Serious Sam 3: BFE is a glorious throwback to the golden age of first-person shooters where men were men, cover was for amateurs and pulling the trigger made things go boom. Serving as a prequel to the original indie sensation, Serious Sam: The First Encounter, Serious Sam 3 takes place during the Earth’s final struggle against Mental’s invading legions of beasts and mercenaries. Set against the collapsing temples of an ancient civilization and the crumbling cities of 22nd century Egypt, Serious Sam 3 is an exhilarating fusion of classic twitch shooters and modern gameplay features.

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I'm the first to admit that we (Crackshell) might not be the best company to advertise and post around about what we do, but at least we are not sitting on our asses doing nothing.

Our take on Serious Sam is due to be released this summer, lock stock and barrel, with the following key features:

  • Lengthy campaign, that can be played alone or for up to 4 people in coop.
  • Survival mode, fight hordes of enemies in various different locations, for up to 12 friends!
  • Versus mode, deathmatch, team deathmatch, rabbit, king of the hill, for 12 players!
  • Tons of enemies, items, secrets, weapons and some fun easter eggs too =D
  • Other than the the four difficult levels (easy|normal|hard|serious), there's multiple switches to modify your session, to make it even easier or harder.
  • A fun and rewarding upgrade system based on experience that let's you play your own unique way!
  • Highly moddable, let's you mod pretty much any aspect you want of the game, create your own maps and publish these onto the Steam Workshop. Even if it's a simple versus map or something like a completely different game.
  • Full controller support with twin-stick or keyboard and mouse (ofc)!

This game is being released by Devolver Digital (they need no introduction) this summer. We're very happy to be working with them and that the development has finally come to an end so we can share what we've been working on for the past 2 years now!

The steam store page is open for anyone who want's to take a peak, you can also already see some workshop items that we made and some that a few beta testers have made! This game will ship with mods and examples!

Take care y'all
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Game Competition (Serious Sam 3: BFE)

Game Competition (Serious Sam 3: BFE)

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In this competition you have the chance to win the game called: Serious Sam 3: BFE / In this contest, there will be three winners!

The Valentines Bundle 2.0

The Valentines Bundle 2.0

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Forget love! Have some indie gaming fun instead with this mix of alien blasting, tower defense and classic platforming action! feat. Serious Sam 3, Shad'O...

Content Patch 2 Released!

Content Patch 2 Released!

Serious Fantasy: Legends

The second content patch for the mod has been released, adding 28 new playable characters, 6 new maps and Warhammer 40,000 themed optional mods, among...

Cinematic Trailer Released!

Cinematic Trailer Released!

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Cinematic trailer of the mod now added to the videos section and YouTube.

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A small hotfix for Content Patch 2 that fixes a crashing issue on the Bearminator map. Extract to Content/SeriousSam3. Recommended to download.

Serious Fantasy Legends - Content Patch 2

Serious Fantasy Legends - Content Patch 2

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Content Patch 2 for the mod, adding 28 new characters and 6 new maps, as well as 2 Warhammer 40,000 themed optional mods. Requires Content Patch 1.

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CRAZY Serious Sam 3: BFE Mod (Ver 1.41)

CRAZY Serious Sam 3: BFE Mod (Ver 1.41)

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A mod for SS3:BFE. Weapons and enemies changed in a way to turn SS3:BFE into pure madness. With new campaign "Prehistory of the Serious Sam"!

CRAZY Serious Sam 3: BFE Mod (Ver 1.4 ENG)

CRAZY Serious Sam 3: BFE Mod (Ver 1.4 ENG)

CRAZY Serious Sam 3: BFE Full Version

WARNING: 3 LEVEL DON'T WORK, WAIT FOR NEW VERSION! A mod for SS3:BFE. Weapons and enemies changed in a way to turn SS3:BFE into pure madness. VERSION...

CRAZY Serious Sam 3: BFE Mod (Ver 1.4 RUS)

CRAZY Serious Sam 3: BFE Mod (Ver 1.4 RUS)

CRAZY Serious Sam 3: BFE Full Version

WARNING: 3 LEVEL DON'T WORK, WAIT FOR NEW VERSION! A mod for SS3:BFE. Weapons and enemies changed in a way to turn SS3:BFE into pure madness. VERSION...

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PsyWarVeteran
PsyWarVeteran

I don't care what anyone says, this is my favorite Sam game after the original First & Second Encounters, hell maybe even better than the Second Encounter. I think people realized that this wasn't that bad after the release of SS4, that game deserves the hate it gets.

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agentbj09
agentbj09

I would buy this game if Steam wasn't required. We don't come to Desura to buy Steam-only games, Croteam.

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Ivancillo
Ivancillo

Valve, cause its dominant position, ****** the future of DRM Free AAA gaming on Linux.

This is the proof.

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jeanfrancois
jeanfrancois

I got this game on Desura and I'm on Mac.
When I click "Play this game" it tells me to install the Desura Client. But it doesn't exist for Mac.
So my question: How do I install this game?

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MakZ666
MakZ666

Too bad I have already bought this one on Steam. I really like Desura, but the regional prices are way too different (600 roubles + occasional discounts in Steam against 1221.15 in Desura - the choice is obvious).

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MajorBloodBath
MajorBloodBath

I bought this and now it tells me its not available for Linux? WTF?

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MajorBloodBath
MajorBloodBath

It works on Steam but I can't run steam as I'm using Debian stable 64 bit. Maybe in the future I will be able to play this game. I just got a refund for now. Come on Steam! Make a new install file for 64 bit Debian Squeeze!

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MakZ666
MakZ666

Ability to run program across different distros would have been really cool, but the problem is that many games with their shiny new engines rely on some newer features, that are only available in newer programs. For example, most of the stuff from steam is compiled against libc 2.15, which can be found in Ubuntu 12.04, that's why it cannot be launched in Debian Wheezy. I doubt the game distributors will force the developers to redesign the engine in order to support the whole variety of distros.

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Adrien2002
Adrien2002

What the... only with STEAM ??
Come on !! I thought Desura will only let us buy free DRM games and now, we must have STEAM to play a game from Desura ?
I was ready to buy it if I can have it by Desura but that sentence stopped me. Thank you. But I don't want to rent a game, I want to buy it and that's why I am on Desura.

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Avoozl
Avoozl

Apparently they also said that they won't put it on GoG unless they will sell steam keys, they completely miss the point of GoG. Also they are charging $40 for this game despite it being EIGHT YEARS OLD now, I won't ever be buying this game until they have a giveaway for it since they will never likely release it on GoG, but even that won't be for a LONG time now. I really hate croteam because of these dumb decisions.

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