Castle Crashers First DLC in Over a Decade Finally Gets Release Window

Castle Crashers First DLC in Over a Decade Finally Gets Release Window

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Arriving long after its 2008 release, Castle Crashers is getting a brand new DLC this summer, continuing the game's evolution nearly twenty years after its original unveiling. This marks developer The Behemoth's fourth DLC for Castle Crashers and the first since 2011.

The game's cheeky take on the classic four-player beat-em-up first graced consumers' screens several console generations ago and met with generally favorable reviews and millions of units sold across its various incarnations. Castle Crashers has since received a remastered edition, along with a variety of additional content releases introducing new characters, mini-games, and more. The Behemoth's last new title (remasters notwithstanding) was 2023's Alien Hominid Invasion, a side-scrolling roguelike shooter that features 4-player cooperative play similar to Castle Crashers.

After well over a decade, Indie darling Castle Crashers is getting a brand new DLC, and it's going to bring about some pretty sizable changes.

The new Castle Crashers DLC was announced in June 2024 as a Steam exclusive, and it will launch in summer of 2025. Featuring the lowliest henchman from the original game, the new content is titled Painter Boss Paradise, after the toolbox-headed servant of the Evil Wizard, The...

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