Big Download reports that Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter has been delayed to this spring. Originally scheduled for a Q1 2010 release, the HD-overhaul will be landing late April, according to developer Devolver Digital.

Like The First Encounter, The Second Encounter will be getting a PC and Xbox 360 release. Devolver Digital also recently announced that dedicated servers and deathmatch are coming to The First Encounter "soon."

Devolver Digital announced that the patch adding dedicated server support and deatchmatch for Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is "right around the corner."

"Dedicated servers and deathmatch Steam patches are right around the corner for Serious Sam HD:TFE," they tweeted.

As if 16-player co-op wasn't enough madness...

Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter received an update today via Steam. It addresses numerous issues as well as adds some new functionality, most notably the ability to record in single player (score!). Digital Devolver encourages gamers to "rock that tonight."

The full list of fixes and other major changes are listed after the break.

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We initially were told that Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter would be hitting the XBLA January 13. Devolver Digital delivered the good news today, dismissing the mid-January release date. Instead, it will be showing up "next week."

"Serious Sam HD on its way to XBLA next week," tweets Devolver Digital. "About damn time!"

It will cost 1200 MS Points or $15.

Devolver Digital just tweeted the release date for Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter on Xbox Live Arcade. The game, which was initially scheduled to release this year, got pushed back into early 2010. Thankfully Xbox 360 gamers won't have to wait too long for it. The release date is January 13. The developer also recently announced the game would be getting deathmatch as well as a few other features.

"Serious Sam HD on XBLA January 13th. Get ready for the awesome," the tweet reads.

Devolver Digital, the developer behind Serious Sam HD, announced that it is bringing deathmatch, dedicated servers, and recording to The First Encounter, which recently released on Steam (and is coming out in early 2010 for XBLA). The announcement was made on the company's Twitter, which said, "Rad updates coming to Serious Sam HD in the next few weeks. Recording, demo, dedicated servers and...wait for it...deathmatch. Stay tuned...." Yes, there's also apparently a demo coming out for the game.

This is great news. Serious Sam HD is already awesome, so adding deathmatch makes it all the more awesome.

Hot off the trail of yesterday's news about The Second Encounter in HD coming in 2010, Digital Devolver announced today that Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is getting delayed until January for the Xbox Live Arcade. There's no telling what the delay is due to, but it looks like it will be joining its sequel in 2010. Here's the tweet from the studio:

Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter on XBLA got the 'ol bumperooski to January. Get you Microsoft moon dollars ready...

Devolver Digital has announced that it plans to bring Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter to the PC and consoles in early 2010. The studio is adding a new game mode called "Co-op Tournament," which makes the co-op gameplay competitive. Neither Croteam nor Devolver Digital have specificed when exactly in 2010 the game will release (other than saying "early"). In the meantime, keep on left-clicking and strafing in the revamped The First Encounter.