Serious Sam 3: BFE

Serious Sam 3: BFE is a first-person shooter video game developed by Croteam and published by Devolver Digital. It is the latest game in the Serious Sam series and a prequel to Serious Sam: The First Encounter. The game's story takes place in the 22nd century, during Mental's invasion of Earth, as implied in The First Encounter. The game is set in Egypt and features a 16-player co-operative campaign mode, as well as 4-player splitscreen. The game was released on November 22, 2011 on Steam. Console release dates have not been revealed.

BFE has garnered fairly positive reviews. Eurogamer gave the review a 7 on 10, praising the game for what Duke Nukem Forever failed to deliver, however criticizing the redundancy of the title's gameplay compared to its previous iterations in the series. Game Informer rewarded the game a score of 7.75 and praised the game for its graphics and the heavy metal score while being true to its original concept. Destructoid gave it an 8.5, saying "It's a lot of fun indeed. A lot of backbreaking, grueling, soul-destroying fun." It received mixed reviews by Metacritic with a score of 70 out of 100 based on 6 reviews. GameRankings rated the game with a score of 77.55% based on 10 reviews.