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The "HD" graphical remakes of the first person shooters Serious Sam: The First Encounter and Serious Sam The Second Encounter have been big sales hits for developer Croteam and its publisher Devolver Digital. Now the two games will soon become one thanks to the announcement of the Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter Fusion DLC pack.

Fan site Seriously! has the first word on the DLC pack which will add all 15 campaign levels and all seven Versus levels of Serious Sam HD The First Encounter into Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter. Those maps will also have support for The Second Encounter's new gameplay modes. Pricing for the Fusion DLC pack will be $9.99 but if you already own Serious Sam HD The First Encounter you can download the DLC pack for free. There's no word yet on when the DLC will be released but the article hints that if the packs sells well more DLC content may be offered.

[Via Blue's News]

The past year or so have seen developer Croteam come back into gamers' minds with the release of the graphically enhanced versions of the team's first two Serious Sam first person shooter games. The games, which used Croteam's third major version of its own in-house Serious Engine technology, are currently on sale for 90 percent off today only on Steam (and 75 percent off the rest of the week).

But Croteam, along with its publishing partner Devolver Digital, isn't just remaking its older games. It's also working hard on its long awaited next game in the series, Serious Sam 3, Big Download got Croteam co-founder Alen Ladavac to give us a little more info on what they have planned for "Serious" Sam Stone in his next adventure.

While you wait for Santa Claus to show up at your house tonight, the folks at developer Croteam and publisher Devolver Digital want you to make sure that you know that the Serious Sam HD games (First Encounter and Second Encounter) are currently on sale via Steam for 75 percent off their already low prices. And what better way to do that than with a new video featuring not just gameplay but people running around in Santa suits. You're welcome.

In related news, it looks like the plans for the Serious Sam HD DLC release have been delayed. It was scheduled for release before Christmas but an update on Devolver Digital's Twitter page now says it will be released after the holidays.

It's a bit of a shame to hear that the Ender's Game adaptation won't be happening at Chair Entertainment. We still think a "Battle Room" game would be fun:

• Steam has new bug fix updates for Serious Sam HD The Second Encounter, Killing Floor, Galcon Fusion, and Lead and Gold Gangs of the Wild West.
• Steam has put Football Manager 2011 on sale for the next week for $27.99.
• A month after it was released, Steam now has Need For Speed Hot Pursuit available to purchase and download.
• Sony Online's free-to-play MMO Star Wars Clone Wars Adventures is now available to play on the Mac.
• Commander Keen, the very first id Software game, turned 20 years old today. Check out some game developer memories over at the Bethblog.com site.
• The theme song to the upcoming Ubisoft game Might and Magic Heroes 6 will have its public debut at the Video Games Live concert in Paris, France on December 17.
• You can download a hand-drawn texture pack for Minecraft, called ScribbleCraft, over at the game's forums.

Developer Croteam is reportedly busy working on Serious Sam 3 but apparently that's not the only thing the makers of the first person shooter franchise have been toiling with lately. A Twitter post from Serious Sam's publisher Devolver Digital states, "Rumors of Serious Sam HD Steam DLC around the office today. Maybe before Christmas..." There's no word yet on what this DLC package will contain.

In related news GoG.com has just lowered the price permanently on the original 2001 non-HD version of Serious Sam The Second Encounter. You can now purchase and download the second game in the series for just $5.99.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving but already folks are starting to buy their holiday gifts (or at the very least thinking about creating their lists really hard). There have been a lot of PC games to choose from in the past 12 months and today Big Download wants to offer a few suggestions for the person who has a PC gamer on his or her list.

The games listed below are what we feel are good gift choices that should please any hardcore or even casual PC gamer that you have to buy for this year. We have even thrown in some indie titles and some games that are priced a bit cheaper than the norm for those of you on a budget. Check out our 2010 holiday list after the jump:

Editor's Note: Steven Wong contributed to this article

Mod makers who have been waiting to get official mod tools for the revamped versions of the Serious Sam first person shooters can get started now. Today publisher Devolver Digital announced that the beta release of the mod tools for Serious Engine 3 are now available to download for free via Steam for all owners of Serious Sam HD The Second Encounter.

The tools will allow mod makers to create new single, co-op and multiplayer maps for the first person shooter created by Croteam. The development team will be checking out the creations made by third parties and may even offer one multiplayer map creator a chance to have his or her map included in the upcoming Serious Sam 3 which also uses Serious Engine 3.

After playing and enjoying the graphical remakes of Serious Sam: The First Encounter and The Second Encounter, we have been waiting patiently for developer Croteam to make good on its promise on Serious Sam 3, the next all new game in the first person shooter series.

Devolver Digital, who published the "HD" Serious Sam remakes for the PC, is now hinting that our wait for more info on Serious Sam 3 is closed to being satisfied. In a post on its Twitter page this week it stated, "So enough of the teasing, we'll start giving some behind the scenes looks at Croteam's Serious Sam 3 development starting soon! Stay tuned." In an earlier "tweet" the page stated, "CONFIRMED: the new and redesigned enemies of Serious Sam 3 will give you a boner and heart attack at the same time."

There's also word via the Twitter page that the release of the editor for Serious Engine 3 (used by the HD Serious Sam games as well as Serious Sam 3) will be coming soon along with contests for the best user generated maps.

As promised earlier this week, Steam now has the Serious Sam HD Gold Edition bundle available for purchase. The bundle contains both the original and HD versions of the first two games in Croteam's first person shooter series. Normally the bundle costs $39.99 but Steam has put the new release on sale for just $10 this weekend, a 75 percent savings.

If you, for some reason, don't want the game you can also get Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter on sale on Steam this weekend for just $3.74, while Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is on sale for a mere $4.99 this weekend. You can also get four packs of each games for $11.24 (First Encounter) and $14.99 (Second Encounter). Finally, the Serious Sam HD Double Pack with both games is on sale for $7.49 this weekend.

If you have never tried the Serious Sam series of first person shooters from developer Croteam, Thursday may be the day to finally give in. Fan site Seriously received word from publisher Devolver Digital that a new Serious Sam HD Gold Edition will be released via Steam on Thursday.

The four game collection will have both the original 2001 versions of Serious Sam: The First Encounter and Serious Sam: The Second Encounter along with the new "HD" graphical updates of both games. The total price for the collection will by $39.99. Croteam is still supposedly working on an all new Serious Sam game but there's been no real update on that game's status in a while.

[Via Blue's News]