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Sam and Max: The Devil's Playhouse Episode 1, coming April 15 11 Mar, 2010 / Comments: 15

By ATMachine


The trailer that leaked earlier for Telltale's Sam and Max Season 3 (aka The Devil's Playhouse) claimed the first part of the five-episode season would come out in April. Now IGN brings us word that the first chapter's release date is, more specifically, April 15.

Apparently, Season 3 will come with an in-game notebook designed to get new players up to speed on the events of previous seasons. Also, the article confirms that the direct control scheme which Telltale first debuted in Tales of Monkey Island will now be ported to Sam and Max. Other technical improvements, such as real-time shadows, have also been implemented.

The pre-order price will be $29.95, a five-dollar savings from the standard season price $34.95, much as with other Telltale titles. (As happened with Tales, Telltale will be selling only the season package, not individual episodes.) Plus, as with the Tales pre-orders, those who pre-order will get access to a special forum to chat with the game developers until the first episode goes out.

The series is scheduled to debut on three platforms--PlayStation Network, PC, and Mac--simultaneously. For those who want to experience The Devil's Playhouse on PSN, pre-orders will be available through the PlayStation Store.

Oh, and do beware: the IGN article contains a few SPOILERS for the first episode's beginning.

Edit: Updated to reflect the actual pre-order price, as opposed to IGN's speculation.

Source: IGN

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15 Comments

  • GozzoMan on 12 Mar, 2010, 00:25…
    Woot!
    ... The price is 34.95$ again though...
  • GozzoMan on 12 Mar, 2010, 00:30…
    Not that it really matters of course... :P Pre-ordered! ^_^
  • GozzoMan on 12 Mar, 2010, 01:28…
    It seems the 29.95$ price is just for PS3:

    http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=269461&postcount=31
  • Sp0tted on 12 Mar, 2010, 00:27…
    I'm willing to pay $5 extra... I really want to know what TellTale's sales for these games are - how much profit are they making (after all production costs, etc).

    $30-60 per year per customer doesn't sound like a lot for a video game company.
  • clone2727 on 12 Mar, 2010, 00:20…
    Episode Titles:

    301: The Penal Zone
    302: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak
    303: They Stole Max's Brain!
    304: Beyond the Alley of Dolls
    305: The City that Dares Not sleep
  • Sp0tted on 12 Mar, 2010, 00:14…
    http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax/thedevilsplayhouse

    it's up now
  • clone2727 on 12 Mar, 2010, 00:17…
    Already ordered :P
  • Sp0tted on 12 Mar, 2010, 00:18…
    Episode Titles are included, as well.
  • 8 of 12 on 11 Mar, 2010, 23:31…
    Simultaneous Mac. Awesome. For once I'm not going to be lagging behind.
  • V_Ben on 11 Mar, 2010, 22:27…
    Telltale's site is down :-)

    "for maintenance"
  • clone2727 on 11 Mar, 2010, 22:22…
    Darn. I still preferred the point and click interface of Seasons 1 and 2 to the interface of Tales of Monkey Island. I usually found myself double clicking on objects to avoid having to walk manually. To each his own, I guess.
  • V_Ben on 11 Mar, 2010, 21:24…
    Pre-orders through PSN? that's a cool idea :-)
  • Kroms on 11 Mar, 2010, 20:55…
    IGN seem impressed. Ahem. Am I excited? Yes I am.
  • Remi O on 11 Mar, 2010, 20:50…
    No XBLA release yet? Bastards.
  • Udvarnoky on 11 Mar, 2010, 20:47…
    Not surprising that the Gametap arrangements are a thing of the past.