The smash hit Xbox 360-era 2D side-scrolling hack-and-slash recreation, Castle Crashers, is getting DLC on Steam over a decade after its launch on the platform.
Earlier at this time, developer The Behemoth unveiled Castle Crasher’s upcoming DLC, Painter Boss Paradise, throughout a YouTube livestream. The DLC is not going to solely see a creative replace to its ensemble solid and weapons, however it is going to additionally let gamers design their characters utilizing the Steam workshop. Paint Boss Paradise may also introduce a new playable character named Paint Junior, whom the devs describe as somebody who can “vanquish enemies with the very energy of their creativeness.” Seeing as how the dwell stream is titled “The Behemoth Roadmap,” Painter Boss Paradise’s announcement wasn’t couched with a launch date, although The Behemoth says it is going to disclose these particulars at a later date.
We was enemies. We used to destroy the world round us. Now, we create! Introducing… the Castle Crashers Painter Boss Paradise DLC, coming quickly to Steam! 🎨 pic.twitter.com/nZVQuwUUdP
— The Behemoth 👽 (@thebehemoth) July 26, 2024
Castle Crashers DLC wasn’t the one factor The Behemoth introduced at this time. In tandem with its yet-to-be-revealed launch date tease for Painter Boss Paradise, The Behemoth additionally listed a slew of updates for its different earlier launch video games:
- Battleblock Theater is getting a quality-of-life replace addressing visuals, body charges, and bug fixes on Steam in addition to a console port for Xbox Sequence X/S.
- Pit Individuals can be receiving a quality-of-life replace
- Alien Hominid HD and Alien Hominid Invasion are coming to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5
Whereas engaged on updates for our whole gaming library, we’re additionally prototyping for our subsequent recreation! Ooooh, aaaaaah. Yep, that’s all we have now to say about it for now. pic.twitter.com/POqVAGSpxx
— The Behemoth 👽 (@thebehemoth) July 26, 2024
Capping off Behemoth’s cavalcade of bulletins was a tease saying its subsequent recreation is being prototyped. Little is thought whether or not or not the upcoming recreation would be the long-awaited Castle Crasher 2 or if will probably be a model new recreation totally. All the identical, The Behemoth followers have a lot of gaming to stay up for within the coming days.
In our 9/10 evaluate of Castle Crashers, we wrote, “Castle Crashers takes the perfect parts of conventional side-scrolling beat-em-ups and provides a number of aptitude. There’s some nice humor right here and a few good surprises that may please most. In fact, a very powerful factor is that it is a complete lot of enjoyable — particularly while you play with buddies.”
Isaiah Colbert is a freelance author for IGN. You may comply with them on Twitter @ShinEyeZehUhh.