March 11, 2010
Telltale Announces Sam & Max: The
Devil’s Playhouse
Epic five game comedy saga
debuting on Playstation Network
A psychically empowered lagomorph
battling unusual and fearsome villains can mean only one thing: Freelance Police
Sam & Max are coming for a new series of monthly episodic games. Telltale Games’
Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse premiere episode The Penal Zone will release
April 15th. This series will be Telltale’s first for the PlayStation Network,
exclusively for the PlayStation 3. The games will also release on PC and
Macintosh.
As Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse
opens, Max has been bestowed with a set of powerful psychic abilities from an
unusual ancient source that he’ll wield against the strongest and strangest foes
the Freelance Police have ever faced. Join gaming’s greatest dog and rabbit
sleuths as they investigate the source of these powers, with manic Max
exercising new and amazing abilities with each episode. Max’s shape shifting,
teleportation, mind reading and future sight powers prove particularly useful as
intergalactic simians, eldritch gods, under-dwellers and an arcane scholar
ruthlessly hunt down these powers for their own evil ends. The teaser trailer
released today at
www.samandmaxgames.com/thedevilsplayhouse gives a peek at the skewed humor
of The Devil’s Playhouse. The very first in-game screenshots and new concept art
are also posted at the site.
"Telltale continues to excel at
channeling Sam & Max’s extremely peculiar sensibilities," said Sam & Max
creator, Steve Purcell. "For each subsequent season they somehow manage to toss
ever more mind-addling scenarios at the Freelance Police. The creative team
inhabits these characters so well that if I were their parents I’d be worried
about them."
The PC pre-order for the series
which begins today at
www.samandmaxgames.com/thedevilsplayhouse includes a FREE game episode from
the Telltale library along with exclusive membership in the Freelance Police
"Elite Forces" — all for just $34.95. Freelance Police Elite Forces members
will gain access to a private forum for scheduled chats with Sam & Max creator
Steve Purcell and Telltale designers along with first look posts about upcoming
episodes before they release. Additionally, these customers will get special
deals at the Telltale Store over the course of the season, as well as custom
forum avatars and desktop wallpaper downloads. The pre-order for PlayStation
users is expected to begin March 18th on the PlayStation Network.
"With Sam & Max: The Devil’s
Playhouse, we’re bringing PlayStation fans five months of exciting episodic
content and continuing our commitment to deliver exclusive, innovative gaming
experiences to the PlayStation Network," said Rob Dyer, senior vice president of
publisher relations, Sony Computer Entertainment America. "The unhinged humor,
unforgettable cast and irreverent undertone of this enduring franchise are
aspects we expect will resonate with our audience, and both Telltale and SCEA
can’t wait to deliver."