The Barbarians have taken over Castle Crashers Steam with the Barbarian Makeover update! We built a new, fast-paced multiplayer minigame just for you and your friends! Play “Back Off Barbarian” in Castle Crashers Steam and check out all the new improvements that were added in with this latest update:

• New mini game: Back Off Barbarian*
  
• Uncapped frame rate (FPS)
  
• Ultra mode: high quality textures**
  
• Updates to UI flow
  
• Russian language support added
  
• General bug fixes and improvements

Our new mini game, Back off Barbarian, has replaced the previous mini game in Castle Crashers Steam edition. If you’d like to read up on our reason for why we replaced All You Can Quaff, check out this page here.

A new optional texture quality setting located in the Game Settings Menu. Once the game has been updated, this mode will not be on by default. Players must go to the Game Settings menu and manually toggle it on. Please note, this setting will not perform the same on all systems. It is intended for use on high spec gaming systems and requires a 64-bit OS. So use at your own risk!

The Barbarians have taken over Castle Crashers Steam with the Barbarian Makeover update! We built a new, fast-paced multiplayer minigame just for you and your friends! Play “Back Off Barbarian” in Castle Crashers Steam and check out all the new improvements that were added in with this latest update:

• New mini game: Back Off Barbarian*
  
• Uncapped frame rate (FPS)
  
• Ultra mode: high quality textures**
  
• Updates to UI flow
  
• Russian language support added
  
• General bug fixes and improvements

Our new mini game, Back off Barbarian, has replaced the previous mini game in Castle Crashers Steam edition. If you’d like to read up on our reason for why we replaced All You Can Quaff, check out this page here.

A new optional texture quality setting located in the Game Settings Menu. Once the game has been updated, this mode will not be on by default. Players must go to the Game Settings menu and manually toggle it on. Please note, this setting will not perform the same on all systems. It is intended for use on high spec gaming systems and requires a 64-bit OS. So use at your own risk!

 
We’ve got BIG news that will make your eyes bug out! We plan on releasing our "Barbarian Makeover" update for Castle Crashers Steam next Wednesday and it’s going to have more barbarians than ever before!!!
 
That’s right! Our next Castle Crashers Steam Update is on its way. Be sure to mark your calendars for Wednesday, October 14th PST! We’re going to leave the time as a mystery, but we don’t want to keep you totally in the dark so here are the list of changes you can expect from "Barbarian Makeover":
 

• New mini game: Back Off Barbarian
  
• Uncapped frame rate (FPS)
  
• Ultra mode: high quality textures
  
• Updates to UI flow
  
• Russian language support added
  
• General bug fixes and improvements

*Our new mini game, Back off Barbarian, will be replacing the current mini game in Castle Crashers Steam edition. If you wish to play All You Can Quaff, then this is your last chance!
 
For those who earned the Glork achievement for All You Can Quaff before this update goes into effect, the achievement stays on your account but the name of the achievement will change.
 
The new achievement tied to Back Off Barbarian is called The Final Countdown. If you don’t get the achievement before the update then you’ll need to work for it in Back Off Barbarian! You can unlock this achievement by surviving until the minimum of 2 minutes and 30 seconds in a Back Off Barbarian match.
  
Are you ready for higher quality textured deer poop? Let us know your thoughts about Barbarian Makeover in the comments section below!
 

 
We’ve got BIG news that will make your eyes bug out! We plan on releasing our "Barbarian Makeover" update for Castle Crashers Steam next Wednesday and it’s going to have more barbarians than ever before!!!
 
That’s right! Our next Castle Crashers Steam Update is on its way. Be sure to mark your calendars for Wednesday, October 14th PST! We’re going to leave the time as a mystery, but we don’t want to keep you totally in the dark so here are the list of changes you can expect from "Barbarian Makeover":
 

• New mini game: Back Off Barbarian
  
• Uncapped frame rate (FPS)
  
• Ultra mode: high quality textures
  
• Updates to UI flow
  
• Russian language support added
  
• General bug fixes and improvements

*Our new mini game, Back off Barbarian, will be replacing the current mini game in Castle Crashers Steam edition. If you wish to play All You Can Quaff, then this is your last chance!
 
For those who earned the Glork achievement for All You Can Quaff before this update goes into effect, the achievement stays on your account but the name of the achievement will change.
 
The new achievement tied to Back Off Barbarian is called The Final Countdown. If you don’t get the achievement before the update then you’ll need to work for it in Back Off Barbarian! You can unlock this achievement by surviving until the minimum of 2 minutes and 30 seconds in a Back Off Barbarian match.
  
Are you ready for higher quality textured deer poop? Let us know your thoughts about Barbarian Makeover in the comments section below!
 

