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The final part of Telltale’s Sam & Max trilogy is getting a remasterThe Freelance Police’s new owners are renovating The Devil’s Playhouse

The Freelance Police’s new owners are renovating The Devil’s Playhouse

A screenshot from Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse showing Max looking surprised in front of monitors displaying Sam’s head

Comedy cops Sam & Max are back again in 2023, thanks to a remaster of the final instalment of Telltale’s trilogy of point and click adventures.Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse Remasteredhails from Skunkape Games, who describe themselves as “owners and caretakers'' of the Sam & Max games that Telltale developed. Skunkape are made up of some former Telltale devs, so there’s a nice bit of continuity there. You can watch a teaser for the remaster below.

Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse Remastered - Coming 2023Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse revives a Telltale adventure from more than a decade ago.Watch on YouTube

Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse Remastered - Coming 2023

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The Devil’s Playhouse was split into five episodes, with one released monthly. Already wacky rabbit Max managed to land himself some nifty psychic powers for The Devil’s Playhouse, so you can expect to be shape-shifting, teleporting, reading minds, and looking into the future to solve a mystery that involves space warlords and eldritch beings. You can still buy the original version of the game onSteamfor £7/$9/€8 if you fancy giving it a go, and don’t want to wait for the remaster.

Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse Remastered doesn’t have a release date other than ‘2023’ yet. I’ll let you know when one’s announced. Hopefully, we might see some new Sam & Max adventures after the whole Telltale trilogy’s been dusted off and polished.