June 17, Sam & Max Save the World on XBLA!

Posted by Emily

June 11, 2009

We've just announced that Sam & Max will be making their Xbox LIVE Arcade debut next Wednesday, June 17. Sam & Max Save the World (formerly known as Sam & Max Season One) will be available on for 1600 Microsoft points... that's less than 300 points per episode. The Xbox version supports widescreen and HD graphics, includes achievements, and can be enjoyed from the comfort of your couch -- just like a good TV show!

The first season of Sam & Max's episodic adventures -- which won a number of Editor's Choice and Game of the Year awards from pubs like IGN, PC Gamer, and GameSpy -- has six episodes that take the Freelance Police deeper and deeper into a bizarre mind-control plot. From washed-up child stars to the Toy Mafia to the United States government, no one is safe from the hypnotic trance sweeping the world. Can Sam & Max stop the force behind this evil plot before the entire world falls victim?

If you're a PC gamer who has somehow missed out on Sam & Max all these years, for a limited time we've dropped the price of Season One to $19.95, so you, too, can see what all the fuss is about. Get it here as downloads, or along with a bonus DVD containing the games and video content. (You'll be charged shipping if you opt for the bonus DVD.)

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66 Comments

	Fantastic News!!
	Comment by eloffler June 11, 2009, 4:57 pm

	cool i got first comment but i dont have a xbox 360 i dohave it for wii but why cant the wii have the achivement and are they like SBCG4AP's
	Comment by Dash383535 June 11, 2009, 5:01 pm

	never mind on the first comment
	Comment by Dash383535 June 11, 2009, 5:01 pm

	does that mean that sam and max beyond time and space will be coming soon to both wii and xbla.
	Comment by Gman5852 June 11, 2009, 5:20 pm

	does the XBLA version have any graphical or engine improvements over the PC version? A velvety shader and a fuzz bumpmap on Sam's skin would make him look much better, IMO. PSN release soon? please? with high quality audio? pretty please? keep up the awesome work! :)
	Comment by matt_hargett June 11, 2009, 5:30 pm

	since the xbla version of sam and max season 1 is getting widescreen support, does that mean the pc version will eventually?
	Comment by Zodiac June 11, 2009, 5:37 pm

	Are you Telltales going to make a Sam & Max theme? Pllleaaaaaaasssssssseeeeee?
	Comment by DrRocketGenius June 11, 2009, 5:43 pm

	Yes, there's a Sam & Max theme and gamer pics coming too! - Joel, Telltale
	Comment by joeldee June 11, 2009, 7:29 pm

	Is it going to be a point and click control scheme or something similar to W&G?
	Comment by Wolfrider June 11, 2009, 8:25 pm

	Looking forward to playing this in HD! Hopefully this means Season 2 on the wii won't be far behind.
	Comment by Joe Ray June 12, 2009, 4:00 am

	Any chance of S&M coming to the PSN?
	Comment by PS3user June 12, 2009, 4:08 am

	PS3 PSN PS3 PSN PLEASE! PLEASE! ( in a crazy max tone of voice )
	Comment by 0rk0 June 12, 2009, 4:49 am

	Looking forward to the theme, can't afford to repurchase the games at the moment though.
	Comment by tobar June 12, 2009, 5:17 am

	Hopefully it'll be a premium theme?
	Comment by maximmortal June 12, 2009, 5:52 am

	Yes to Premium Theme!
	Comment by joeldee June 12, 2009, 6:29 am

	lol dis game is awsome played most of them does anybody have endwar with headset on ps3
	Comment by umar June 12, 2009, 9:42 am

	if you give Strong Bad to Xbox will be nice
	Comment by Lucoshi June 12, 2009, 9:53 am

	And Monkey Island... sweet dreams! :)
	Comment by Ordel June 12, 2009, 10:30 am

	I'm sorry to bring this up and be seemingly ungrateful for all the other great stuff you've been doing recently but...WHAT ABOUT SEASON THREE?!
	Comment by Crapsicle June 12, 2009, 1:58 pm

	i saw it and thought sma and max season 3!!! but then i saw the poster...oh well. cool news.
	Comment by Inika_Unite77 June 12, 2009, 3:07 pm

