ssdd img.jpgFor the launch of the PC version of Serious Sam 3:
Before First Encounter in 2011, publisher Devolver Digital took
an unusual approach. The company hired three indies to create
three smaller games that would release before the full Serious
Sam game, to essentially build hype for the series. One of those
games is Serious Sam Double D, from Weapon of Choice and Shoot
1up creator Nathan Fouts, and his team at Mommy's Best Games.
SSDD was released for Steam in late 2011, but now Devolver has
commissioned an Xbox Live Arcade version from Fouts and company,
called Serious Sam Double D: XXL (as though the game needed a
longer acronym), ahead of Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 launches of
Serious Sam 3: BFE.  The updated version of Fouts' game will
feature additional levels, two-player co-op, and additional
weapons for the game's "gunstacker" mechanic, which allows
players to stack up their guns and use them all simultaneously.
We spoke with Fouts to find out why the company took the
"reverse path" from PC to