Direct2Drive is celebrating their 5th birthday by offering a full month of $5 games. We're only at week 2, but already we're seeing some great deals on over 25 titles.
What co-op titles can you snag for $5?
- Saint's Row 2
- Serious Sam Gold
- Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
- Aces of the Galaxy
- Assault Heroes
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
That's a total steal right there for any of them. There's even some solid classic strategy games like Civilization IV, and a $5 deal on Bioshock!
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Game Name: Serious Sam HD
Co-Op: Yes
Co-Op Type: Full co-op campaign - 4 players on XBLA, 16+ on PC
Publisher/Developer: cdv Software Entertainment (publisher)/ Croteam (developer)
Release Date: Fall 2009
We got to play Serious Sam HD today, and not only can we say that this game is great fun, we've got some impressive new co-op news: while the Xbox Live Arcade version will support four players, the PC version will support -- ready for it? -- sixteen players...or more!
Sometimes we forget just how far a game and its graphics have come. When Serious Sam was launched in 2001 it looked amazing for its time. While eight years might not seem THAT long ago, in computer graphics terms thats like uncovering a piece of Renaissance art in your back yard.
IGN has some exclusive shots of the upcoming Serious Sam HD remake for Xbox Live and PC, and the differences are quite amazing. The new game is built on the Serious Engine 3.0, Croteam's upcoming graphical workhorse that will power their next gen Serious Sam game. If this is what developers can do with an arcade style remake, imagine what they can do with a full blown production and budget!
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CDV has released a fresh batch of screenshots for Serious Sam HD, which comes out on the Xbox Live Arcade and PC this fall. They've also released the box art for the game, which might just be, some of the greatest box art ever created. The co-op friendly game is a remake of the original Serious Sam game which was developed by Croteam.
Also a friendly reminder - today is the last day in our Serious Sam Contest! All we need from you is one line of dialogue, and if chosen, you could win 1600 MS Points.
Show me whatcha got!
Remember the Twitter Contest, where you could write an in-game one-liner for Serious Sam HD? Well, now we have a contest of our own to help support the starving artist that is Sam.
John J. Dick, the voice of Serious Sam, is in a bit of a financial pickle. He's offered to record a line or phrase of your choice for a small fee. Here at Co-optimus, we want to help him out, while finding a special-edition way to introduce the Co-opticast (Podcast). But, we need your help!
Why so Serious, Sam?
The original Serious Sam is a really good co-op title, and we are quite fond of it. When the HD remake of the game was announced, there was much hooping and hollering here at Co-Optimus HQ. Serious Sam 3 is currently in development, and considering the winning combination of humor, over the top carnage, and a unique art style in previous games, we've been keeping a close eye on it.
It appears that at least one aspect of the series will be tweaked for the third game: the cartoony look is getting the axe. Croteam's Roman Ribaric explains.
"I believe Serious Sam fans would want to hear the following two things. First, Serious Sam 3 will play like the original Serious Sam. And second, we'll leave the cartoony look behind."
I'm glad that SS3 will play like the first, that much is certain. But why drop the cartoony art style? The enemy designs in particular were very impressive and still memorable these many years later. Do we really want headless kamikaze bombers in a realistic art style? Serious Sam without these elements is like Transformers that don't transform, or NFL teams that don't play football. *rimshot*
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Serious Sam HD is right around the corner for the PC and Xbox 360. To get the ball rolling Majesco has launched an interesting contest for the game. All you need to do is come up with a one liner for Sam to say.
So how does a budding video game writer enter a finely crafted line for a chance to hear it in Serious Sam HD? Gamers can log on to Twitter and send a brilliant tweet quip to @devolverdigital between July 15 and July 30. Croteam will choose the winning line and Devolver Digital will announce it to all followers of www.twitter.com/devolverdigital and www.twitter.com/majesco in early August.
The news of a high def remake of Serious Sam, to be released on PC and Xbox Live Arcade, had me giddy as a headless, shirtless, bomb wielding dude who could somehow still scream. Unfortunately, PS3 users are left out of all the fun. Or are they?
Croteam CEO Roman Ribaric said financing was unavailable for a PSN version of Serious Sam HD to begin, but it's too early to say never just yet. If there is enough demand, your PS3 may be spouting one liners and cannonballs after all. Why not email Croteam and tell them you want to buy Serious Sam HD for the PSN?
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About a month ago we told you that Croteam was hard at work on a new Serious Sam title based on a brand new graphical engine. A new Serious Sam game was announced today, but not being developed by Croteam, instead new developer Devolver Digital. The game is called Serious Sam HD, and it's a remake of the original on the new Serious Engine 3.
The game will feature online cooperative play for 4 players through 12 levels.
The Serious Sam games have always been about good mindless cooperative fun. Not only is Serious Sam an entertaining franchise, it's also a showcase for Croteam's Serious Engine. It's been a few years now since we saw Serious Sam II but it appears everyone's favorite self promoting t-shirt wearing hero is about to make a comeback, and he's bringing a new 3D engine with him.
According to the official Croteam website they've been hard at work on two new games, one of them being a sequel to Serious Sam. A third game has been put on hold as the publishing deal with Gamecock has fallen through. Finally a brand new Serious engine dubbed "Serious Engine 3" is being used for both projects and is sure to showcase some next-gen visuals.
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