The Behemoth surprised fans of Castle Crashers by announcing a new DLC for the 16-year-old game. The DLC, called Painter Boss Paradise, will let players make their own knight skins and choose their own magic. This will be the first major addition to Castle Crashers in 12 years.
The DLC will include Steam Workshop capabilities, allowing players to create and share their own knight skins. It will also introduce a new official character, Paint Junior, who can create art that destroys enemies. All official playable characters will get new player and weapon artwork, with an option to toggle this feature on or off.
The Behemoth announced the DLC with an animated video and a post on social media. The post read: “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!”
In addition to the DLC announcement, The Behemoth also shared their roadmap of upcoming releases for all their games.
Castle Crashers DLC introduces new features
BattleBlock Theater for Steam will get a quality-of-life update soon, including enhanced rendering, higher resolution, faster frame rates, higher audio bitrates, bug fixes, and support for more controller types.
Alien Hominid Invasion and Alien Hominid HD are both coming to PlayStation 4 & 5 in the future. PitPeople’s eighth update is also in the works. The developers are also prototyping a new game.
The Behemoth is currently running a franchise sale through Steam, with all their games available at a discounted price through Monday, July 29th, at 10:00 AM PDT. Castle Crashers, released in 2008, is a multi-award-winning side-scrolling beat ’em up game. The game was remastered in 2015 and ported to several platforms.
The last major DLC was released in 2012, making Painter Boss Paradise the first new content in over a decade. Despite the continued support and new content, The Behemoth has not announced a sequel to Castle Crashers. However, the game remains highly popular among fans who eagerly anticipate any further developments from the developer.
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