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Indie Royale launches The Summer Bundle with 8 games and some chiptunes
The latest in a long line of Indie Royale bundles is now live, this time named after the hottest, most miserable season of the year: Summer! The Summer Bundle includes Harvest: Massive Encounter, The Journey Down: Chapter 1, Serious Sam 2, Gundemonium Recollection, GundeadliGne, Hitogata Gappa, Acceleration of Suguri X-Edition and Dino Run SE.Patrons will also receive entrance into the AirMech Steam beta, as well as an Indie Royale in-game pet. Anyone who pays over $8.00 for the bundle will be gifted Pixeljams Volume 1, a chiptune collection of music from Pixeljam's catalogue of work. As with all previous Indie Royale bundles, the price you pay is based on the prices of the transactions that have come before you, so get in there and ruin the bell curve.
'Legend of the Beast' DLC coming to ... Serious Sam HD: Second Encounter?
Like one of those headless-yet-somehow-screaming dudes popping out of nowhere, Croteam has managed to surprise us with a DLC announcement today. Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter will receive the Legend of the Beast DLC pack on May 15, extending the campaign and multiplayer experiences. The Legend of the Beast costs $4.99 and adds three new campaign missions, along with three new maps each for Brutal Survivor mode and Chaotic Versus mode. And again (weirdly), this is DLC for Serious Sam's second HD game, not the most recent Serious Sam 3.In addition to the DLC, all Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter's multiplayer modes – which include both co-operative and competitive-based modes – will be free for all through Steam on May 15. All you have to do is download the free, standalone multiplayer on or after May 15 and you're good to go.%Gallery-154890%
PSA: Serious Sam 3: BFE has an encounter with Mac today
Sam has traveled through time and space, and now he's traveling across platforms. Serious Sam 3: BFE is now available for download on Mac.If you already own the game through Steam, the Steamplay functionality – which lets you play select games on both Windows and PC – is also unlocked today. If you prefer to save money on games where exploding, screaming dudes run right at you, you'll be happy to learn that Serious Sam 3: BFE is also marked down to $13.60 on Steam until April 30.
Serious Sam 3: BFE coming to Mac on April 23
It's with a very straight face that we write this post informing you that the third entry in the Serious Sam series, Serious Sam 3: BFE, is headed to Mac on April 23. No info on system requirements as of right now, but to compensate we've got the shiny new trailer embedded above.
Serious Sam Complete Pack launches on Steam with sweet deal
So you've been abroad for the past few years, backpacking across Europe or whatever it is you were doing -- we didn't want to ask. It's none of our business what you were up to, but now that you're back, maybe you want to dust off your keyboard, boot up your PC and see what you've missed?If you're a Serious Sam fan you've missed quite a few games. As if celebrating your return, Steam is offering a Serious Sam bundle on sale. It collects eight different games for $28.90. These include the classic Serious Sam games and their HD remakes, the sequels Serious Sam 2 and Serious Sam 3: BFE, and the Mommy's Best Games indie effort, Serious Sam Double D. Once this deal expires on February 27, the bundle cost $84.99.Accompanying the sale is a nice retrospective video that looks back at the iconic PC series, which you can watch above this chunk of text. Convenient.
The painful sting of Serious Sam 3's anti-piracy protection
Software piracy is illegal and unfair to the people who make and sell games. That's enough of a deterrent for most people. The rest may find the giant, invincible, super-fast, assault-rifle-wielding scorpion monster more convincing. That's the new DRM measure enacted by Serious Sam 3: BFE developer Croteam. We see the potential for this to become an industry-standard method of preventing unauthorized game copying. Or, in simpler terms, if that scary-ass monster wants to go into other games, we are powerless to stop it.
Serious Sam 3 blood options include green, hippie and kids
As Serious Sam 3 spokes-dude Rich Knuckles is quick to point out, however, that's "kids blood" in the plural sense, not "kid's blood" in the possessive. Not that "multiple child blood" sounds much better, mind you, but it's actually not as bad as it seems.
Serious Sam 3 review: Rebel in excess
There is a speck of decency to be found in the unvarnished and churlish Serious Sam. It's right there in the name: despite all temptations and probable pleading from the marketing department, it didn't come out as "Shoot Many Monsters." That's exactly what you do, over and over again, but the important thing is how you do it. Be careful what you call mindless. Serious Sam 3: BFE lacks the long-term mental overhead of equipment upgrades and character augmentation, and the only emergent gameplay is something slimy crawling out of a cocoon, but it does know how to commandeer concentration -- ruthlessly. You're so plugged in from moment to moment, fingers flitting over the keyboard as you sprint, dodge and shuffle weapons in an onslaught of snorting beasts, it's a lie to think you haven't thought. So involving is the instinctive, mechanical game that context becomes a luxury.
Serious Sam 3: BFE has some semblance of a story
If there's one thing that Serious Sam needs, it's more story. Also, there's a gun that shoots enormous balls. So it's still totally Serious Sam.
Serious Sam 3: BFE Melee Attacks trailer isn't afraid to get its hands dirty
When facing thousands upon thousands of horrible extraterrestrial abominations, it's easy to sit back and let your impressively destructive arsenal of ballistics do all the work for you. Real men, however, commit intergalactic xenocide with their bare hands as demonstrated in the latest trailer for Serious Sam 3: BFE.
