Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem

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.

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

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. "Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 12 April 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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