Sam's a six-foot tall canine shamus with a hunger for justice. Max is a hyperkinetic rabbity-thing with an oversized Luger and a taste for violence. Together they're Sam & Max, Freelance Police, ridding the streets of bottom-feeding sludge, one dastardly miscreant at a time.
After two award-winning seasons of Sam & Max games, Telltale brings you... a third! Always tackling epic disasters arguably over their heads, the canine detective and his buck naked pal are in for more than they bargained for. Bermuda Triangle? Been there. Giant robots? Done that. In The Devil's Playhouse, Sam and Max face a mysterious otherworldly power for controlling matter and space that calls to the strongest and strangest who might wield it - intergalactic warlords and eldritch gods, under-dwellers and scholars of the arcane. It's Sam's and Max's biggest case yet.
Sam & Max games make you a part of the story as you guide the characters from situation to situation, solving puzzles along the way. With high-caliber movie stylings, previously unfathomed characters and settings, and the finest game writing this side of the table, Sam & Max is funny, challenging and accessible even for non-gamers. The games include integrated, in-context hints that let you adjust the settings based on your skill level. Don't feel like pulling your hair out over a puzzle? Consider using scissors or just turn on the hints!
Yes. It's an entirely new story that pits the crime-fighting duo against mysterious and dangerous forces. Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse plays as an epic comedy saga over five months, one giant story full of twists, turns and cliff hangers. Think Lost, but without the six years of convoluted back story or polar bears.
The Devil's Playhouse is the biggest, strangest and best looking of the Sam & Max games yet: new foes, characters, settings and game scenarios, along with some series faves returning (Flint, the COPS, Stinky, some surprising return cameos, and more). Max's newfound psychic abilities give you a whole new way to interact with the world around you, and see the world through the eyes of a psychotic, empowered rabbit.
At Telltale, our games play out over a series of interconnected episodes, each one building on the next. Expect to see all of the intrigue and twists that you have come to expect from your favorite TV shows and comic books. New installments are available regularly, as new parts of the saga come to light. Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse will be available in five monthly episodes; after the final episode is released, you'll have the full game (or the full season as we like to call it). We encourage folks to pre-order the entire season so as to ensure a steady flow of great gaming.
For the first time, Telltale's games will come to PlayStation 3 gamers! In addition to being downloadable through PlayStation Network, the PC and Mac versions will be available here at the Telltale website. The PC and Mac versions are available for a single price when purchased at telltalegames.com. You can download versions for either PC or Mac (or both for one price!)
The Penal Zone premiere episode became available for purchase on the iTunes store April 2
iTunes devices begin shipping in the US April 3 and in additional countries very shortly. Apple's website has the latest country availability information here.
We release versions for all platforms as closely together as possible, which we coordinate with our partners.
The Penal Zone premiere episode releases early on iPad - a unique opportunity to have games on this new device on its first day of availability. Early iPad releases are not the planned schedule for future episodes.
The first episode of Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse debuts April 15. The PC and Mac games will be released episodically every month for download right here at the Telltale website. The PlayStation Network will have all the PS3 episodes as they become available.
You can pre-order the series for PC/Mac now, and get a FREE game episode from another Telltale series, along with membership in the Freelance Police Elite Forces, complete with a forum where you can talk to Steve Purcell and the Sam and Max dev team. The series pre-order is expected to be available at the PlayStation Store by March 18th.
We'll have a great collector's DVD for PC and Mac customers after the end of the downloadable season. Like all of our episodic games, Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse will be available on DVD after all five episodes have been released. Any season purchaser gets the DVD for only the cost of shipping, so you can get the instant gratification of playing the game downloads as they release, then experience the tactile satisfaction of owning the disc after the season concludes. Note that we will not be able to provide disks for PSN users.
Shortly after the season concludes, you'll get an email notification letting you know the DVD is ready for you to order. Then you just input your address, pay for shipping and you'll have a DVD full of extra awesomeness for your shelf!
The games are virtually identical across platforms, with the exception of appropriate tuning for the platform (the game interface and controls, for example.)
The game is built special for iPad and the touch interface. It looks and plays great on the huge iPad screen and interacting with the game directly on the pad feels very natural. Touch anywhere to bring up a semi-transparent thumbstick to move around, tap to interact with characters and items in the world, double tap to run. It's been tuned top to bottom to play great on the system.
We're determining what kind of options will be possible on iPad. We'll share more information on purchase options as we get it.
Our goals are to release the games in as many places as possible, as soon as possible. Be sure to keep informed by signing up for the newsletter.
Five mystery-packed games for $34.95 - that's less than $7.00 per game!
Nope, and this is a great place to start! Of course, to get the full experience, you may want to brush up on the first two seasons, but it's totally not required. We do however recommend that when playing The Devil's Playhouse, you begin at with the first episode (The Penal Zone); after all, you wouldn't start a book by skipping the first few chapters!
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