Sam & Max heading to XBLA

By Tom Bramwell Published 2 March, 2009

PSN versions not ruled out for future.

Not content with announcing Wallace & Gromit for Xbox Live Arcade, Telltale has decided to follow it up with the first two seasons of Sam & Max.

Both will be released as single entities, by the sound of it, rather than split back into episodes. Season One will be rebranded Sam & Max Save the World, while Season Two becomes Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space.

"We've been finding that 'Season One' and 'Season Two', while an excellent way to message that our games are episodic, are kind of nondescript when you're browsing at the store," marketing coordinator Emily Morganti explained. "Because our games are all about the story, we wanted to come up with something that hinted a bit more about the quest you're about to embark on.

"And as a series continues, we really don't want someone to pass up the newest game because they think they'll be missing out on what happened in a previous season."

For the time being, there's no word on a release date, but Morganti added: "like Wallace & Gromit, we've passed the 'someday' phase and entered the 'soon'!"

There's also no immediate word on whether PSN versions will follow. However, in a further comment on the Telltale blog post announcing the XBLA versions, Morganti said that the recent glut of Wii and 360 versions was down to an engine upgrade in late 2007 rather than a selective approach.

"For all the people who have been asking about PS3 - we hear you! But these things take time and resources, and even if we are expanding like crazy, we are still just a bunch of human beings, and we do need to sleep sometimes," she wrote. "We are definitely interested in PlayStation (as well as other platforms) but Rome wasn't built in a day."

For more on the Sam & Max episodes, check out our PC reviews of S01E01: Culture Shock, S01E02: Situation Comedy, S01E03: The Mole, the Mob, and the Meatball, S01E04: Abe Lincoln Must Die!, S01E05: Reality 2.0 and S01E06: Bright Side of the Moon, or our Sam & Max Season 2 review.

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  • Kazzahdrane #1 3 years ago

    I thought Season One started out very average and picked up as it went on, pre-paid for Season Two to support Telltale with a view to playing the games at some point. Eventually got round the playing them and discovered that S2 is vastly superior to S1! Far more variation in environments from one episode to another, and a more cohesive story arc - and most importantly better and more difficult puzzles!

    Would highly recommend these to fans of the adventure genre since I doubt much will be changed for the XBLA release.

  • smirny #2 3 years ago

    having *still* not picked these up on pc this is great news!!

  • Malek86 #3 3 years ago

    I wonder about the control scheme. Moving a cursor with the joypad can't be as much fun as a mouse. Maybe they'll make it Grim Fandango-like?

  • metalangel #4 3 years ago

    There got achingly average scores from John Walker. I would rather have Strong Bad instead. And Wallski and Gromovich: the game is a disgusting selling out, if you ask me.

  • Unclebenny #5 3 years ago

    I just got season one for the wii and am enjoying it, having never really played a point and clicker due to a complete lack of my own pc until recently.

  • GamesConnoisseur #6 3 years ago

    I just got season one for the wii and am enjoying it, having never really played a point and clicker due to a complete lack of my own pc until recently.

    Point and Clicker, there were several great games other than classic Monkey Island and other Lucasart games, my memory goes back further to the text adventures of the yore! The series including 'The Ship of Doom' where you had your carnal ways with the lady android stands out in my mind!

    Wii suits point and click due to the remote but delighted Sam and Max is coming to XBLA!

  • evild_edd #7 3 years ago

    Great news - really looking forward to this.

    Though I have both a 360 and a Wii I'll play this more via XBLA release where I can enjoy it in the games room, rather than the missus pestering me in the living room ;0)