It’s finally here folks. The hugely anticipated third Xbox Live Arcade title from acclaimed developer The Behemoth has a name, and that name is BattleRock Theater. Following past hits Alien Hominid and Castle Crashers, BattleBlock Theater has a lot to live up to.
The announcement of the title came via The Behemoth devblog, and features the tagline, “A story about friendship, betrayal, and a whole truck load of cats.” If that’s not a premise one can rally behind, then I don’t know what is. Here is the blog post, followed by the first official trailer for the game. Enjoy!
Blog Entry
“Having shipwrecked on a mysterious island you find yourself both betrayed by your best friend Hatty and captured by the locals. All of this is happening while being forced into deadly performances. This however, is just the start of your problems.
BattleBlock Theater is our upcoming third title for the Xbox Live Arcade. Website to follow in the next few days and as we inch closer to the release of the title we’ll be unfolding more of the story online.
Enjoy.
- Emil -”
Looks completely awesome. I’ve always enjoyed Behemoth’s art style, and this game looks like it will be a riot. I can’t wait to play it.
I loved Castle Crashers, but never made it through Alien Hominid
That was an awesome frickin’ trailer. Hopefully they will start showing more gameplay as E3 gets closer and closer.
Looooove it. Hopefully we see this before E3, Shawn. But I doubt it.
I will look to see if this is playable at PAX East — Castle Crashers was a blast!
Wow…this looks amazing. I can’t wait!
I’ll probably be getting this.
That trailer just got me pumped for this game. My friends and I have spent hours playing Castle Crashers together, and though I never got into Alien Hominid, it looks like this is going to be another one of those games.
I hope things turn out well, but as of now, my expectations are very high, and I have a feeling it will be great fun, just like their other titles.
Glad to see more info on this. Can’t wait to get my hands on it!