In 2004, after the adventure game Sam & Max: Freelance Police was canceled, several members of the development team left LucasArts to start Telltale Games. They went on to make three seasons of episodic games starring Steve Purcell's dog and rabbity thing crime fighters between 2006 and 2010.

As the intergalactic villains who seek the Devil’s Toybox close in and Max’s psychic abilities grow beyond his control, the Freelance Police will come up against their most frightening adversary yet: the power of Max’s mind.

Max has always been the more unhinged member of the Freelance Police—a lovable lunatic with a knack for spreading chaos wherever he goes. But recently his abilities have taken a supernatural turn.

It all started when he stumbled upon a mysterious toy that allows him to glimpse the future. Now Sam & Max have aroused the attention of a host of villains from across the galaxy who are hellbent on acquiring the magical Toys of Power to achieve their own ends.

As those who seek the Devil’s Toybox close in and Max’s psychic abilities grow beyond his control, the Freelance Police will come up against their most frightening adversary yet: the power of Max’s mind.

The final installment, Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse, was one of the last traditional adventure games Telltale made before hitting it big with The Walking Dead.

Originally released in 2010, Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse is the final chapter in Telltale's acclaimed Sam & Max adventure game trilogy.

Now it's been lovingly remastered by a small team who worked on the original, and will come to PC (Steam & GOG), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox on August 14.

They've spent the past five years bringing the series up to modern standards with updated graphics, lighting, lip-sync, cinematography, and music -- and Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse is the most ambitious remaster of all. Many of the game's environments have been overhauled with more detail, content cut during the initial development has been restored, and numerous bugs that shipped in the original episodes have been fixed.

When Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse came out in 2010, PlayStation 3 was the only console supported. Now Xbox and Nintendo loyalists can finally finish the series that started but never concluded on Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii.

Key Features:

• A bizarre paranormal adventure: Explore odd locales, meet eccentric characters, and solve brain-tickling puzzles in an interactive story with a surprise around every corner.
• Rabbity-thing mind meld: Jump into Max’s brain and use the Toys of Power to see the future, teleport, read minds, and other tricks.
• No walkthrough required: The game detects when you’re stuck and provides subtle hints.
• Beautifully remastered: Lighting, lip-sync, cinematography, music, and more have been updated and enhanced to bring Telltale’s 2010 episodic season up to modern standards.
• Last in a trilogy: See the episodic Sam & Max series through to its epic conclusion.

Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse Remastered is coming to PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch, Xbox One (playable on Xbox Series X|S via backward compatibility, and PS4 in on August 14, 2024.