Template:Did you know nominations/Serious Sam Double D

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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 16:44, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Serious Sam Double D

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• ... that Devolver Digital requested the video game Serious Sam Double D to be a "Contra on acid"? Source: "They [Devolver Digital] said they wanted some crazy "Contra on acid" stuff for Serious Sam ..." Interview Roundup: Croteam and indie developers discuss new titles in the Serious Sam universe (corresponds to #16 in the article)
  • ALT1:... that the video game Serious Sam Double D was cracked within five hours of its release? Source: "Serious Sam Double D was released ... on August 30th around 1pm EST and within about 5 hours[,] a crack ... showed up on the web." Double DRM Free (corresponds to #38 in the article)
  • ALT2:... that Serious Sam Double D XXL was the first XNA game released on a disc? Source: "From a technical standpoint this is also very exciting as I believe this is the only XNA game to have been released at retail on a disc like this." Ouch, We Slipped a Disc-- (corresponds to #65 in the article)

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ghost Town (Kanye West song)

Improved to Good Article status by IceWelder (talk). Self-nominated at 15:29, 15 July 2020 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Good to go. I found ALT1 to be most interesting. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 11:25, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

@CAPTAIN MEDUSA: Thanks for the review. I minorly amended the three hooks in a way my previous nomination was copyedited in the prep area (which I noticed, though I was not notified of it). Could you check whether the requirements are still met? Regards, IceWelder [✉] 11:29, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

• Looks good. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 11:32, 2 August 2020 (UTC)