Castle Crashers King Pack out today News

14 January, 2009

Xbox Live Arcade hit Castle Crashers gets new downloadable content in the form of the Castle Crashers King Pack at 9am GMT today.

The pack costs 160 Microsoft Points (GBP 1.36 / EUR 1.92) and introduces two new characters, the Open Faced Grey Knight, and the knight leader, the King.

There are also three new weapons (including the Gold Sword) and a new seal animal orb called Pelter. More useful, perhaps, is a spell called the King's Heal which heals the entire party.

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skullcommander

14/01/09 @ 09:28

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Too little too late.

neonxaos

14/01/09 @ 09:30

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Hmm... I have to admit that CC died for me after the first playthrough. Sega should do a 4-player Streets of Rage 4 instead. Or rather: a decent studio should get the license and do it for them.

LazyDan

14/01/09 @ 09:31

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What does Pelter do!?!? I must purchase.

Dizzy

14/01/09 @ 09:37

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I still have a lot of fighting to do in CC. For 2 euro I will bite.

DanWhitehead

14/01/09 @ 09:48

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My six-year-old son has been pestering me for this DLC for about three months solid. He's absolutely obsessed with the game, and has completed it, single-handed, over ten times and unlocked every single character. He even writes his own Castle Crashers comic books. He'll be very happy when he comes home from school - though he'll demand to know where the Necromancer is.

BBIAJ

14/01/09 @ 10:03

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160 M$ Points for an unlock key to something you already paid 1200 M$ Points for?

Can you spell RIP OFF people!?

ZuluHero

14/01/09 @ 10:08

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RIPFF

no wait...

RPOFF

PRFOO

dammit.....

I guess not ;)

Purchased :)

MisterFahrenheit

14/01/09 @ 10:09

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How come nobody's spitting out vicious promises of vengeance if this doesn't include an update to fix the save-wipe bug?

Regardless, I (and my kids) join Whitehead Jr. in having waited bloody months for this, even if it is only half of what we'd hoped for.

Dizzy

14/01/09 @ 10:31

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"How come nobody's spitting out vicious promises of vengeance if this doesn't include an update to fix the save-wipe bug? "

That was fixed with previous patch.

sneetch

14/01/09 @ 11:12

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@Dizzy
"How come nobody's spitting out vicious promises of vengeance if this doesn't include an update to fix the save-wipe bug? "

That was fixed with previous patch.

I'll personally collect their heads if they don't... oh, never mind then.

@BBIAJ
14-Jan-09 10:03:37

160 M$ Points for an unlock key to something you already paid 1200 M$ Points for?

Can you spell RIP OFF people!?

Yes, it's hyphenated so it's rup-off.

Damn. My up-arrow and delete keys are brokzn!

What makes you think it's already in the game? It's a cheap little pack that adds a few new weapons a new pet and a couple of new playable characters, note the 'playable' distinction, the king may already be in the game (may be, is it the old guy with the four hawt daughters?) but that doesn't mean he's fully animated and capable of jumping, swimming and so on.

DLC like this suckers me back into these games that otherwise linger half completed (well 75% completed) so I'll buy it for a couple of bucks; The Behemoth can consider it a tip for a great little game.

Edit: just so you know, it's -200 Taking-You-Seriously points when you write M$. It's a bit sad, in fact it's "LOL, I have a T-shirt with Bill Gates as a Borg, LOL!" sad.

What next? $ony? �tendo? Bli$$ard? Erm... Ubi$oft? You get the idea. It's a slippery slope which will eventually lead to all company names being simply replaced by a string of currency symbols and a lot of confusion.

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optimusprym8

14/01/09 @ 12:53

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is the MP patch out?

MisterFahrenheit

14/01/09 @ 14:04

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