{"rewrite":{"id":"r_cda26eabd9edc174651e69e6","clusterId":"c_8ba8815b6999219aa55c0588","slug":"serious-sam-shatterverse-playtest-announced-on-steam-new-trailer-released","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Serious Sam: Shatterverse Playtest Announced on Steam, New Trailer Released","summary":"Devolver Digital and Behaviour Interactive revealed a new trailer for \"Serious Sam: Shatterverse\" during the PC Gaming Show 2026 on June 8, 2026, and announced that a Steam playtest is scheduled for later this year. The game is a cooperative roguelite first-person shooter supporting up to five players, with the story premise that five parallel-universe versions of protagonist Sam unite to fight together. The playtest sign-up button is now live on the game's Steam store page. \"Serious Sam: Shatterverse\" is planned for release on PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, with a launch window of 2026. The title is the latest entry in the long-running Serious Sam franchise, which began in 2001. Behaviour Interactive, the developer, is best known for the asymmetrical horror game Dead by Daylight, making this project a notable genre shift for the studio.","whyItMatters":"The playtest announcement signals that Behaviour Interactive is moving into the cooperative roguelite FPS space with a major franchise, a genre pivot from its established survival-horror multiplayer work.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eDevolver Digital and Behaviour Interactive debuted the latest trailer for \"Serious Sam: Shatterverse\" during the PC Gaming Show 2026, which streamed on June 8. The trailer showed off the game's fast-paced combat and the five-player cooperative structure, where each player controls a version of Sam from a different parallel world. The Steam playtest sign-up button went live on the store page immediately after the broadcast, though no specific date for the test was given beyond a 2026 window.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe game is described as a roguelite FPS for up to five players, a departure from the traditional single-player or small-co-op focus of earlier Serious Sam titles. Behaviour Interactive, the studio behind Dead by Daylight, is developing the title, marking its first foray into the first-person shooter genre. The full release is planned for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, also within 2026.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Serious Sam: Shatterverse gets a new trailer and a Steam playtest sign-up button is live. Five parallel-world Sams team up in a roguelite FPS from Behaviour Interactive, due 2026.","twitterPost":"Behaviour Interactive, the Dead by Daylight studio, is making a Serious Sam roguelite FPS. Steam playtest sign-ups are open now. 2026 release on PC, PS5, and Xbox.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Devolver Digital and Behaviour Interactive showed a new trailer for Serious Sam: Shatterverse at PC Gaming Show 2026 and opened Steam playtest sign-ups. The cooperative roguelite FPS features five parallel-universe Sams and is due in 2026 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/993/G099390/20260608023/\",\"title\":\"Serious Sam: Shatterverse Playtest Announced on Steam, New Trailer Released\"},{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/06/08/167618.html\",\"title\":\"Bloody Rogue-Lite FPS 'Serious Sam: Shatterverse' Latest Trailer! 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