Our call for entries closed over the weekend and we got over 150 entries for our Valentine's Day Fan Art Contest! Now we need your help to choose the community winner! Our Behemoth staff will be choosing 3 winners, but we still need your help to choose 1 winner for this contest as part of the community vote.

Winners will be getting a Castle Crashers Pink Knight plush, so these art works need your love! Go to the gallery HERE and vote on your favorites. You can vote on more than one fan art!

Voting closes on 2/17/2015 at Noon PST. Show them your <3

Our call for entries closed over the weekend and we got over 150 entries for our Valentine's Day Fan Art Contest! Now we need your help to choose the community winner! Our Behemoth staff will be choosing 3 winners, but we still need your help to choose 1 winner for this contest as part of the community vote.

Winners will be getting a Castle Crashers Pink Knight plush, so these art works need your love! Go to the gallery HERE and vote on your favorites. You can vote on more than one fan art!

Voting closes on 2/17/2015 at Noon PST. Show them your <3

We’re looking for that special someone who can create awesome art to share with their fellow Behemoth community members. Show us what you can create and enter it in our fan art contest! Creation can include any character from any of our video games. We’ll select our favorite 3 submissions + 1 winner based on community votes, and those winners will receive a Castle Crashers Pink Knight plush!

• Your entry must be your own creation (or something you did together with family or a loved one).
  
• You may enter up to one submission per person per day. (Repeat entries of the same art will be deleted)
  
• Acceptable mediums include: scans of drawings/images, photographs of your creation
  
• No costumes for this contest (we have a separate Halloween contest for costumes/cosplay in October)
  
• Submission should include a video game character can be from any of our games: Alien Hominid, Castle Crashers, BattleBlock Theater, Super Soviet Missile Mastar, Alien Hominid: PDA Games, Game 4.
  
• No nudity, offensive language, or vulgar images will be accepted (we have the right to decline any images we feel fall under this section)
  
• Entries must be submitted before 5PM PST on February 14, 2015. Winners to be announced on February 17, 2015.
  
• You must be okay for the prize to arrive up to 3 weeks after February 17, 2015.
  
• Anyone under the age of 18 must have approval from parents before submitting their entry.

• At least 3 entries will be selected as winners (3 chosen by Behemoth and 1 winner through the community votes)
  
• Winners will get a Pink Knight plush (shipping will be included).
  
• Winners will be contacted via the e-mail used to register (or Twitter/Instagram handle).

• You can upload your image here: Contest Page
  
• Or you can post on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook using the hashtag #behemothfanart

Update on 2/4/2015 : Now that the entries have starting coming in, you can vote using the same Contest Page as the one we have for entries. Just click on the “Vote” tab on the page and vote for your favorite entries. (Call for entries ends on 5PM PST, February 14, 2015. Voting will go until Noon PST on February 17, 2015)

We’re looking for that special someone who can create awesome art to share with their fellow Behemoth community members. Show us what you can create and enter it in our fan art contest! Creation can include any character from any of our video games. We’ll select our favorite 3 submissions + 1 winner based on community votes, and those winners will receive a Castle Crashers Pink Knight plush!

• Your entry must be your own creation (or something you did together with family or a loved one).
  
• You may enter up to one submission per person per day. (Repeat entries of the same art will be deleted)
  
• Acceptable mediums include: scans of drawings/images, photographs of your creation
  
• No costumes for this contest (we have a separate Halloween contest for costumes/cosplay in October)
  
• Submission should include a video game character can be from any of our games: Alien Hominid, Castle Crashers, BattleBlock Theater, Super Soviet Missile Mastar, Alien Hominid: PDA Games, Game 4.
  
• No nudity, offensive language, or vulgar images will be accepted (we have the right to decline any images we feel fall under this section)
  
• Entries must be submitted before 5PM PST on February 14, 2015. Winners to be announced on February 17, 2015.
  
• You must be okay for the prize to arrive up to 3 weeks after February 17, 2015.
  
• Anyone under the age of 18 must have approval from parents before submitting their entry.

• At least 3 entries will be selected as winners (3 chosen by Behemoth and 1 winner through the community votes)
  
• Winners will get a Pink Knight plush (shipping will be included).
  
• Winners will be contacted via the e-mail used to register (or Twitter/Instagram handle).

• You can upload your image here: Contest Page
  
• Or you can post on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook using the hashtag #behemothfanart

Update on 2/4/2015 : Now that the entries have starting coming in, you can vote using the same Contest Page as the one we have for entries. Just click on the “Vote” tab on the page and vote for your favorite entries. (Call for entries ends on 5PM PST, February 14, 2015. Voting will go until Noon PST on February 17, 2015)