<s>
Castle	B-Application
Crashers	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2D	O
side	O
scrolling	O
hack-and-slash	B-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
The	O
Behemoth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
music	O
created	O
by	O
members	O
of	O
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
27	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
via	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	O
Summer	O
of	O
Arcade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
August	O
31	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
and	O
November	O
3	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
in	O
Europe	O
via	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
version	O
,	O
exclusive	O
to	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
August	O
16	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
15	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
The	O
Behemoth	O
announced	O
Castle	B-Application
Crashers	I-Application
Remastered	I-Application
,	O
a	O
remastered	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
while	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
version	O
received	O
it	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
free	O
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
later	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
on	O
September	O
17	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Castle	B-Application
Crashers	I-Application
is	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
hack-and-slash	B-Application
that	O
incorporates	O
a	O
small	O
number	O
of	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Castle	B-Application
Crashers	I-Application
supports	O
cooperative	O
gameplay	O
for	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
players	O
,	O
either	O
locally	O
or	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
versions	O
feature	O
a	O
minigame	O
called	O
"	O
All	O
You	O
Can	O
Quaff	O
,	O
"	O
a	O
button-mashing	O
contest	O
to	O
attempt	O
to	O
eat	O
as	O
much	O
food	O
as	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
features	O
a	O
Volleyball	O
minigame	O
for	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
players	O
and	O
four	O
AI	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Castle	B-Application
Crashers	I-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
fictional	O
medieval	O
universe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Castle	B-Application
Crashers	I-Application
was	O
first	O
revealed	O
on	O
July	O
14	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
San	O
Diego	O
Comic-Con	O
International	O
under	O
the	O
working	O
title	O
Ye	O
Olde	O
Side-Scroller	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
did	O
not	O
receive	O
its	O
title	O
until	O
2006	O
Comic-Con	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
original	O
Comic-Con	O
2005	O
demo	O
was	O
shown	O
running	O
on	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Application
GameCube	I-Application
,	O
no	O
mention	O
has	O
been	O
made	O
of	O
a	O
release	O
on	O
a	O
Nintendo-based	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
on	O
August	O
27	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
23	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
The	O
Behemoth	O
announced	O
that	O
Castle	B-Application
Crashers	I-Application
would	O
be	O
coming	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
August	O
31	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
Europe	O
on	O
November	O
3	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
version	O
exclusive	O
to	O
Steam	B-Application
was	O
announced	O
on	O
August	O
16	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Paladin	O
was	O
the	O
primary	O
source	O
for	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
art	O
,	O
programmer	O
Tom	O
Fulp	B-Operating_System
assisted	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
art	O
,	O
creating	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
minion	O
creatures	O
for	O
boss	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paladin	O
cited	O
River	B-Application
City	I-Application
Ransom	I-Application
as	O
his	O
primary	O
inspiration	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
art	O
style	O
,	O
noting	O
the	O
character	O
's	O
expressions	O
when	O
damaged	O
as	O
a	O
particular	O
point	O
of	O
influence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fulp	B-Operating_System
added	O
that	O
several	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
ups	I-Application
from	O
the	O
1980s	O
and	O
90s	O
influenced	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Guardian	B-Application
Heroes	I-Application
,	O
Final	B-Application
Fight	I-Application
,	O
Golden	B-Application
Axe	I-Application
and	O
Double	B-Application
Dragon	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
of	O
the	O
music	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
users	O
,	O
with	O
The	O
Behemoth	O
contracting	O
over	O
twenty	O
individuals	O
for	O
their	O
tracks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
soundtrack	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
free	O
on	O
September	O
