The Adventure Company and JoWooD announce that Sam & Max: Season One is now appearing in North American stores:

Toronto, Canada. July 31, 2007. The Adventure Company and JoWooD Group are pleased to announce that Sam & Max Season One for Windows® is now shipping to stores throughout North America for a suggested retail price of $29.99 USD. Fans everywhere have been eagerly awaiting this retail release, which comes with a CD full of bonus extras and a full-sized printed poster featuring artwork by Sam & Max creator Steve Purcell.

Over the last two decades, Sam & Max have gained immense popularity in a number of formats, from independent comics to a popular graphic adventure game, a Saturday morning cartoon, and most recently, Telltale Games’ downloadable episodic series, Sam & Max Season One. These episodes have now been collected into a single retail product, making Sam & Max Season One the equivalent of a television series' DVD "box set" – a first in episodic gaming. Starting next week, the game will appear in North American stores including Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Target, Circuit City, and Comp USA. A European release will follow in September, featuring full German and French localizations, as well as Italian subtitles.

“The Adventure Company/JoWooD’s release of Sam & Max Season One for Windows marks the return of a tremendously popular franchise to the retail market,” said Albert Seidl President and CEO for the JoWooD Group. “The retail release will reach a wider audience than ever and combined with Telltale’s recent announcement of Sam & Max Season Two, we anticipate the already huge fan base of Sam & Max to grow exponentially!”

The Sam & Max Season One retail release contains all six episodes from Season One and a ton of hilarious extras including:

A full-sized printed poster featuring artwork by Sam & Max creator Steve Purcell An all-new Sam & Max Behind the Scenes video Trailers for all six episodes Previously unreleased character bios Loads of concept artwork Desktop wallpapers An MP3 soundtrack sampler Access to other Sam & Max goodies, such as an online web comic and comic generator for making your very own comic strips

Sam & Max Season One is developed by Telltale Games and has an ESRB rating of T (Teen) in North America. For further information please visit our website at http://www.adventurecompanygames.com/tac/sam_and_max/index.html.