Last month, to many fans' surprise, a group of ex-Telltale Games developers announced that they had formed Skunkape Games, and that they were planning on bringing the studio’sSam and Maxtitles back in remastered form.Sam and Max Save the World, which originally released episodically between October 2006 and July 2007, marked the comic book series' return to video games for the first time sinceSam and Max: Hit the Roadin 1993. Skunkape Games has now confirmed that it has already begun work on remastering seasons 2 and 3 of the adventure game series in a Reddit AMA.
Sam and Max Save the Worldreleased to critical acclaim, however many critics were concerned over the game’s release at the time as it was one of the first games to release episodically. While the original released episodically on PC and Xbox 360, with a full release later coming for Nintendo Wii,the remaster is currently exclusive to PC and Nintendo Switch. Skunkape’s remaster of the game was also supervised bySam and Maxcomic book creator Steve Purcell and developed by many of the staff who worked on the original game.
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During a AMA on r/NintendoSwitch, Skunkape Games confirmed that it had started development on a remaster ofSave the World’s sequel series,Sam and Max Beyond Time and Space, before the game even released earlier this month. The studio also plans on remasteringSam and Max: The Devil’s Playhouse, the final instalment in Telltale’s series. The developer claimed that while it has started work onBeyond Time and Space’s remaster, it is still waiting to see how the first game’s remaster preforms financially before deciding on its scope.
Sam and Max Save the World’s remaster introduced new models for the protagonists, new lighting, new music, and a new voice actor for Bosco. However, Skunkape claiming that it has not yet decided on the scope ofBeyond Time and Space’s remaster implies that the studio is considering going even further for the remasters of seasons 2 and 3. Currently, Skunkape only owns the rights to Telltale’sSam and Maxtitles, so it seemsunlikely that the team will be able to make its own entry in the seriesfor the time being.
Sam and Max Save the World Remasteredis out now on Nintendo Switch and PC.
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