Pit People®

Castle Crashers and BattleBlock Theater developer The Behemoth has announced that its outlandish turn-based strategy game Pit People will leave Early Access on March 2nd.

Pit People, which entered early access on Steam and Xbox One last January, is described as a fast-paced, turn-based co-op adventure, starring a cast of "tragically unique heroes". It features a single-player story mode, a two-player co-op story mode supporting both local and online play, and a 2v2 Arena mode for four players.

On a very basic level, Pit People plays out pretty the same as any hex-based strategy game. You take control of differing units (and, let it be said, some extremely weird units), and attempt to battle your way to victory through strategic placement of your characters, paying mind to their rock-paper-scissors-style strengths and weaknesses.

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Pit People

The Behemoth have charted a very strange course through the games industry. A small studio established by Flash-hub Newgrounds’ founders, they followed up their Metal Slug-esque Alien Hominid with Castle Crashers, a bright and breezy brawler. Next up was co-op platformer Battleblock Theater, a logical enough progression. I’m still not sure why they opted to make the direct sequel a hex-grid, turn-based strategy RPG, but I’m glad that they did.

After over a year in Early Access, Pit People is due for release, and will officially be 100% complete and ready to consume on March 2nd.

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That’s right, Pit People has officially received its final touches and has a release date. On Friday, March 2nd, Pit people will be available for both Steam and Xbox One! You can pick it up early right now even, and watch it in your library, transforming before your very eyes!

https://youtu.be/mmZ2uEuBGzk

For those of you who already have the early access copy of Pit People, thank you for being part of our game development journey! Our Early Access period lasted a total of 409 days. That’s one of the fastest records in Early Access history (no need to fact check this, it’s probably right)!

So what’s in the thing? The Story is completed, cinematics and all, along with a whole new World Map with 15 additional bonus missions. There’s been a lot of balancing, polish, and ‘quality of life’ features ‘n tweaks to go along with it! Definitely our largest changelist to date. If you want to see it in its official officialness, please check out our launch post on March 2nd!
Pit People® - TheBehemoth


That’s right, Pit People has officially received its final touches and has a release date. On Friday, March 2nd, Pit people will be available for both Steam and Xbox One! You can pick it up early right now even, and watch it in your library, transforming before your very eyes!

https://youtu.be/mmZ2uEuBGzk

For those of you who already have the early access copy of Pit People, thank you for being part of our game development journey! Our Early Access period lasted a total of 409 days. That’s one of the fastest records in Early Access history (no need to fact check this, it’s probably right)!

So what’s in the thing? The Story is completed, cinematics and all, along with a whole new World Map with 15 additional bonus missions. There’s been a lot of balancing, polish, and ‘quality of life’ features ‘n tweaks to go along with it! Definitely our largest changelist to date. If you want to see it in its official officialness, please check out our launch post on March 2nd!
Pit People® - TheBehemoth


We had over 100 entries this year for our Valentine’s Day Fan Art Contest! Thank you so much to everyone who put in so much love into each of their creations.

See our Top 3 entries & the Audience Award winner here:
http://blog.thebehemoth.com/2018/02/19/2018-fan-art-contest-winners/
Pit People® - TheBehemoth


We had over 100 entries this year for our Valentine’s Day Fan Art Contest! Thank you so much to everyone who put in so much love into each of their creations.

See our Top 3 entries & the Audience Award winner here:
http://blog.thebehemoth.com/2018/02/19/2018-fan-art-contest-winners/
Feb 2, 2018
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Get your creative juices flowing because we have another contest this month for you talented artist out there!

(One of the winning entries from our 2017 Fan Art Contest)


We’re doing our annual Valentine’s Day Fan Art Contest again! Original fan creations that feature one or more characters from our games will be accepted. The theme will be love and friendship!


Submit your fan art by 12PM PST on February 15, 2018. Winners will get a Pit People plush, Castle Crashers Pink Knight Keychain, and choice of game code. See official rules for more details.



Fan Art Contest Entry Form & Official Rules

Enter with the form or post on Twitter / Instagram with #BehemothFanArt
Feb 2, 2018
Pit People® - TheBehemoth
Get your creative juices flowing because we have another contest this month for you talented artist out there!

(One of the winning entries from our 2017 Fan Art Contest)


We’re doing our annual Valentine’s Day Fan Art Contest again! Original fan creations that feature one or more characters from our games will be accepted. The theme will be love and friendship!


Submit your fan art by 12PM PST on February 15, 2018. Winners will get a Pit People plush, Castle Crashers Pink Knight Keychain, and choice of game code. See official rules for more details.



Fan Art Contest Entry Form & Official Rules

Enter with the form or post on Twitter / Instagram with #BehemothFanArt
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Missed our Play with the Devs live stream? Check out the vod here & see how we did against the Pit People Steam community! https://youtu.be/VieEenWQ31U

There's also a playlist of individual segments of fights here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKvo8gP7haP4dUlG147dV34NRnfSMgT3V
Pit People® - TheBehemoth
Missed our Play with the Devs live stream? Check out the vod here & see how we did against the Pit People Steam community! https://youtu.be/VieEenWQ31U

There's also a playlist of individual segments of fights here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKvo8gP7haP4dUlG147dV34NRnfSMgT3V
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