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Castle Crashers Logs 2 Million Unique Players
Behemoth title Castle Crashers is already logged as XBLA’s best selling and top rated game, and has hit another impressive milestone this week. As of Christmas day, the title can claim 2 million players based on unique gamertags over Xbox Live. The Behemoth puts it in perspective for us, noting that if all the players were rounded up in a single location and given a zip code, it would be the fifth largest city in the states.
“It is incredibly humbling to look at the leaderboards and see that crazy number. Initially releasing the game we hoped a few hundred thousand people would play it. We never dared to think of one million players, let alone two million,” said Kelly Revak, Mayor of Behemothtown. “We are so grateful to all the players for supporting us. We’re going to do something pretty exciting to thank everyone” said Revak. “Let’s just say there’s an Xbox made of gold involved. GOLD.”
Although released as part of the first Summer of Arcade in 2008, Castle Crashers was back in the headlines this August with the release of the long awaited PS3 port. Behemoth is currently working on its next downloadable title, BattleBlock Theater, which is slated to release next year on Xbox Live Arcade.
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