The Summer of Arcade comes to a close this Wednesday, when the last title on the grand XBLA list, The Behemoth’s co-op focused Castle Crashers, releases on the download service for 1200 Microsoft Points. The game is probably one of the most hotly anticipated Arcade titles of all time, so it will be interesting to see if it lives up to the lofty expectations.

Castle Crashers allows players to team up with up to three friends locally or over Xbox Live and then lets them take off on an adventure that involves, amongst other things, saving a princess, defending a kingdom, and of course crashing castles.

Features

• Intuitive combo and magic system: Unlock new combos and magical attacks as your character progresses through the game. You have an almost limitless amount of combos to perform alone, or with a group of friends.
• Arena mode: This mode allows players to battle each other head-on with four unique modes to choose from!
• Experience system: As you fight your way through the various levels of Castle Crashers, your character gains more experience points that will in return give you the option to adjust your four main stats — Strength, Magic, Defense, and Agility.
• Weapons weapons weapons! Each player has the ability to unlock more than 40 weapons.
• Animal orbs: These little companions add enhancements to your attributes. Each pet has different abilities to benefit you, with various ways of unlocking each one. Defeat a boss and steal his companion, dig them up, or buy them at a store.
• Treasure hunt: Unlockable items, weapons, pet companions, and characters are buried throughout the various levels of Castle Crashers.
• Stores: Spread across the various worlds of Castle Crashers, every store has specific items to sell. Collect gold from killing enemies, finding treasures, or opening chests, then take your collected gold to these stores for some weapons, items, character unlocks, and more!

Are you getting it?