Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter

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The glorious high-definition (HD) chaos continues in Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, the highly anticipated arcade action FPS sequel to the Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter.

Developed by Croteam and powered by the Serious Engine 3, Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter combines spectacularly enhanced visuals, including more polygons, higher resolution textures and more special effects like hippy and kids mode, with trademark frantic gameplay for a non-stop action.

Featuring single-play, survival and cooperative play, the game continues your battle against Mentals army with the classic over-the-top action, crazy humor and horror from the golden age of first-person shooters.

Combined with intense versus and team modes in over 18 classic and NEW! multiplayer maps Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is a worthy successor to the original masterpiece.

• Various Environments and Secrets! - Unleash mayhem on 3 different spectacular worlds: South America, ancient Mesopotamia and medieval Europe. Discover over 130 secrets including over 15 brand NEW! ones hidden in the fray.

• Unique Enemies and Bosses! - Fight with 27 nightmarish warriors in Mentals' army, including old favorites from The First Encounter like Beheaded Kamikaze, Syrian Werebull and Kleer Skeleton. Go head to head against 5 new enemies and 3 new Bosses.

• Special Weapons and Power-Ups! - Wreak havoc with a huge arsenal of weapons including 3 new toys: the Sniper Rifle, Flamethrower and Chainsaw. Use Power-Ups to additionally increase your fighting and agility skills.

• Serious Multiplayer and Steam! - Plunge into chaos with up to 16 players in campaign cooperative mode or watch all hell break loose in over 8 classic and brand NEW! deathmatch maps with up to 16 players! Track your score on Steam leaderboards and earn over 40 NEW! Steam achievements!

• NEW! Survival, Co-Op, Versus and Team Modes! - Try to stay alive as long as you can against continued enemies attacks in Survival mode with specially designed survival maps! Play even more along your friends in new co-op modes including Coin-Op Co-Op! Fight against your friends in more versus modes including Beast Hunt and My Burden! Compete against other teams in Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag and Last Team Standing!

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www.serioussamhd.com (Official website)

Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter Blasts Onto PC. Seriously.

April 28 – Austin, TX: Devolver Digital and Croteam are happy to announce that Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is now available as a PC digital download.

This high-action classic has been completely rebuilt in glorious HD using the Serious 3 engine, and has never looked better. In addition, the old-school first-person shooter gameplay has been brought up to date in explosive fashion with all new 16-player multiplayer modes and a host of new weapons, monsters and arenas including:

· Three ancient worlds to ruin: South America, ancient Mesopotamia and medieval Europe.

· NEW! Over 130 secrets including over 15 brand new ones hidden amongst the carnage.

· Take on 27 outlandish warriors in Lord Mental's army, including old favorites like the Beheaded Kamikaze, Syrian Werebull and Kleer Skeleton.

· NEW! Go head to head against five new enemies and three new bosses.

· Special Weapons and Power-Ups including three new toys: the Sniper Rifle, Flamethrower and Chainsaw.

· NEW! Co-Op Modes - Up to 16 players in campaign Co-Op mode and Co-Op Survival.

· NEW! Deathmatch Modes - Eight classic and brand new deathmatch maps for up to 16 players.

· NEW! Multiplayer Survival Mode - Try to stay alive as long as you can against continued enemies’ attacks in specially designed survival maps.

· NEW! Versus Modes - Fight against your friends in more versus matches including all new Beast Hunt and My Burden modes.

· NEW! Team Modes - Compete against other groups in team matches including Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag and Last Team Standing.

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Croteam press release (April 28, 2010)

The glorious high-definition (HD) chaos from The First Encounter continues now in Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, a remake of the classic arcade FPS Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, which originally scored an overall of 85% on Metacritic and was awarded Game of The Month on Gamespot!

Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter includes spectacularly enhanced visuals and more special effects like Hippy and Kid’s mode, with trademark frantic Single-play, newly developed Survival and Beast Hunt modes, along with all time favorite Cooperative play. Combine those with intense Versus and Team modes for up to 16 players and in over 18 multiplayer maps, Demo Recording option, Spectators and Dedicated Server support, Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is a worthy successor to the original masterpiece.

Key Features

SINGLE PLAYER * Various Environments and Secrets - Unleash mayhem on 3 different spectacular worlds: South America, ancient Mesopotamia and medieval Europe. * Discover over 130 secrets including over 15 brand new ones hidden in the fray. * Unique Enemies and Bosses - Fight with 27 nightmarish warriors in Mental's army, including old favorites from The First Encounter like Beheaded Kamikaze, Syrian Werebull and Kleer Skeleton. Go head to head against 5 new enemies and 3 new Bosses. * Special Weapons and Power-Ups - Wreak havoc with a huge arsenal of weapons including 3 new toys: the Sniper Rifle, Flamethrower and Chainsaw. Use Power-Ups to additionally increase your fighting and agility skills. * Serious Editor 3 - Create your levels and share them on SteamWorks!

MULTIPLAYER * NEW! (not seen in Classic game) Survival Mode - Try to stay alive as long as you can against continued enemies’ attacks in specially designed survival maps! * Classic Co-Op Mode - Plunge into chaos with up to 16 players in campaign cooperative mode! * NEW! (not seen in Classic game) More Co-Op Modes - Play even more along your friends in newly developed Coin-Op and Survival cooperative modes with up to 16 players in campaign game! NEW! (not seen in Classic game) Beast Hunt Modes - Fight against other players or teams while also playing campaign levels in Beast Hunt and Team Beast Hunt! * Versus Mode - Watch all hell break loose in over 8 classic and brand NEW! deathmatch maps with up to 16 players! * NEW! (not seen in Classic game) More Versus Modes - Fight against your friends in more versus modes including My Burden, Last Man Standing and Instant Kill! * NEW! (not seen in Classic game) Team Modes - Compete against other teams in team matches including Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag and Last Team Standing!

STEAM FEATURES - NEW! (not seen in Classic game) - Steam Achievements - Earn 50 amazingly attractive achievements to boost your social standing.

• Steam Leaderboards - See your score recorded in both single player and cooperative leaderboards.

• Steam Cloud - Store your profile online on the Steam Cloud servers, including your bindings, last played level and campaign progress.

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