level shown here, what we had yet to see until now is the flow of the game from start to boss battle.

If you know anything about Castle Crashers you know that 4-player co-op madness is the name of the game (well, actually Castle Crashers is the name, but I digress). And it's always fun to run shoulder to shoulder with your buddies while you all slay the baddies. That is, until there is a damsel to claim save, at which point co-op turns competitive and friends become foes. And what's the prize for slaying your friends once the enemies have been defeated? Why, the adoration and affection of the very damsel you all saved together. If only real life dating supremacy could be battled out this easily.

[via GameVideos, thanks MURS]

Lots of Xbox Live Arcade Marketplace Content

Major Nelson has posted the lastest list of marketplace content and it definately is a bountiful harvest today for XBLArcaders. Content, pictures and themes are available for 3D Ultra Minigolf (content), Alien Hominid (content, pictures), Band of Bugs (content), Mad Tracks (content, theme), and Soltrio Solitaire (content).

Marketplace users in Japan will be able to finally pick up a copy of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night on their native Marketplace.

Full details of this content is available on Major Nelson's website.

New Alien Hominid DLC

The confession can now start, who hasn't finished the PDA levels included with the game yet let alone the previous downloadable PDA levels?
Name: Hominid HD - PDA Classic Pack 2
Price: 150 Points
Availability: All Xbox Live regions
Dash Details: even more levels from your favorite developers, The Behemoth. Grab three of your best friends and try out these amazing new levels. This pack contains 100 new PDA levels.

Name: Alien Hominid HD - Classic Picture Pack 2
Price: 100 Points
Availability: All Xbox Live regions
Dash Details: Part 2 of the Classic Series. These 5 Gamer Pictures will make your friends jealous and make your Gamercard fashionable.

Name: Alien Hominid HD - Creator Series
Price: 100 Points
Availability: All Xbox Live regions
Dash Details: The Creator Series contains some serious poultry action! It even includes a very large fork! Purchase these 5 Gamer Pictures today and make your console happy again!

More PDA levels in Alien Hominid DLC

If you have already beaten the 200 PDA levels included with the Alien Hominid HD game, the Behemoth have released 100 more PDA levels for 150 MS Points. For those of you who are confused by this news, the PDA levels are one of the many minigames included in the XBLA release of Alien Hominid HD. The objective is to solve a somewhat simple platforming puzzle before you can move on to the next level. In addition to the PDA levels, a few picture packs were released. Details are below.

Name: Alien Hominid HD - PDA Hot New Levels Price: 150 Points Availability: All Xbox Live regions Dash Details: These brand new, never before seen levels are hand crafted by The Behemoth and Newgrounds. These levels are guaranteed to keep you and your console busy for days! This pack contains 100 new PDA levels. Name: Alien Hominid HD - Classic Picture Pack 1 Price: 100 Points Availability: All Xbox Live regions Dash Details: He's small, he's yellow, and most importantly he's on your 360! This 5 pack of Gamer Pictures features a series of characters from the hit title Alien Hominid HD. Make your console happy again! Name: Alien Hominid HD - Pudding Boss Picture Pack Price: 100 Points Availability: All Xbox Live regions Dash Details: This picture pack contains the Award Winning Pudding Boss, the Fat Kid, and Screaming FBI Agent along with some serious attitude. Purchase this pack today and share your Pudding love! This pack contains 5 Gamer Pictures.

Will anyone be picking this up or have you not finished the original 200 PDA levels yet?

GDC: Castle Crashers Round-up

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. 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?

2007 IGF entries announced, 3 XBLA titles included.

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.

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