	World domination is afoot.
	Comment by Diduz June 12, 2009, 3:34 pm

	Boo, You have now lost my custom forever (and I suspect a few million more). Where is season three? Wallace and Grommit is OK , Sad Bad or whatever is rubbish, but Sam & Max is what made you, and now you are ignoring people who gave you jobs! Boo, Boo again. A very disappointed Englishman
	Comment by bfgp June 12, 2009, 4:23 pm

	@bfgp I don't know if we've said anything other than "we will be making more Sam & Max." I think you're filling in the blanks in the way that is most likely to freak yourself out. We've got a lot of things going on, but we haven't forgotten Sam & Max... because it would be fairly impossible to forget them!
	Comment by Jake June 12, 2009, 4:54 pm

	bfgp, did you see my response on the thread you posted about this?
	Comment by Emily June 12, 2009, 5:13 pm

	Great news, I'll be getting it day 1 for sure
	Comment by Eric June 12, 2009, 8:05 pm

	S&M 3 were supposed to be launched now-ish, but at the end of last year, Monkey Island came along, eating up all resources. And the TTG guys just couldn't reveal why S&M was delayed all these months! Until earlier this month that is, of course. No, the "suspected millions" of customers will happily wait for S&M after ToMI has been finished.
	Comment by barchetta June 13, 2009, 5:45 am

	That is awesome for you guys. It's so great to see adventure games re-emerging. Keep up the momentum! Any chance of setting up those XBL achievements as Steam achievements for PC players as well?
	Comment by Jer Stryker June 13, 2009, 7:22 am

	Any info as to whether the game gets 1k worth of achievements or the usual 200 points for XBL titles.
	Comment by Adam June 13, 2009, 12:57 pm

	I'm tempted to buy this again. I AM WRONG.
	Comment by playclever June 13, 2009, 2:46 pm

	are the frame-rate and sounds issues fixed for the xbl version?
	Comment by jimbo June 14, 2009, 6:28 am

	haha, fial, I just bought Season one (upgrade) for pc last week for the full price
	Comment by Jeroen_JRP June 14, 2009, 11:29 pm

	Woooo hooooo.... finished W&G Season One yesterday, now bring on the main course! I wish you a very successful XBLA release (mainly because I want to see S&M 2, and MI coming to XBLA soon also) and thanks you for bringing back to me a little piece of my childhood.
	Comment by Scoob June 15, 2009, 12:50 am

	Oh my god this is so fantastic I just recently purchased the PC collection, I can not wait till Thursday to play it on XBox Arcade in High Definition widescreen. Looking forward to Season 2 and 3 please.
	Comment by Robert June 16, 2009, 6:52 am

	I tried to download the trial game for this, but.... It won't ;_; . Do I have to have XBL Gold?
	Comment by Sam June 17, 2009, 8:24 am

	It's not downloading for me either, everyone is having the same problem according to the Xbox.co.uk forums. Not the launch that telltale would have been hoping for I suspect...
	Comment by Stu June 17, 2009, 9:09 am

	I hope they fix it if there is a problem with it... or maybe there isn't a trial game for it... ;(
	Comment by Sam June 17, 2009, 10:47 am

	I'm having the same problem, and I do have XBOX Live Gold. I've purchased it, but the download only goes to about 1% and then an error message pops up. Maybe something to do with high download volume? Maybe it's just that popular.
	Comment by Stephen June 17, 2009, 11:36 am

	Stupid Technology and its...flaws!
	Comment by Sam June 17, 2009, 12:03 pm

	Nope. The XBL maintainance update has F*ked up. Most of the content is missing, and what is there tends to bring up an error message. Keep an eye on http://support.xbox.com/support/en/us/nxe/default.aspx Can't beleive it... after months of waiting and taking a day off to play S&M (yup, I'm THAT sad!) MS go and mess it up big time. I've paid my cash (well 1600 points) and all I can do is sit and wait... not the launch I suspect the guys at Tale Tell were hoping for! I just hope it doesn't effect overal sales, as i want Monkey Island ported onto XBLA asap and those bunch of monkeys over at Microsoft aren't really helping the cause! Grrrrrrrrrr..... :o(
	Comment by Scoob June 17, 2009, 12:05 pm

