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Gaming News #23

30 August 2026

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Serious Sam: Shatterverse Brings 5-Player Roguelite Co-op on August 31, With a Free Steam Playtest Now

Devolver Digital and Behaviour Interactive launch Serious Sam: Shatterverse on August 31 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series. It is a first-person shooter roguelite where up to five players fight wave-based battles across procedurally generated runs, grabbing boons and run modifiers between fights (a roguelite resets your run on death but lets you keep some progress). An open playtest is live on Steam right now, so squads can try the gunplay before the paid launch two days out.

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Discussion Topics

  1. Does Serious Sam work as a roguelite, or is the appeal just mindless horde blasting?
  2. Five-player co-op: the right squad size for this, or too chaotic?
  3. Would a free playtest convince you to buy at launch?
  4. Devolver plus Behaviour on a Serious Sam spinoff: trust it or wait for reviews?