The Behemoth

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The Behemoth
FoundedMay 27, 2003; 20 years ago (2003-05-27)
FounderJohn Baez
Dan Paladin
Tom Fulp
Headquarters
San Diego, California
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
John Baez (CEO)
Dan Paladin (CFO)
Tom Fulp (secretary)
ProductsAlien Hominid
Castle Crashers
BattleBlock Theater
Pit People
Alien Hominid Invasion
Number of employees
9[1] (2008)
Websitethebehemoth.com

The Behemoth is an American

San Diego, California. The company is known for producing simple games with Paladin's signature 2D style. Its games are also known for their heavy arcade inspirations, especially among their early games, emulating genres common on the Neo Geo
in particular (which Tom Fulp is a noted fan of).

History

During August 2002, Tom Fulp and Dan Paladin collaborated in creating the Flash game Alien Hominid for Newgrounds. The game has since become extremely popular and generated over twenty million hits. Later in the year, Paladin was working on developing a console video game when co-worker Baez approached him. He was a fan of Alien Hominid and asked Paladin if he was interested in developing the game for consoles. When Baez offered to produce the game, Fulp and Paladin eventually agreed, recruited LaCava and Dryburgh, and formed The Behemoth in 2003. Several details in their games reveal a connected universe between all of them.

From left to right: John Baez, Dan Paladin, and Tom Fulp.

Their first

indie developers focused on bringing old-school styles of video games back into mainstream gaming. Some of the minigames from Alien Hominid were ported to iOS
in 2011.

The Behemoth's second game,

OS X on September 26, 2012. Since its release on Xbox Live Arcade, Castle Crashers has become one of the most downloaded games, with over 2.6 million copies sold as of year-end 2011. [citation needed
]

A third title, BattleBlock Theater, was released on April 3, 2013 on Xbox Live Arcade. The Windows, Linux, and macOS versions of BattleBlock Theater were released on Steam on May 15, 2014.

Pit People is a turn-based strategy game that was released for early access on Steam and was released for Xbox One on January 13, 2017. It was released on March 2, 2018.[2]

The Behemoth had long teased a "Game 5", which was announced in January 2020 as Alien Hominid Invasion, which the developers said was not a remake or remaster of the original Alien Hominid but introduces new mechanics as an arcade shooter. It was released on November 1, 2023.[3]

Games

Year Title Genre Platform(s) Additional note(s)
2004 Alien Hominid
Run-and-gun
 PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, Web (Adobe Flash Player demo)
2007 Alien Hominid 360
Run-and-gun
 Xbox 360 Remastered port, originally titled Alien Hominid HD
2008 Castle Crashers Side-scrolling hack-and-slash Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows, macOS
2011 Super Soviet Missile Mastar Side-scrolling shooter iOS
Alien Hominid: PDA Games
Platform
 iOS
2013 Battleblock Theater
platform
 Xbox 360, Windows, macOS, Linux
2015
Castle Crashers Remastered
 		Side-scrolling hack-and-slash Xbox One, Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch Remastered port
2018 Pit People Role-playing strategy Xbox One, Windows
2023 Alien Hominid Invasion
Run-and-gun
 Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Windows, Nintendo Switch Re-imagination of Alien Hominid
Alien Hominid HD
Run-and-gun
 Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Windows, Nintendo Switch Remastered port

References

  1. ^ Taunting The Behemoth: Tom Fulp and Dan Paladin Cry Out
  2. ^ "At long last, The Behemoth's Pit People finally has a release date". Destructoid. February 21, 2018. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  3. ^ Devore, Jordan (January 30, 2020). "The Behemoth's Game 5 is Alien Hominid Invasion". Destructoid. Retrieved January 30, 2020.

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