	Well...on the bright side, Xbox Live Gold is only $1 for a month. :D
	Comment by Sam June 17, 2009, 12:07 pm

	I want MI SE too. But I HAVE NO MP. DX DAMN YOU MICROSOFT! and the mandatory eye exam.
	Comment by Sam June 17, 2009, 12:09 pm

	$1 for you guys in the states maybe... but here in the UK we get no such break. Besides, $1 for XBL is a bit like putting a Cherry on a Dog Poo..... it's still a Dog Poo (and a white one at that!)
	Comment by Scoob June 17, 2009, 12:16 pm

	Meh. White Dog Poo? I've seen orange-ish from my dogs eating carrots. XD
	Comment by Sam June 17, 2009, 12:34 pm

	Well, that's it, I'm done. It's past midnight here in the UK and time to give up and catch some shut eye. Worst bit is that not only bid I waste a days vacation on the 'no show', but tomorrow eve I have to entertain my boss and some clients, so it'll be Friday eve at least until I get a sniff of Max's ears :0( TaleTell, I thank you - keep the faith!.... Microsoft, I salute you (yes, that is a salute of the one-fingered variety!). Night each....
	Comment by Scoob June 17, 2009, 4:41 pm

	Well... Just asking to anyone who reads this, those the game DOWNLOAD for you?
	Comment by Sam June 17, 2009, 5:09 pm

	Just another request for a PS3 version of Sam & Max (and Monkey Island too would be great). Thanks.
	Comment by cheekyMcB June 18, 2009, 3:29 am

	Another plug for the PS3 version....pppPlease!
	Comment by jazzyrider June 18, 2009, 4:47 am

	I just bought it and it's hilarious! Thank you Telltale! :)
	Comment by Ordel June 18, 2009, 5:33 am

	Ok, 2 Questions: Why does the game suffer from performance hicups and stuttering issues in the 360?! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjJggEL5SUE And why did you not include languages like german if it was already recorded for the pc? this keeps many people from buying it for the console. Shame on you! And for everyone who can speak german I wrote an article about this problems: http://www.marctv.de/blog/2009/06/18...ave-the-world/
	Comment by MarcDK June 18, 2009, 2:43 pm

	I'd STILL like to know when and where Season 3 is gonna start being released!
	Comment by hferg June 18, 2009, 2:57 pm

	Since every console (except the PS3) and the PC have Sam n Max , can we as PS3 owners have it too. I own a PC but want it on my PS3 and will not buy it on any other platform. Thanks.
	Comment by 0rk0 June 19, 2009, 1:38 am

	Also, the spanish translation is very poor. :(
	Comment by mojonvolador June 19, 2009, 4:30 am

	I just started playing Culture Shock on 360 and I'm stuck on the psychlogy, unless it's not important. It's really good. That's all I have to say. And Hferg, JUST WAIT. Telltale has their hands full with Tales of Monkey Island. I'm pretty sure they'll get to it after Monkey Island.
	Comment by Sam June 19, 2009, 10:54 am

	Hey, I loved Sam and Max when I played it on the PC many years ago. So I really wanted to love S&M on the Xbox 360 too. But there are at least two CRITICAL flaws with it: 1) No way to save the game? You have to be kidding me. For a game titled "Sam and Max Save The World" how comes I can't save my progress? I just lost about an hours worth of puzzle solving thanks to that. 2) Why does it skip and jerk constantly? That's what I expect on a PC game but on a console where nothing else is happening? Eh? I really hope you guys patch these issues ...
	Comment by Mike June 20, 2009, 10:14 am

	Are you saying you can't save on the Xbox version? I can save the game when I play it. Just press start and go to Save/Load. I don't know about the jerking thing.
	Comment by Sam June 21, 2009, 10:26 am

