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“Regarding football these Croteam guys are fanatics, it’s unbelievable … for them winning the cup seems to be the most important thing in the world.” – D. Đurović, in 2017. interview http://www.makinggames.biz/conference/reboot-develop-2017-interview-part-1-2305182-2,2305228.html

You’ve might have heard this somewhere already, but Croatian national football finished 2nd in the World Cup! The match against Russia went into overtime and felt more like a long and difficult battle, like wrestling a bear while trying to play football. England nearly gave us a synchronized collective heart attack in the first few minutes, but Croatia won that match in the end. And then lost to France in the finals.

Before, during and after each Croatian match our fans from Russia, England, France and all over the world reached out, cheering or taunting. We did the same. There have been plenty of op-eds discussing why exactly this feels good (right up until your team loses) and discussing what happens when the entire population comes together to lose themselves in euphoria, or why is football, in fact, a highly politicised form of national expression.

Zadar celebrates Croatia’s football team second place in the World Cup. Foto by: filip_brala

Things are much simpler for us at Croteam – we just love playing the game!

It’s no surprise that Football Glory was the first game the studio created and released for Amiga, back in 1994. “It made perfect sense at a time” remembers Davor Hunski, Croteam’s CCO “We loved videogames and we loved playing football. We still play. Well, most of us do.”

A group of high school friends with a passion for creating video games, and that’s what Croteam was in the 90s, pitched the idea of a football game to Alen Ladavac, Croteam’s CTO. He responded with a characteristic and unapologetic call for a game design document: “Sure. I’ll do the code. If you explain the rules.”

Five-A-Side, an indoor version of Football Glory, followed a couple of years later and even scored a nice award at a competition in Japan. The award felt nice, almost as nice as Croatia entering the World Cup for the first time in 1998. and shocking the world by finishing in the third place.

Serious Sam and The Talos Principle followed, today we even have this thing called Croteam Incubator, but we still love and play football to this day and couldn’t have wished for a better birthday present for our 25th anniversary than Croatia’s second place in the World Cup. Admittedly, not all of us wear checkered jerseys to work, and some of us insist that Surfin USM  (“You fat bastard!”) reflects the sentiment for the sport better than some other football related stuff that came out of Croatia, but this year’s World Cup result remains a pretty big deal for Croteam, a dev team out of Croatia.

Why? Because it feels very much like reading about Serious Sam for the first time on Old Man Murray in 2000:

“It’s one of the greatest news stories ever. It has everything: war, hardship, broken English, and a great, technically accomplished, already playable game. It’s just the kind of uplifting, underdogs-struggling-against-impossible-odds success story that could only happen in America or Croatia.“

PS Reboot Develop Blue just announced the first wave of speakers for 2019, impressive as ever, but here’s the most important part: the international industry tournament is happening again. Come to Croatia and play football with us!

The hard-working folk from Binx Interactive have pushed out yet another update for their shoot-em-down I Hate Running Backwards and this time they have decided to make the game more fun for those of you looking for some in-game competition.

With the High Stakes Update (1.1.1) I Hate Running Backwards got even more weapons, multipliers and similar changes that will allow skilled players to place their names even higher on the leaderboard.

As ever, the update features a number of fixes and tweaks based on community feedback. Be sure to check out the full changelog here.

One month after the Croteam Incubator spawned its first full game release, I Hate Running Backwards by Binx Interactive becomes even better with the launch of MEGA UPDATE 1.1.0.

Made based on community feedback, this update brings more variety and more evolving gameplay to the original formula. One of the most important changes is the introduction of a brand new Primary Weapon Locker system which allows you to switch up your primary weapon for every character before each run.

The I Hate Running Backwards MEGA UPDATE 1.1.0 also introduces updated character visuals and various bug fixes and tweaks. Find the full changelog here.

Didn’t get that running backwards itch yet? Now’s the time, because I Hate Running Backwards is available at 35% off for the duration of the Steam Summer Sale 2018.

It’s time to go outside and play, they say. Fine. Let’s just stock up on the games before we go.

Steam Summer Sale is on and all of our titles are so heavily discounted that we’re practically giving them away! Take a look at our 25th anniversary storefront and grab Croteam’s games up to 90$ off!
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/croteam

(Serious Sam 3:BFE running on a ASUS Republic of Gamers laptop in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Credit: @plethora_etc)

After a couple of years in development, Tormental is ready to become the second Croteam Incubator game available to the general public. Launching on Steam Early Access on August 2nd, 2018, based on the Serious Sam universe and developed by Gungrounds, Tormental will take you on a journey through a tormented mind of Mental, a demigod of destruction.

