The Behemoth, developers or Castle Crashers and Alien Hominid announced their third game will be called Battleblock Theater. They also released a trailer made of badassery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxHV5n6AkSI&feature=player_embedded
What we know
Gameplay
2D retro platforming. Pure and simple
Visuals
Same old classic Behemoth graphics, cartoony and fun
Story
You are on a boat. You ship wreak onto a mysterious island. You are betrayed by your best friend Hatty who feels more than 2 emotions at once. He also happens to have ALL of your friends. He forces you and your friends to star in dangerous potentially lethal plays (thus the name theater) The 2D gameplay comes from your being on the stage
Multiplayer
Both competitive and cooperative multiplayer confirmed with "shove" mode being a very small map filled with dangers where your sole goal is to push people into dangers. "Whale" where a magical floating whale throws gold into the air and people attack each other to pick up the gold and deposit it into a flying safe. "Soul" where teams are directly pitted against one another. Every player has a soul and when you are hurt you lose your soul and it flies around. If an opponent picks it up they get points per time. Whale Soul and Shove are not the official name. Also, one was pet named dimension but we haven't see gameplay of it yet.
The other three modes had videos on Xplay a while ago
Features
A Cube/Refrigerator/Tofu/Block that can walk on anything
Wings that allow you to fly
Switches that make holographic block appear
Puzzle blocks
Cannons
Boats
looks pretty amazing and is coming soon, hopefully within a couple weeks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxHV5n6AkSI&feature=player_embedded
What we know
Gameplay
2D retro platforming. Pure and simple
Visuals
Same old classic Behemoth graphics, cartoony and fun
Story
You are on a boat. You ship wreak onto a mysterious island. You are betrayed by your best friend Hatty who feels more than 2 emotions at once. He also happens to have ALL of your friends. He forces you and your friends to star in dangerous potentially lethal plays (thus the name theater) The 2D gameplay comes from your being on the stage
Multiplayer
Both competitive and cooperative multiplayer confirmed with "shove" mode being a very small map filled with dangers where your sole goal is to push people into dangers. "Whale" where a magical floating whale throws gold into the air and people attack each other to pick up the gold and deposit it into a flying safe. "Soul" where teams are directly pitted against one another. Every player has a soul and when you are hurt you lose your soul and it flies around. If an opponent picks it up they get points per time. Whale Soul and Shove are not the official name. Also, one was pet named dimension but we haven't see gameplay of it yet.
The other three modes had videos on Xplay a while ago
Features
A Cube/Refrigerator/Tofu/Block that can walk on anything
Wings that allow you to fly
Switches that make holographic block appear
Puzzle blocks
Cannons
Boats
looks pretty amazing and is coming soon, hopefully within a couple weeks.
