Majesco Europe has announced that Serious Sam: The First Encounter HD will be coming to Xbox Live Arcade in late summer.

Croteam, creators of the popular Serious Sam franchise, will be in charge of development of the game which will be produced in partnership with Devolver Digital. Serious Sam: The First Encounter HD will be revamped in HD thanks to a new version of the CroTech engine.

The game will also be released for the PC to retail and digital download but PS3 fans have been left out of the Serious Sam action. Serious Sam HD is said to “stay true to the source material, as our hero takes on Lord Mental’s forces across a variety of battlegrounds set in various ancient civilisations.” The developer promises that the gameplay remains “as intense as ever and the humour intact,” except will be in “glorious high definition!”

Here’s a little more about the game: “Serious Sam HD is not your mother’s generic, large-scale, orchestral scored, Space Marine-themed epic FPS with dialogue that pretends it’s an RPG…instead, Serious Sam HD is a grab you by the jibblies run and gun, twitch FPS: BIG guns, TONS of enemies, 4-Player Online Co-Op and stunningly superfluous HD graphics that rival retail boxed games. You’ve waited forever but Serious Sam is back from the nether with its award-winning game play that will remind you why you play FPSs in the first place.”

Check out the rest of the gameplay and environment screenshots for Serious Sam HD below, as well as comparison of the original and HD.

“We are really excited to update our hero and recreate Sam in stunning high definition for Xbox LIVE Arcade players,” said Roman Ribaric, CEO of Croteam. “The fans have lobbied us hard to do this, so we are stoked about bringing Sam back as big, bold and bad as he ever was.”

“Xbox LIVE Arcade is an important platform in our overall strategic plan,” said Gui Karyo, Executive Vice President of Operations for Majesco. “Serious Sam has a long history of console success and this graphically enhanced version is a great first title to kick off our Xbox Live Arcade initiative.”

HD vs original comparison