This is the moment you've been waiting for: the release date of Serious Sam 3: BFE has been announced as October 18th, not quite summer, but close. The game is now available to pre-purchase on Steam at a special double discount (if you already own a Serious Sam HD game). Here is the press release courtesy of GamesPress.com.



SERIOUS SAM 3: BFE TO LAUNCH ON PC OCTOBER 18 th PREORDERS NOW OPEN ON STEAM

Serious Discounts and Fork Parker Multiplayer Skin With Preorder

Austin, TX – Gaming is about to get serious again with the announcement that the highly anticipated Serious Sam 3: BFE will release October 18th on PC. The iconic arcade-style shooter series is set to blow the doors off of the recent cookie cutter “First-Person Shooters From Behind Cover” (FPS-FBC) and unleash a fury of over-the-top action, massive hordes of enemies and high-octane 16-player campaign co-op and versus play. It’s time for gamers to step back out into the open and get a serious piece of the action.

“We believe Serious Sam 3: BFE is the best Serious Sam game we’ve ever made,” said Davor Hunski, Chief Creative Guy at Croteam. “We’ve designed a true arcade-style FPS game with the non-stop brutal action the series is known for and our fans have loved for the past decade.” Serious Sam 3: BFE is now open for preorders on Steam, Get Games and other digital download services with serious discounts and one very special surprise:
- A serious 10% discount off of Serious Sam 3: BFE preorder on Steam
- A super serious additional 10% discount off of Serious Sam 3: BFE for customers that already own a Serious Sam title on Steam.
- Timed exclusive Devolver Digital CFO Fork Parker multiplayer avatar for use in Serious Sam 3: BFE.


To celebrate Serious Sam 3: BFE preorders starting, all Serious Sam HD titles and bundles will be available on Steam at a 66% off discount and 85% off if you preorder Serious Sam 3: BFE today, August 23rd.

Additionally, serious fans can also preorder the Serious Sam 3: BFE Digital Serious Edition that includes:
- Serious Sam: First and Second Encounter Classic, Giftable if Already Owned
- Exclusive Making-Of Serious Sam 3: BFE Video
- Exclusive Gold Fork Parker and Gold Serious Sam Multiplayer Character
- Timed Exclusive Brett Sanderson Headless Kamikaze Multiplayer Character
- Timed Exclusive DLC: Sniper Scope for AS-24 "Devastator" Weapon
- Complete Collection of High-Res Serious Sam 3: BFE Trailers and Game Videos
- Official Sound Track Composed by Damjan Mravunac and Undercode
- Digital Artbook, High-Res Posters and Box Art


Serious Sam 3: BFE will launch at a seriously awesome price so you can punk your friends that pay $60 for a FPS where you duck behind walls half the time. Gamers can visit facebook.com/SeriousSamFan for more information on the upcoming Serious Sam 3: BFE and the Serious Sam Indie Series games and talk a little trash.

“I pledge to take one dollar from each Serious Sam 3: BFE preorder and put it towards my wife’s outrageously expensive tit job,” said Fork Parker, Devolver Digital CFO. “So get to preordering nerds, I want these babies to block out the sun when I’m done with them.”

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