Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem

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Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem
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Developer(s)
Publisher(s)Devolver Digital
SeriesSerious Sam
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release25 January 2022
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem is a 2022 first-person shooter game developed by Timelock Studio and Croteam, and published by Devolver Digital. A standalone expansion to Serious Sam 4, the game was released on 25 January 2022.

Gameplay[]

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem is a standalone expansion to Serious Sam 4.[1][2] The game features five levels and several new weapons.[2]

Plot[]

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem takes place in the Tunguska region of Russia, where Sam "Serious" Stone aims to track down General Brand.[3]

Development and release[]

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem was initially developed as a mod for Serious Sam 4.[2] The developers, long-time members of the Serious Sam modding community, later formed the Russia-based Timelock Studio and developed the game as an official Serious Sam entry under the oversight of Croteam, the series' creators.[2][3] The game was first teased via a 34-second video published to YouTube in December 2021, showing protagonist Sam Stone navigating a frozen landscape.[4] Publisher Devolver Digital referenced the video again in early January 2022, stating that it would announce a new Serious Sam entry later that week and release it later that month.[5] The company announced Siberian Mayhem on 10 January 2022 and released it on 25 January for Microsoft Windows via Steam and GOG.com.[1][6] Owners of Serious Sam 4 received a 25% discount on the new game.[6]

Reception[]

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem received "mixed or average" reviews, according to the review aggregator website Metacritic, which calculated a weighted average rating of 69/100 based on twenty critic reviews.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Romano, Sal (10 January 2022). "Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem announced for PC". Gematsu. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d O'Connor, Alice (10 January 2022). "Serious Sam shoots through Siberia in a standalone expansion this month". Rock Paper Shotgun. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b Žalac, Zoran (10 January 2022). "Najavljen je Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem, stiže za dva tjedna" [Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem has been announced, arriving in two weeks]. HCL (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  4. ^ Blake, Vikki (12 December 2021). "It looks like things may be getting cold for Serious Sam 4 and this possible DLC tease". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  5. ^ Chalk, Andy (7 January 2022). "It looks like a new Serious Sam game is coming later this month". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  6. ^ a b Heaslip, Stephen (25 January 2022). "Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem Breaks Out". Blue's News. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  8. ^ Penzhorn, Sascha (29 January 2022). "Das neue Serious Sam macht im Test Spaß - bis die Technik zickt" [The new Serious Sam is fun in the test - until the technology bites]. GameStar (in German). Webedia. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  9. ^ Cunningham, James (25 January 2022). "Review: Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem". Hardcore Gamer. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  10. ^ Jarrard, Chris (25 January 2022). "Serious Sam Siberian Mayhem review: Cold, unforgiving insanity". Shacknews. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  11. ^ Paschetto, Nicolò (25 January 2022). "Serious Sam 4 : Siberian Mayhem – Recensione" [Serious Sam 4 : Siberian Mayhem - Review]. The Games Machine (in Italian). Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  12. ^ Brown, Andy (25 January 2022). "'Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem' review: all killer, no filler". NME. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

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