1	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
via	O
the	O
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
development	O
it	O
took	O
over	O
3	O
years	O
to	O
make	O
started	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Alien	B-Operating_System
Hominid	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
features	O
four	O
downloadable	O
content	O
packs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
26	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
a	O
second	O
downloadable	O
content	O
pack	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Necromantic	O
Pack	O
was	O
released	O
and	O
further	O
added	O
two	O
characters	O
,	O
one	O
animal	O
orb	O
and	O
two	O
weapons	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
picture	O
pack	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	O
profiles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
packs	O
are	O
included	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
full	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
Castle	B-Application
Crashers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
title	O
character	O
from	O
The	O
Behemoth	O
's	O
previous	O
title	O
,	O
Alien	B-Operating_System
Hominid	I-Operating_System
,	O
is	O
available	O
to	O
play	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
for	O
those	O
who	O
have	O
purchased	O
Alien	B-Operating_System
Hominid	I-Operating_System
HD	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
The	O
Behemoth	O
had	O
no	O
way	O
of	O
telling	O
whether	O
an	O
individual	O
had	O
purchased	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Alien	B-Operating_System
Hominid	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
character	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	B-Operating_System
PS3	I-Operating_System
version	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
on	O
their	O
blog	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
explained	O
"	O
we	O
are	O
going	O
to	O
attempt	O
what	O
is	O
the	O
most	O
fair	O
and	O
make	O
the	O
logical	O
assumption	O
that	O
by	O
this	O
point	O
everyone	O
has	O
PS2	B-Device
Alien	B-Operating_System
Hominid	I-Operating_System
,	O
right	O
?	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Behemoth	O
announced	O
A	O
Pink	O
Knight	O
Pack	O
,	O
which	O
features	O
a	O
Pink	O
Knight	O
,	O
an	O
unlockable	O
character	O
in	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
Meat	I-Application
Boy	I-Application
,	O
and	O
five	O
new	O
weapons	O
on	O
February	O
2	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
on	O
February	O
8	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
release	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
on	O
August	O
27	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
Blacksmith	O
Pack	O
which	O
adds	O
one	O
additional	O
character	O
and	O
five	O
new	O
weapons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
players	O
own	O
both	O
Castle	B-Application
Crashers	I-Application
and	O
Behemoth	O
's	O
follow-up	O
title	O
,	O
BattleBlock	B-Application
Theater	I-Application
,	O
players	O
can	O
unlock	O
Hatty	B-Application
Hattington	I-Application
,	O
a	O
new	O
orb	O
and	O
three	O
new	O
weapons	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Castle	B-Application
Crashers	I-Application
content	O
in	O
BattleBlock	B-Application
Theater	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
15	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
The	O
Behemoth	O
announced	O
Castle	B-Application
Crashers	I-Application
Remastered	I-Application
,	O
a	O
remastered	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
while	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
version	O
received	O
it	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
free	O
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Behemoth	O
later	O
stated	O
that	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
release	O
was	O
not	O
in	O
their	O
plans	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
small	O
team	O
and	O
limited	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
on	O
March	O
14	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
The	O
Behemoth	O
teased	O
a	O
picture	O
via	O
both	O
their	O
Twitter	B-Application
&	O
Facebook	B-Application
accounts	O
depicting	O
four	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
Joy-Con	B-General_Concept
in	O
the	O
color	O
of	O
the	O
four	O
original	O
Knights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
followed	O
on	O
March	O
15	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
tweet	O
with	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
controllers	O
;	O
each	O
with	O
the	O
controllers	O
 '	O
light	O
bars	O
showing	O
colors	O
of	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
four	O
original	O
playable	O
Knights	O
,	O
notably	O
green	O
,	O
red	O
,	O
blue	O
and	O
orange	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
Facebook	B-Application
posts	I-Application
state	O
only	O
"	O
see	O
you	O
Tuesday	O
for	O
more	O
things	O
...	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
users	O
 '	O
comments	O
,	O
The	O
Behemoth	O
responded	O
with	O
GIFs	O
teasing	O