	@Mike - First-up, you shouldn't loose any (or very little) Puzzle solving, as the game uses autosave? Also, the Xbox gaming std process of pressing 'start' opens a Save window (as Sam mentions above). Are you sure you're not trying to run it on your PS3 :o) The 'Jerky' thing is an interesting point. I have a new 'Jasper' Xbox Arcade (having recently replaced my 'day-1' unit which sucombed to RROD) and other than the odd word drop out (at the end of some conversation trails) and a few stutters on some cut-scences, I think the engine it pretty dam fine. Much better than Wallace and Grommit - which was a bit flakey (appreciate it's prob the same engine, so assume either S&M is less intensive or was better optimised). Read a few posts saying the same (including the cluless review by IGN), so wonder if it's hardware related at all? Anyway, I've just read that W&G only did 12k units in the fist few weeks, so I'm just hoping beyond hope that S&M knocks it out of the park or we'll never see Monkey Island hit XBLA and that would just be wrong! :o(
	Comment by Scoob June 23, 2009, 2:40 am

	I hope Monkey Island comes to XBLA, too. Uhh....... Sam and Max save the world was a great game. I never played the PC version (I've played the demos). I had problems with Sam walking around, when I point to something and he runs/wlaks right past it. I also love it when Abe goes DAAAAAAAAAAAM! in episode 6. ^_^
	Comment by Sam June 23, 2009, 6:10 pm

	is it the whole game or part of the game
	Comment by samandmaxfanboy June 24, 2009, 5:37 pm

	sorry if my last comment wasn't clear it was my first time commenting and i was kinda nervous. (don't care if i spelled it right or not ) any way i mean't if i download sam and max on the x box live arcade do i get to play all of season 1 or just part of season 1 please post soon emily anyone that works at telltale games or anyone that has downloaded it.
	Comment by samandmaxfanboy June 24, 2009, 6:24 pm

	It's the Full Season dude.....
	Comment by Scoob June 25, 2009, 3:23 am

	Well now i feel dumber than homestar.Actually my brother has an xbox and when i play on the arcade it's PART of the game so I just happend to think that i only get PART of the season.
	Comment by samandmaxfanboy June 25, 2009, 9:21 am

	it's offical they're making S&M season THREE if you don't believe me search for sam and max wikia ( not a typo) so they're making season 3 the only thing that will stop them from making season 3 is if they cancel it. The thought of canceling season 3 gice's me the jibblies. jibbile jibbile. (yes i'm also a homestar runner fan so i'm going to make A LOT of refrences
	Comment by samandmaxfanboy June 26, 2009, 10:36 pm

	I downloaded Sam and Max Episode 1 on XBOX LIVE and it was the first time I put money in to buy LIVE ARCADE Games! Will Sam and Max Episode 3 be out on XBOX LIVE ARCADE? Also played all Sam and Max games on the PC and love it on both systems! Keep on going TellTale games you converted me to downloads on XBOX LIVE ARCADE downloads! May Sam and Max games and TellTale Games keep going forever!
	Comment by Chris June 28, 2009, 1:12 am

	Do I really have to buy this again. I bought it as an early costumer, back when you weren't famous yet. I bought it again when it came out for Steam. I recently saw it on retail here in Spain, didn't think it would get international distribution and though as an early costumer I was entitled to a special edition box set, I didn't make use of it and might get it again on retail. I would get it for Wii, but I don't have a Wii :( And now on Xbox Live? I mean, I hate the sodapoppers, and season 1 means sodapoppers all over the place. But it's widescreen, it has achievements and it has some extras (judging by the contents of the demo). Aw, I think I pass on this one. Could it be possible that you add the achievements to the Steam system?
	Comment by Grim Reaper June 28, 2009, 4:20 pm

	I know this has nothing to do with Sam and Max, but..... DON'T LISTEN TO THE MONKEY ISLAND FAN BOYS WHINING ABOUT THE GRAPHICS! Really, when was graphics better then story and gameplay? It's nice to ahve great grpahics, but to me: Story/Gameplay< Graphics. Can't wait for Monkey Island and Sam and Max Season 3! Could there be more Strong Bad games or are the 5 episodes the entire series of SBCG4AP?
	Comment by Sam June 29, 2009, 9:56 am

	Looking forward to playing this in HD! Can't wait for Monkey Island and Sam and Max Season 3!
	Comment by Web Dating September 22, 2009, 10:43 am

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