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Unleash your creativity and brush off your beat ‘em up skills because Castle Crashers: Painter Boss Paradise is out now! The DLC includes new art for all playable characters and weapons, a new official character named Paint Junior, custom character capabilities, and MORE! ✏️
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We used to be enemies. We used to destroy the world around us. Now, we create! Introducing… the Castle Crashers Painter Boss Paradise DLC, coming soon to Steam! 🎨
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Are you ready to create powerful characters in Castle Crashers? Let the Painter Boss guide your creative journey into the Painter Boss Paradise DLC ahead of its Steam release on August 6, 2025!
Download the template from the Castle Crashers Steam store page to get started! 🎨
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The truth behind the two aliens found in Mexico has finally been revealed...
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It's been a busy few weeks, but we must stop and celebrate once more. On this day in 2008, an expedition of four knights set off into the great unknown. They found friendship, catfish, and magic, the three main pillars of life.
Happy 15th Birthday, Castle Crashers! 💙❤️💚🧡
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THE BEHEMOTH ROADMAP IS HERE! Updates to all of our previous titles are in the works, and we’ve started prototyping for our next game! 🐔❤️🎮
Check out the animated chicken trailer here:
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The Behemoth x Among Us 🚀
Check out the Among Us in-game store to get the Indie Cosmicube and transform into the cutest Behemoth character beans!
Thank you so much @AmongUsGame for including us in this collab with a bunch of talented indies! See you soon as the imposter... 😈
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BattleBlock Theater is soon receiving a quality of life update on Steam, oh happy day! Higher resolution, lightning fast frame rates, bug fixes aplenty, and more will be YOURS!
To all who've patiently waited, we're also preparing BBT for modern consoles! Which? When? TBA! 🐔❤️
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13 years ago a game baby was born. Today that game baby becomes a game teenager. As you can see, our prototype baby was born full grown and has Benjamin Buttoned over the years into the beloved diblets of joy we all know today. Here's to 13 years of a baby crashing castles
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With the release of the Castle Crashers Painter Boss Paradise DLC less than two days away, we wanted to share profile pictures for all of the FRESH character redesigns! Help us spread Painter Boss Paradise across the internet??? 🐔❤️
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Alien Hominid HD returns! The award-winning 2D side-scroller is back for a new generation of gamers! 🔫
Co-launching with Alien Hominid Invasion, Alien Hominid HD will be available on Steam, Nintendo Switch, XBOX One, and XBOX Series X|S. Stay tuned for more details. 🛸
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Grab hold of something, and don’t get abducted — Game 5 is coming. 🛸
We're excited to share our next game in development, Alien Hominid Invasion! This reinvention of Alien Hominid HD will feature new gameplay, progression, mechanics, & more. Stay tuned for more details at PAX.
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CASTLE CRASHERS TOMORROW‼️
PAINTER BOSS PARADISE DLC‼️
10AM PDT‼️
STEAM‼️
$3.99‼️
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It's the 17th anniversary of Castle Crashers' initial release on the Xbox Live Arcade! Game babies, they grow up so fast. 💗⚔️
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Today we have some more Castle Crossover art, this time for our friends over at @StudioMDHR ❤️💙
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Castle Crashers is more fun with more friends, so we're giving you more ways to play when the game launches for the Nintendo Switch on September 17th!
Retweet and follow us for the chance to win a set of colored Joy-Con controllers! 💚❤💙🧡🕹
[Winner will be drawn by 9/6/19]
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We’re having so much fun looking through all your custom DLC characters! Can you believe there’s already 9,000 character entries in the workshop? Send us some of your favorites in this thread! ✏️
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Castle Crashers Remastered coming to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. Read all about it on our blog.
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We want to see YOUR Castle Crashers Painter Boss Paradise custom characters in this thread!
(but remember, don't post the entirely filled out template or someone could claim your work as their own!!!)
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Your very own Mothership awaits! Alien Hominid Invasion will be released on November 1st for Steam, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox. 👽
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You must be the artist they told me about – the one making a Castle Crashers character in Painter Boss Paradise!!!
