Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse announced for PlayStation Network
Telltale Games has officially announced tonight that Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse is coming to PlayStation Network. The game, first leaked a few weeks ago by the ESRB, is the third season in the epic Sam & Max saga and is only to debut on PlayStation Network and PC/Mac platforms.
In The Devil’s Playhouse, Max obtains psychic abilities that he’ll use to take on some of the toughest enemies he and Sam have ever faced before. These include shape-shifting, mind reading, teleportation and future sight.
Telltale is partnering up with SCEA to offer gamers a pre-order promotion (yes, a pre-order on PlayStation Network) that will begin March 18. Those who pre-order will pay $29.99 when the first episode releases this April. Those who don’t will pay the retail price of $34.99.
The first episode, The Penal Zone, will hit PlayStation Network on April 15, 2010.
Check out the first screens at the gallery. The debut trailer can be seen below.
TELLTALE ANNOUNCES SAM & MAX: THE DEVIL’S PLAYHOUSE EPIC FIVE GAME COMEDY SAGA DEBUTING ON PLAYSTATION(R) NETWORK
Check out mind expanding trailer and pre-order special
at http://www.samandmaxgames.com/thedevilsplayhouseSAN RAFAEL, Calif. — March 11, 2010 — A psychically empowered lagomorph battling unusual and fearsome villains can mean only one thing: Freelance Police Sam & Max are coming for a new series of monthly episodic games. Telltale Games’ Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse premiere episode The Penal Zone will release April 15th. This series will be Telltale’s first for the PlayStation(R) Network, exclusively for the PlayStation(R)3 (PS3 TM) computer entertainment system. The games will also release on PC and Macintosh.
As Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse opens, Max has been bestowed with a set of powerful psychic abilities from an unusual ancient source that he’ll wield against the strongest and strangest foes the Freelance Police have ever faced. Join gaming’s greatest dog and rabbit sleuths as they investigate the source of these powers, with manic Max exercising new and amazing abilities with each episode. Max’s shape shifting, teleportation, mind reading and future sight powers prove particularly useful as intergalactic simians, eldritch gods, under-dwellers and an arcane scholar ruthlessly hunt down these powers for their own evil ends. The teaser trailer released today at www.samandmaxgames.com/thedevilsplayhouse gives a peek at the skewed humor of The Devil’s Playhouse. The very first in-game screenshots and new concept art are also posted at the site.
“Telltale continues to excel at channeling Sam & Max’s extremely peculiar sensibilities,” said Sam & Max creator, Steve Purcell. “For each subsequent season they somehow manage to toss ever more mind-addling scenarios at the Freelance Police. The creative team inhabits these characters so well that if I were their parents I’d be worried about them.”
The PC pre-order for the series which begins today at www.samandmaxgames.com/thedevilsplayhouse includes a FREE game episode from the Telltale library along with exclusive membership in the Freelance Police “Elite Forces” — all for just $34.95. Freelance Police Elite Forces members will gain access to a private forum for scheduled chats with Sam & Max creator Steve Purcell and Telltale designers along with first look posts about upcoming episodes before they release. Additionally, these customers will get special deals at the Telltale Store over the course of the season, as well as custom forum avatars and desktop wallpaper downloads. The pre-order for PlayStation users is expected to begin March 18th on the PlayStation Network.
“With Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse, we’re bringing PlayStation fans five months of exciting episodic content and continuing our commitment to deliver exclusive, innovative gaming experiences to the PlayStation Network,” said Rob Dyer, senior vice president of publisher relations, Sony Computer Entertainment America. “The unhinged humor, unforgettable cast and irreverent undertone of this enduring franchise are aspects we expect will resonate with our audience, and both Telltale and SCEA can’t wait to deliver.”
