Devolver Digital Acquires Serious Sam Developer Croteam

Devolver Digital and Croteam have finally fabricated it official; they're sticking together for the long booty. Today, the indie mega-publisher appear that they have acquired the Serious Sam studio. Or perhaps Croteam acquired Devolver? Who tin can really say? What is articulate, is that players looking for their next Serious Sam fix or who tin can't wait to play The Talos Principle 2 will be doing and so with Devolver as the publisher.

Devolver has acquired Croteam.

Maybe Croteam has acquired Devolver.

Either way, we're married now. https://t.co/7nzjKmIYkZ

— Devolver Digital (@devolverdigital) October 21, 2022

Of grade, anyone paying attention to the two companies isn't that surprised by this news. After all, Devolver Digital's starting time work every bit a publishing partner was with Croteam with Serious Sam iii. However, what might a little less well-known is that the original Serious Sam games too have some Devolver connections. Those games were published past Gathering of Developers, which Devolver Digital founder Mike Wilson helped outset in 1998. That Wilson-Croteam connection likely made this bargain relatively simple.

Not that y'all were worried, but, in the announcement, Devolver made it clear that Croteam volition retain "total creative liberty" from the publisher. So, while Play a trick on Parker is gratis to brand recommendations, Croteam will probably only ignore them.

Regardless, this bargain makes full sense. The companies have been working together for and then long that this union seemed destined. Devolver Digital's publishing output is getting downright staggering at this bespeak. It'll be interesting to run across if they bring in any of their other long-time partners somewhere down the road.

Serious Sam 4 is available now on PC and Stadia. Information technology's probably not going to blow you abroad, but it'south the definition of impaired fun. Plus, the shotgun is overpowered to a ridiculous degree, which is ever fine by me.

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