We just reviewed Serious Sam 4, a first-person shooter from Devolver Digital. While the recently released console ports suffer from major technical problems, the Steam version performs much better. Steam players will soon have more Sam on their plate with the impending arrival of Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem, a standalone expansion. Siberian Mayhem is due out on PC on January 25 and will support 4-player online co-op.
Serious Sam is a long-running series of fast-paced, old-school first-person shooters from Croatian developer Croteam. Nearly ten years after the first release of Serious Sam 3, Croteam and Devolver Digital finally released Serious Sam 4 on PC in 2020. One year later, an Xbox Series S|X version suddenly launched on Xbox Game Pass alongside PlayStati...
Although the Serious Sam series originated on PC, it has a long history of console ports as well. That's why we're seriously stoked that Devolver Digital and Croteam have finally released Serious Sam 4 on Xbox Series S|X (and Game Pass!) and PlayStation 5, complete with 4-player online co-op.
It's been a while since we've gotten a full, numbered Serious Sam entry, and while the franchise's hordes of fans (Sammites? Samaritans?) have been very patient in waiting for the upcoming Serious Sam 4, they'll unfortunately have to hold on just a bit longer. As it turns out, developer Croteam no longer feels comfortable with the original August release date and, as such, have pushed the release to September 24th.
The Serious Sam series has been co-op friendly since the beginning, with the first game launching way back in 2001 challenging the likes of DOOM, Duke Nukem and QUAKE. Now the series has returned after several VR releases with a proper sequel simply called Serious Sam 4.
