Serious Sam developer, Devolver Digital, has announced that a new downloadable morsel called 'Fusion DLC' for Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is headed to Steam soon.

What exactly is getting fused? Downloading the Fusion DLC will graft all of the campaign and multiplayer levels from Serious Sam HD into Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter. That also means that multiplayer variants that were previously only available in 'The Second Encounter' (like Beast Hunt and My Burden) will now be playable using maps from the first game. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter marks the last installment before the holiday. Featured today is new media for Red Dead Redemption, Diablo 3, ModNation Racers, Serious Sam HD, Test Drive Unlimited 2, Trapped Dead, Lord of Arcana, Dead Rising 2: Case West, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Yakuza 4, and Magic: The Gathering - Tactics. Read more »

Microsoft's Major Nelson has blown the lid off this week's Xbox Live Download Deals, offering significant savings on several shooters to Xbox Live Gold members.

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A demo for developer Croteam and publisher Devolver Digital's Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter has been released on Valve's distribution platform Steam.

According to Croteam, demo includes: Read more »

Hot on the heels of their downloadable high-def remake of Serious Sam: The First Encounter, developer Croteam and publisher Digital Devolver announced back in November of last year that they also planned to give the HD-remake treatment to the first-person-shooter's sequel. Today, Digital Devolver has released some shiny new screens to tease Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, the obviously-titled sequel's remake.

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Sam fans can now buy instant co-op joy for themselves and three friends with a $60 Serious Sam HD four-pack on Steam--a $20 discount essentially giving a free copy.

Packing sixteen-player co-op, the prettied-up revamp of Croteam's hectic shooter was released for PC in November 2009 and landed on Xbox Live Arcade earlier this month. Read more »

It's been a bumpy ride for Sam "Serious" Stone, but the time-traveler's journey to Xbox 360 is at an end, with producer Devolver Digital and Microsoft confirming that Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter will hit Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday, January 13.

Croteam's high-definition revamp of the frantic shooter packs support for four-person online co-op on Xbox Live, with the download priced at 1200 MS Points/ $15. The game hit PC in November 2009, sporting 16-player online co-op and a suggested price tag of $19.99, with a HD revamp of Serious Sam: The Second Encounter in the works. Read more »

The belated console release of Croteam's modern day Serious Sam: The First Encounter revamp will hit Xbox 360 as a Live Arcade download on January 13, 2010.

The Serious Engine 3-powered high-definition revisiting of Croteam's 2001 original packs fifteen levels and four-player online co-op in its Xbox 360 incarnation, with the already available $19.99 PC edition sporting sixteen-player co-op. Read more »

The downloadable Xbox 360 release of Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter has "got the 'ol bumperooski to January," going by producer Digital Devolver's Twitter.

Already available on PC, Croteam's high-definition revamp of the 2001 shooter was originally due on Xbox 360 in late summer, and more recently in December. Read more »

Having just released a high-definition remake of Serious Sam: The First Encounter in the form of Serious Sam HD, developer Croteam and producer Devolver Digital have revealed that Serious Sam: The Second Encounter is to undergo a similar re-release.

Update: Devolver has issued forth a new trailer for Serious Sam HD (embedded below), which concludes with word that the downloadable Xbox 360 edition will hit in December.

Original: Croteam's modern day revamp of Serious Sam: The First Encounter will hit PC on Tuesday, November 24, producer Digital Devolver has confirmed via Twitter. Read more »

The PC version of Croteam's seriously chaotic FPS Serious Sam HD is now gold, according to an earlier tweet from publisher Devolver Digital.

Powered by the new Serious Engine 3, the high-definition remake tells the story of Sam "Serious" Stone's journey back to ancient Egypt to battle Notorious Mental and the Sirian army, and of the excessive and bloody carnage that ensues. Read more »

With summer having drawn to a close and certain doom approaching, it's time for the enemies of Serious Sam HD to take one last look back at their seasonal shenanigans.

Some chose to spend their time at the beach. Others fulfilled their lifelong dreams of visiting Hollywood, that restaurant from Seinfeld, and the sidewalk. A few opted to run in a marathon, Carlton decided to LARP, and Susie, well, she finally got to go to prom. Read more »

Continuing in the whimsical glory of the Serious Sam HD "supermercial", developer Croteam and producer Devolver Digital have issued some eccentric video "testimonials" and new screenshots via the game's official site.

Unfortunately, we still don't have a solid release date for the high-def remake of Croteam's shooter. The downloadable Xbox 360 release, which supports four-player online co-op, will be $15 and is due in the vague "summer." The as-yet-unpriced PC edition will then deliver 16-person online co-op in the "fall." Read more »

Our latest glimpse of Serious Sam HD is jam packed with nonsensical buzzwords and phrases like "6005 polygons per krundle," "more definition-ier," "one million enemies on screen at once," a disclaimer that it "does NOT feature one million enemies on screen at once)," and word that "Serious Sam HD is way better than a loveless marriage."

There are also some new screenshots, if you're interested. We don't know exactly when Croteam's high-def revamp of its frantic 2001 shooter will hit--thus far, all that's been said is "summer" for the downloadable Xbox 360 release and fall for the PC edition. Read more »