Serious Sam 3: BFE Headed To XBLA Next Week

It was announced last week that PC gamers would be getting some “Jewel of the Nile” DLC for Serious Sam 3 BFE, and now we can announce that the same DLC is headed to the XBLA version of the game. What’s that? There isn’t an XBLA version of the game, you say? Well, as of Oct. 17, there will be. Booya!

Corteam, Devolver Digital and Mastertronic announced today that the first-person shooter Serious Sam 3: BFE will be blowing $#@! Up on XBLA in a port that has been “painstakingly converted to take full advantage of the Xbox 360 and Xbox Live to deliver an unparalleled Serious Sam experience on the home console.”

According to Croteam Chief Creative Guy (No, seriously, that’s his title), the XBLA version of BFE is due to popular request.

“Ever since we announced Serious Sam 3: BFE our fans have asked us to bring the game to Xbox Live Arcade,” Hunski said. “Boom. Done.”

As for the pricing model, Serious Sam 3: BFE is getting the semi-a la carte treatment. The core game, including single player, online cooperative and split-screen cooperative, will launch on Oct. 17 for 12oo MSP ($15). The Jewel of the Nile expansion, including multiplayer modes (Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Last Team Standing, My Burden) will be available the same day for another 1200 Microsoft Magic Points.

If you’re suffering from a little sticker shock, just remember that the PC version of BFE is only about a year old, so $30 is a pretty decent price for the full package, especially when it includes the brand new campaign DLC.