confirmation	O
of	O
the	O
users	O
 '	O
predictions	O
of	O
a	O
remastered	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
19	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
during	O
PAX	O
East	O
,	O
The	O
Behemoth	O
announced	O
that	O
Castle	B-Application
Crashers	I-Application
Remastered	I-Application
would	O
come	O
to	O
both	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
due	O
to	O
popular	O
demand	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
were	O
demos	O
during	O
the	O
event	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Castle	B-Application
Crashers	I-Application
was	O
well	O
received	O
on	O
each	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metacritic	O
reports	O
aggregate	O
scores	O
of	O
82/100	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
and	O
85/100	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
,	O
with	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
version	O
selling	O
over	O
two	O
million	O
copies	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
alone	O
as	O
of	O
year-end	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2011	O
's	O
totals	O
were	O
over	O
2.6	O
million	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
alone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
version	O
has	O
also	O
done	O
well	O
,	O
moving	O
over	O
181,000	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
editor	O
Cam	O
Shea	O
ranked	O
it	O
third	O
on	O
his	O
top	O
10	O
list	O
of	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
in	O
a	O
September	O
2010	O
ranking	O
,	O
IGN	O
listed	O
Castle	B-Application
Crashers	I-Application
fifth	O
in	O
their	O
top	O
twenty-five	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
titles	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2023	O
,	O
Time	O
Extension	O
included	O
Castle	B-Application
Crashers	I-Application
Remastered	I-Application
on	O
their	O
top	O
25	O
"	O
Best	O
Beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
Em	I-Application
Ups	I-Application
of	O
All	O
Time	O
"	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
voted	O
2008	O
Best	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
at	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
Awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Castle	B-Application
Crashers	I-Application
was	O
also	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
's	O
best-selling	O
title	O
of	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
August	O
2019	O
,	O
ahead	O
of	O
release	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
version	O
,	O
the	O
Behemoth	O
reported	O
that	O
Castle	B-Application
Crashers	I-Application
had	O
sold	O
more	O
than	O
20	O
million	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
universally	O
praised	O
the	O
unique	O
art	O
style	O
of	O
Castle	B-Application
Crashers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dan	O
Whitehead	O
of	O
Eurogamer	O
stated	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
art	O
was	O
more	O
detailed	O
and	O
polished	O
than	O
The	O
Behemoth	O
's	O
previous	O
title	O
,	O
Alien	B-Operating_System
Hominid	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
for	O
Gaming	O
Target	O
,	O
Troy	O
Matsumiya	O
stated	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
bigger	O
and	O
funnier	O
"	O
than	O
Alien	B-Operating_System
Hominid	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goldstein	O
praised	O
the	O
simplistic	O
gameplay	O
,	O
and	O
said	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
modern	O
throwback	O
to	O
classic	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
ups	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hayward	O
also	O
reported	O
slight	O
connectivity	O
issues	O
in	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
also	O
received	O
criticism	O
from	O
GameSpot	O
's	O
Carolyn	O
Petit	O
for	O
its	O
additional	O
Volleyball	O
game	O
mode	O
,	O
who	O
described	O
it	O
simply	O
as	O
"	O
lousy.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
users	O
experienced	O
problems	O
finding	O
available	O
online	O
games	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
their	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
sometimes	O
freezing	O
when	O
attempting	O
to	O
join	O
an	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	O
game	O
,	O
or	O
while	O
already	O
in	O
a	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
Joystiq	O
,	O
Tom	O
Fulp	B-Operating_System
and	O
Dan	O
Paladin	O
of	O
the	O
Behemoth	O
stated	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
working	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
to	O
get	O
a	O
patch	O
released	O
as	O
soon	O
as	O
possible	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
fix	O
the	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
networking	O
problems	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
reported	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
only	O
allows	O
one	O
profile	O
to	O
be	O
signed	O
in	O
per	O
console	O
,	O
with	O
additional	O
players	O
being	O
unable	O
to	O
use	O
their	O
own	O
progress	O
rather	O
than	O
of	O
the	O
profile	O
in	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