Serious Sam: The Random Encounter launches (a billion missiles)
Vlambeer's retro-RPG take on Serious Sam has launched on Get Games and Steam -- and you can save ten percent on Steam if you already own another Serious Sam game. Vlambeer's previous effort was Super Crate Box, a port of which recently released on the iOS platform. Serious Sam: The Random Encounter is a turn-based RPG in a 16-bit style, part of the Serious Sam Indie Series of games. The two previous Indie Series efforts were Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack and Serious Sam Double D.%Gallery-137399%
Serious Sam: The Random Encounter gets hectic Oct. 24
With the delay of Serious Sam 3: BFE to November 22, lessen the crippling longing in your itchy trigger finger by picking up Serious Sam: The Random Encounter. The "retro" RPG will be available on Steam October 24 for $4.99. Serious Sam: The Random Encounter was developed by indie studio Vlambeer, known for quality titles like Super Crate Box. As well as the recent drama where its Radical Fishing experienced a case of, um, heavy borrowing. %Gallery-135110%
Serious Sam 3: BFE seriously delayed until Nov. 22
Serious Sam 3: BFE is taking an extra month to prepare for its debut and will now arrive on November 22. The time will be spent polishing the game, which was originally expected to launch October 18. "The game is playing wonderfully and looks great, so we are going through to balance the difficulty and fine tune the code to eliminate any technical issues at launch," said Davor Hunski, Chief Creative at Croteam. The game is currently available for pre-order on Steam and other digital distribution systems for 10 percent off. On Steam, there's an additional 10 percent off if you already own a previous Serious Sam title. There's also the "timed exclusive" of Devolver Digital CFO Fork Parker as a multiplayer avatar for use in Serious Sam 3: BFE -- meaning you'll be able to shoot him over and over again for making you wait an extra month. Revenge!
Serious Sam 3's three 'Rich Knuckles' trailers
A part of us likes the idea of the Serious Sam 3: BFE help line being manned by Rich Knuckles. If only so we could ask how his metacarpophalangeals became so affluent.
Portabliss: Serious Sam Kamikaze Attack (iOS/Android)
Did you know that you can download handheld games now? That's amazingly convenient! The only inconvenient part of it is finding the right games to buy -- and that's where we come in, with our Portabliss column. In each installment, we'll tell you about a downloadable game on the iPhone, iPad, Android device, DSi, 3DS, PSP, etc. Today: Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack. I've never played any of the Serious Sam games, so I approached Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack without the benefit of context. So, to me, this iPhone game is about a heroic, headless man in boxing gloves who runs and kicks missiles until he can tackle a guy in a white t-shirt, at which point he explodes. I'm having a hard time believing that this makes sense to other people. Despite the total insanity of the premise ... OK, because of it ... I'm really enjoying this game. As a Headless Kamikaze enemy, you auto-run through short levels, jumping over and kicking obstacles like cacti, frogs, missiles, and bouncing bombs. As you progress through the level, you run with increasing speed, unless you pick up a slow-down item. The goal is to tackle and blow up Sam at the end of the level, who is running away from you. However, that goal isn't really the goal. Each stage has a "bonus objective" usually involving destroying a specified number of a certain obstacle -- "kick 15 frogs" -- before you reach Sam. In these cases, you may actually want to delay reaching the end of the stage. It's kind of neat to break what feels like a "run forever" Canabalt-style game into discrete, short levels. Well, it's either neat or entirely missing the point, but I happen to like the change of pace. I also like the cold shock of being dropped into this world. Are all the Serious Sam games this weird?%Gallery-134562% Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack is available from the iOS App Store as a universal app for $.99, and from the Android Market for the same price. We're always looking for new distractions. Want to submit your game for Portabliss consideration? You can reach us at portabliss aat joystiq dawt com.
The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack
Indie developers are the starving artists of the video-game world, often brilliant and innovative, but also misunderstood, underfunded and more prone to writing free-form poetry on their LiveJournals. We at Joystiq believe no one deserves to starve, and many indie developers are entitled to a fridge full of tasty, fulfilling media coverage, right here. This week, in a three-part series we're featuring the creators of the Serious Sam indie series. Today, it's Brad Johnson of Be-Rad about his recent iOS and Android release, Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack. Why be independent rather than try to work for someone else? Been there, done that. Bosses aren't for me, unless it's a boss battle. Being independent puts me in control of the whole development process so I can set my own schedules and create what I want to create. Sometimes I have flashbacks of working overtime for my old employers and I want to scream "FREEEDOOOOOOOOM!!!" like William Wallace did at the end of Braveheart, but then I snap out of it and realize where I'm at and am thankful I'm doing my own thing.
Serious Sam Kamikaze Attack hurls a new trailer our way
It's not often in life that the downtrodden get to savor the sweet taste of justice, but in Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack that's the entire game. The only problem is the downtrodden die at the end!
Serious Sam 3: BFE is nuts
Your daily quota of "charging beasts being ripped asunder by projectile saw blades" is about to be filled. Quit being unfulfilled and take a look!%Gallery-131779%
Serious Sam 3: BFE headlessly heads to PC on Oct. 18
The Good Book tells us that thou shalt not suffer a GIANT SCORPION MAN THING to live -- and fortunately for us all, we won't have to suffer for much longer. Croteam and Devolver Digital have announced that their upcoming arcadey shooter, Serious Sam 3: BFE, will arrive on PC on October 18, meaning we're a little under two months from fulfilling the mandate of the aforementioned, completely made-up scripture. If you're planning on picking up the title, you might want to pre-order it on Steam; once reservations on the title become available on the platform, they'll save you a cool 10 percent off the final purchase price of the game.
Seriously, give these Serious Sam 3: BFE screens from Gamescom a look
There's a GIANT SCORPION MAN THING in it for you.
