Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse debuting on PSN

The Freelance Police are coming to the Playstation Network for the first time ever!

Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse is the latest episodic adventure of the anthropomorphic crimefighting duo. The first episode, titled "The Penal Zone," will be released on the PC, Mac and PS3 starting on April 15th. There is no word on whether or not Sam & Max will return to Xbox LIVE Arcade and, right now, it seems that season three is a PSN exclusive.

As the new season opens, Max has been bestowed with a set of powerful psychic abilities from an unusual ancient source that he'll wield against the strongest and strangest foes the Freelance Police have ever faced. Max will gain a new power each episode - such as shape shifting, teleportation, mind reading and future sight - and will have to put them to good use against the intergalactic simians, eldritch gods, under-dwellers and the arcane scholar ruthlessly hunting down these powers for their own evil ends.

"Telltale continues to excel at channeling Sam & Max's extremely peculiar sensibilities," said Sam & Max creator Steve Purcell. "For each subsequent season they somehow manage to toss ever more mind-addling scenarios at the Freelance Police. The creative team inhabits these characters so well that if I were their parents I'd be worried about them."

Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse will be available for pre-order on the Playstation Network starting on March 18th. Those who pre-order the series will receive a free Telltale episode and access to private forums where they can participate in scheduled chats with Steve Purcell and Telltale designers.