We’re working on a little DLC hype video and want to feature a handful of YOUR creations. Please leave a screenshot in this thread for a chance to be included!
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Here's a side-by-side comparison of the classic and fresh Necromancer art for the upcoming Castle Crashers Painter Boss Paradise DLC!
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🛸 ALIEN HOMINID GIVEAWAY 👾
We’re counting down the release of Alien Hominid Invasion and HD with a daily giveaway for BOTH games!
To enter:
- Follow us @TheBehemoth
- Retweet & like this post 💚
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Castle Crashers Remastered will soon be available in all its glory for Nintendo Switch in PHYSICAL form! The physical edition will cost $29.99 and include a sticker pack and character unlock guide. ❤️🧡💚💙
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Here's a side by side video comparison of all the official CLASSIC and FRESH designs now in Castle Crashers! Which glow up is your favorite???
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EVERYONE GO GIVE JEFF SOME LOVE FOR THESE BEAUTIFUL CASTLE CRASHERS PORTRAIT REDRAWS RIGHT NOW (please and ty)
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Check out these incredible knight cosplays seen at PAX Australia last weekend! 🛡️
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Are you ready for the Invasion? This new intel will help you prep...
Alien Hominid Invasion is a co-op run ‘n’ gun packed with chaos, mayhem, and a whole lot of explosions. Beam down to invade randomly-assembled neighborhoods and face the unending swarm of enemy Agents!
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Happy Castle Crashers Anniversary! Our beloved game baby turns the tender age of 14 today. We'd like to take a moment on this teenager sized milestone to thank every one of u for playing. So thank you thank u and thank you to all for joining us on this 4player adventure.❤️💙🧡💚
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WHAT POWERFUL CHARACTERS WILL YOU CREATE WITH THE CASTLE CRASHERS PAINTER BOSS PARADISE TOOL???
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Happy 16th anniversary to our favorite co-op beat 'em up adventure! Today we celebrate the past 16 years of Castle Crashers while preparing for a new Steam DLC that will welcome Paint Junior and all of YOUR beautiful creations to the game! Happy birthday, knights. 🎂❤️⚔️
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Castle Crashers Remastered is crashing onto the Nintendo Switch on September 17, 2019, with the PlayStation 4 version of the game following soon after! ⚔️
Read on for an important note about the game from the Behemoth team: blog.thebehemoth.com/2019/08…
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@thebehemoth has the opportunity to make the funniest piece of merch at the moment...
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Castle Crashers Herbert’s Paradise is coming soon to Steam! Every playable character in the game will be Herbert, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
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SEASON’S GREETINGS WITH @AmongUsGame! 🎁
To our favorite bean,
We hope you enjoy your new alien look, and thanks again for including us in the Indie Cosmicube with some LEGENDARY indie devs.
Sincerely,
The Big Chicken team
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CATCHING UP ON ALL THE AMAZING CUSTOM DLC CHARACTERS YOU MADE OVER THE WEEKEND BUT THERE'S TOO MANY
SEND YOUR CHARACTERS OR FAVORITES FROM THE WORKSHOP BELOW PLS
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The invasion is finally here! Alien Hominid Invasion and Alien Hominid HD are OUT NOW on Steam, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. 🛸
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Hatty Hattington as Hatsune Miku by Thiefflorence is another winner of our 2025 Halloween Art Contest! 💎
We loved seeing all of our characters dressed up as Miku this year! Maybe in another universe, they could all join each other on stage and sing a Vocaloid mix of our favorite Behemoth tunes?
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Happy anniversary to Castle Crashers, which first launched on Xbox 360 on this day in 2008. We've come a long way in 11 years, but we've got even farther to go!
Thanks for playing, and making everything we do possible. Keep crashing castles! 🎉
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Castle Crashers DLC is coming to Steam in less than a week! Are you ready to make custom characters and play as Paint Junior? Feast your eyes on some of the creations our artistic community has already designed! 🎨
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10 years ago, the S.S. Friendship shipwrecked on an island full of madness run by... evil cat guards? We'll never forget the trials and tribulations we faced to save our friends, in addition to any friendships that may have ended thanks to co-optional gameplay mechanics.
