Advertisement

Serious Sam 3: BFE expansion pack to launch this month

The new expansion pack, titled Serious Sam 3: Jewel of the Nile, will be released on October 16.

Advertisement
Shunal Doke|Oct 05, 2012, 12:13:31 IST

One of the sleeper hits of last year – Serious Sam III: BFE – is getting a new expansion pack. According to DevolverDigital, the new expansion pack, titled Serious Sam 3: Jewel of the Nile, will be released on October 16.

Serious Sam 3: Jewel of the Nile follows the protagonist, whose name if you haven’t already guessed is Sam, to the Temple of Isis on an island called Philae where a monstrous temple guardian is said to lie in wait. The events of the expansion pack are set during the events of Serious Sam 3: BFE. Sam and his team will have to battle through three new campaign missions against hordes of enemies, who are all under the control of Mental.Umm you may wanna put some clothes on first

New expansion pack this month

Here are some of the main features of Serious Sam 3: Jewel of the Nile, as per the official website:
  • Three new massive missions set against a mysterious island, treacherous canyons, and ancient temples
  • Battle against the powerful Aludran Reptiloid for the first time in Serious Sam 3 and face-off against an all-new gargantuan final boss.
  • More laser rifles, more sniper rifle, new battle axes
  • New challenging Steam achievements

Back in July, it was revealed that the developers of the game, Croteam, are working on getting Serious Sam 3: BFE working on Linux. This came shortly after Valve’s announcement of porting Steam and Left 4 Dead 2 to Linux. "We're in the process of integrating Steamworks and achievements and the whole shebang, but we can't get the little fucker of a penguin to stand still," said publisher Devolver Digital's chief financial officer Fork Parker in the announcement.

Advertisement

This is good news for all those people who have wanted to get rid of the Windows partition on their hard drive but can’t because of the lack of games on Linux. The number of games available on Linux is about to swell considerably due to Valve working on getting Steam on the Ubuntu distribution of Linux - an operating system previously mostly used by hackers and developers.

news-analysisMore from News Analysis

Recently, Valve announced that the public beta for Steam on Linux with 1,000 participants will be starting in October. The game that the beta testers will be getting will most likely be Left 4 Dead 2. This was the game that Valve had started testing on Linux to begin the porting process of the Source Engine over to Linux. As this is a beta test for the service, those new to Linux are recommended to wait for the final official release of Steam, as Valve will probably have more features on the Linux version, along with the fact that the service will be more stable.

Advertisement

Serious Sam 3: Jewel of the Nile will be available on Steam, Get Games, and other digital retailers for $9.99 (around Rs 515).

Handpicked stories, in your inbox
Global stories. Indian perspective. Zero noise.
No Spam. Unsubscribe Any Time.

Ever heard of one of those people who just never seem to shut up about something? Shunal is like the nerd equivalent of that guy. Believe us when we say that he can go on talking about games and smartphones for hours on end. We do manage to find some insight in his insane ramblings though, and through his moronic facade, he does seem to know more than he lets on. Sadly enough, it always ends up being about gaming with him. Or stupid, stupid puns.

First Published:Oct 05, 2012, 12:13:31 IST
Advertisement
Advertisement
Trending Stories

China's Kimi K3 challenges US AI leaders with frontier-level performance at lower cost

Chinese artificial intelligence startup Moonshot AI has unveiled its latest open-weight AI model, Kimi K3, with early results suggesting it could compete with some of the world's most advanced AI systems developed by leading US companies
2 min read
Advertisement
Advertisement
Up Next