Castle Crashers has been released on Xbox LIVE Arcade from independent game developer The Behemoth.

Castle Crashers features a unique mix of beat-em-up action along with mild RPG elements letting you hack, slash and smash your way to victory. Along the way adorable Animal Orbs can be discovered who will do everything from helping you find buried items to chomping on the enemy's head. When beating up the bad guys just isn't enough, battle it out in the Arena mode for a free for all, 4-player deathmatch.

Priced at 1200 Microsoft points Castle Crashers contains 20 levels, over 40 weapons, and more than 20 unlockable characters and as an added bonus, the game comes with a free dashboard theme and 2 free gamerpics.