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The Castle Crashers Painter Boss Paradise DLC officially releases for Steam on August 6th!
Head over to the Castle Crashers Steam store page to add the DLC to your wishlist and get started with the custom character template! We can’t wait to see your creations! 🐔
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Draw along with Dan as he talks about some of his techniques for redrawing characters in the upcoming Castle Crashers: Painter Boss Paradise DLC!
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Literally no one asked, but with so many anatomy charts suddenly popping up we felt like the world deserved to know.
PS - The 7 foot tall man for scale is a basketball player, probably. Don't worry about it.
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Who is ready for a Castle Crashers Painter Boss Paradise DLC development stream?!
We'll be live this Friday, October 4th, at 2:00PM PDT on YouTube and Twitch to discuss some new features with special guest @reckerless! See you soon! 😊
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Ever wondered what it would look like if you play as the bosses in Castle Crashers? #CastleCrashers #FANART
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KNIGHT PLUSHIES ARE BACK!!!! 🧡❤️💚💙
Get your very own squishy and knightly pal at store.thebehemoth.com/ ⚔️
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Adventures ahead! #PitPeople has officially launched with the full story. Get it today on Steam and Xbox One! (pitpeople.com)
From the makers of #battleblocktheater #castlecrashers #alienhominid ift.tt/2oCGXPj
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21 years ago on this very day, the original Alien Hominid was released on Newgrounds! With hand-drawn graphics by @DanPaladin and programming by @TomFulp, this run ‘n’ gun flash game took the internet by storm, eventually leading to the creation of the big chicken. 👽🎉
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The Behemoth 🤝 PlayStation Gamers
You asked, and this chicken listened! Alien Hominid Invasion AND Alien Hominid HD are coming soon to PlayStation 4 AND PlayStation 5! 🛸
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Alien Hominid HD is back! Soon we can once again fight our favorite (and not tilting whatsoever 😊) bosses while jamming out to nostalgic arcade tunes!
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WHO PUT THE NECROMANCER IN THE CHICKEN ONESIE? Waweezer, that’s who, another talented artist who won a blood bear plushie in our art contest! Imagine how different this boss fight would hit with the Necromancer like this.
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Hear ye, Knights–the time is (k)nigh! Pre-orders for the physical edition of Castle Crashers Remastered for Nintendo Switch shall commence Monday, September 18th in our online store! ⚔️
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Here's a quick Castle Crashers Painter Boss Paradise DLC development update from our recent stream! 🎨
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After careful deliberation, we have selected the winners of our Green Knight art contest with a special surprise – SIX total entries have won a Green Knight prize! Check out our linked blog to see all the winning art, honorable mentions handpicked by Dan, and our Green Knight gallery! 🍀
Art shown is by Geoff H. 💚
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Couldn’t attend PAX West? Here’s a giveaway for our signed PAX-exclusive Castle Crashers bundle, complete with a set of themed Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons!
To enter:
- Follow us @TheBehemoth
- Retweet & like this post
- Respond with your favorite Behemoth character ⚔️
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Here's a peek at some updated gameplay footage from our upcoming game, Alien Hominid Invasion!
A co-op run 'n' gun packed with chaos, jetpacks, and a whole lot of explosions. MUTATE for MAYHEM, get your revenge, and whatever you do, DO NOT forget to roll!
INVADING 2023! 👽🛸
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Alien Hominid: The Extra Terrestrial Bundle, featuring BOTH Alien Hominid titles, launches on November 1st for Steam, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox for $24.99! 🔫
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See you soon, #PAXWest! If you’ll be at the show, don’t forget to swing by Booth #2317 for some classic Behemoth arcade cab goodness. We’ll have Alien Hominid Invasion, Alien Hominid HD, Castle Crashers, and Back Off Barbarian for you to play! 🍭
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legend has it that every time you share this GIF online, the quality goes down by 1%
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