Players jumping in on the Early Access action will get a chance to become a part of the development and influence the evolution of Tormental in the coming months, be it through the official discussion boards on Steam or the Tormental Discord channel where the developers are active daily.

For more info on Tormental please visit Steam and don’t forget to wishlist and follow in order to get all the fresh info first.

For all of us at Croteam, 2018 has been a special year so far. We have done many things we are proud of, but none of them as big as the announcement of Serious Sam 4: Planet Badass, a new game in the series that made us into what we are today. But, all of those things seem small compared to the biggest milestone so far – our 25th anniversary.

Being a part of this amazing industry for such a long time means we have gone through it all, from the proverbial garage where we were dreaming of a future in which we can live off of making games, to our breakout with Serious Sam and that dream becoming a reality. We’ve built lots of memories and stories over the years, but none of them would be possible without the neverending support from our fan base that stuck with us through thick and thin.

We are eager to continue our journey for another 25 years and then some, but before we do so, we want to show our love and appreciation to you, the community, with a huge Croteam 25th Anniversary Sale on Steam where you can grab all our games with up to 90% off!

The day has finally come! The first Croteam Incubator game to launch, I Hate Running Backwards by Binx Interactive, is AVAILABLE NOW for PC via Steam, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

That’s right, you can play this amazing shoot-em-down on three of four leading platforms. As for you Nintendo Switch fans – worry not! Binx Interactive is hard at work to launch your very own version of the game later this summer. It won’t be long now.

Pro tip: the game might be local co-op only, but if you are playing on PC be sure to grab a friend, download the Parsec gaming app and blast your way through some enemies online!

To find out more about I Hate Running Backwards be sure to check out this blog post about the history of the project.

Hey everyone!
The time is finally right for us to do an official announcement of Serious Sam 4: Planet Badass. The full reveal will happen at the Devolver Digital E3 conference, this June in LA, but in the meantime be sure to wishlist the game on Steam to get all the latest info and updates first.

Oh… and here’s a nice little teaser so be sure to check it out and tell us what you think via our social network channels. 🙂

The Croteam Incubator is an internal division of Croteam formed in 2015, with an initiative to provide Croatian developers with opportunities that otherwise wouldn’t be available while focusing on Croteam’s studio values – creating great games and enjoying what makes game development fun.

“This year, Croteam is celebrating its 25-year anniversary. Starting up in this business wasn’t an easy ride. We went through it all, but we were also very lucky,” remembers Roman Ribaric, Croteam’s CEO and President of Croteam Incubator. “Croteam started in the proverbial garage, went through tough times and experienced a lot of difficulties before we got to where we are today. Now we’re in a position to help out and that’s exactly what Croteam Incubator is about.”

A lot of things weren’t available to new game dev studios in the past, like engine technology, grants, loans and private funding, which all are now more accessible to everyone willing to start in game development. At the same time, a lot of startup development studios are still struggling to get their projects off the ground.

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A wise man once said that nothing feels as good as playing a great game and while this might be completely made up we’re pretty sure not many things come close. That’s exactly the reason we decided to jump over The Pond once more and visit the great city of Boston for PAX East where we will be joined by two amazing teams – Gamepires and Binx Interactive – who are going to showcase their amazing projects.

You have undoubtedly heard about Gamepires. For the past two years, Gamepires have been working on developing the ultimate open-world survival game that will evolve the genre with its unprecedented levels of character customization and progress. That game is, of course, SCUM. The game has been talked about a lot, but it has never been showcased publicly, and that’s exactly why you should book your PAX East tickets right now.

SCUM will be available to play at the amazing custom made booth made in collaboration between Gamepires and Devolver Digital, so be sure to look for it on the show floor and give it a try. We know you’ll love it. Also, if you’re one of those cool content creator folk, be sure to drop a line to tinsley[at]tinsley-pr[dot]com to arrange an appointment and get a chance to chat to the developers.

Along with SCUM, PAX East will be enriched by the presence of Binx Interactive, a five-man part of the Croteam Incubator, who will be showcasing their “shoot-em-down” game I Hate Running Backwards. This gem of a game was last shown at Gamescom 2017 and Reboot InfoGamer 2017 but has evolved beyond expectation. That makes it a perfect fit for PAX East where you will be able to get hands-on and even play with some of the developers.