In case you missed our earlier report, The Behemoth's colorful co-op hack-and-slash title Castle Crashers is indeed coming to the PS3. The game's a huge hit on Xbox 360, but for those who have yet to be exposed to the frenzy, here's a crash course straight from the devs.

The Behemoth is at the Comic-Con in San Diego, and in their tow is their still-untitled Game #3. If you're planning on dropping by the event, you might as well drop by their booth to get your hands on it, as it does present a lot of details about it. Videos after the jump.

The Behemoth's bestselling XBLA beat 'em up sidescroller, Castle Crashers, has been confirmed to be in development for the PS3. The game has already won numerous accolades and has racked up over a million downloads since its release last year. More details and a video past the jump.

A report by Games Industry had Dan Paladin, The Behemoth's co-founder, calling on all publishers to give developers leeway in the development process and let them do their thing. "I would like to see the traditional publishing deal change. I would like to see publishers act more as distributors," he said.

 

Paladin spoke out at last month's Nordic Game Conference, stating that developers will probably all tell you the same thing over and over again - their publisher has removed an idea they wanted in the game or that a feature was changed in favor of the publisher because they had the money and owned the intellectual property.

"I do think you publishers have too much power over developers, for the most part. All publishers are different, but on the whole," said Paladin in an interview with Games Industry, ending abruptly. Independent game developer studio The Behemoth funded and distributed their own title Alien Hominid over various platforms all by themselves.

"That's why we risk everything up front, so we can take it in and it's all there; we trust our own judgement," added Paladin. Developers are often forced to adopt the ideas of their publishers, according to him, and causes the games that used to be really good early on become a disaster when released later.

"The problem is the people who aren't making the game are calling the shots on how the games should be made," explained Paladin, calling such a way of development as "armchair developing." He claimed publishers just sit on their chairs and think of an idea, and say, "Wouldn't this be cool?"

It would be really cool if the ideas really worked for the game, but more often than not, they don't turn out the way everyone plans. "Publishers aren't developers, so I think they should stay out of the creative process," he concluded.

 

This year's Nordic Game developer's conference is starting off on a warm note, as we pick up word that 40 guest speakers are confirmed to be making it to the event. Aside from previously reported personalities like Paulina Bozek (SingStar) and Matsuura Masaya (LocoRoco), another high-profile speaker expected to visit the event is CCP CEO Hilmar Veigar Petursson. MMORPG gamers will recognize CCP as the developer/publisher behind EVE Online. As for the rest of the new faces this time around:

• Michael Khaimzon (Crytek)
• Maurice Suckling (Mustard Corporation)
• Kevin Bruner (Telltale Games)
• Dan Paladin (The Behemoth)
• Matias Myllyrinne (Remedy Entertainment, Alan Wake)
• Christian Seger and Niklas Westberg (Massive Entertainment)
• Ben Cousins (DICE)

DICE's Cousins is expected to give a presentation on how videogames are losing out to digital entertainment, while Mustard's Suckling is expected to give a talk on script-writing for MMOs. Those are the details for the moment, though we advise the readers to keep updated in case more information shows up.

Nordic Game 2007 is expected to take place this May 15 to 16, at the Malmo Exhibition & Convention Center in Malmo, Sweden. Early registrants may also want to hurry, as early-bird registrations are expected to end this March 31.

As much as we love our PlayStation 3, admittedly, it's price is something we can not call cheap. Regardless if you get the 20GB version or the behemoth 60GB, the price tag attached to our baby will always cause some people to think twice before buying. Fortunately Sony Corporation's retail arm, Sony Style, is offering fans a good work around.

Before January 4 of this coming year, sign up for a Sony-branded credit card. Then make a purchase using the card before March 31, 2007 and you will automatically receive US$ 150 off of your first credit card statement. Technically speaking if you subtract and add here and there, this brings down the price of the PS3. This offer may be used with Sony (a fifty dollar PSP, perhaps?) and non-Sony products. Hey, it's a credit card anyway!

Those who are interested to take the offer can refer to the Read link below for more information. But here's a brief summary of other features included in the offer:

• 0% Introductory APR for up to 12 months and No Annual Fee
• Full Platinum Visa benefits
• 1 Reward Point for every $1 on any purchase, anywhere.
• 3 Reward Points for every $1 on Sony products purchased anywhere.
• 5 Sony Rewards Points per $1 spent at SonyStyle.com, Sony Style stores, and ImageStation.com
• 10 Rewards Points per $1 spent at SonyStyle.com, SonyStyle stores, and ImageStation.com until January 4, 2007.
• Exclusive members-only deals on Sony products
• Automatic entry for chances to win great Sony prizes

Penny Arcade today announced the grand prize for the Omegathon III, the three-day gaming tournament in which contestants must prove their mettle in a range of games undisclosed before the event. This year, the winner will drive off in a brand new 2006 Scion xB in Black Sand Pearl, featuring a game geek's dream package of a flipdown 15" widescreen monitor, Xbox 360 Premium System, 6-speaker sound system with CD/MP3 player, custom taillights and wheels with low-profile tires. Now that's a pimped ride!

Set to invade Washington State this August 25-27, the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) will feature a sponsors including Microsoft, Nintendo, Ubisoft, Mythic, Rockstar, Flying Lab Software, Wizards of the Coast, Creative Labs, The Behemoth, Intel, ATI, among others. PAX offers attendees a host of game-related conference sessions, parties, concerts and contests. In addition to a horde of game players from around the world, both enthusiast press and consumer press have registered to attend in force.

"The first year, the Omegathon champion received every PlayStation 2 game ever made. The next year it was every NES game ever made," said Robert Khoo of Penny Arcade. "This year, in accordance with the massive growth of PAX, we decided it was time to up the ante." Nice!