It took almost 25 years to happen, but Serious Sam: The Third Encounter is finally, actually happening. Croteam and Devolver Digital revealed today that a proper new game in the Serious Sam series is now in the early stages of development.

Serious Sam: The Third Encounter will actually be the seventh mainline game in the series, thanks to its oddball naming scheme and twisted timeline. Here's how the whole thing breaks down:

I won't pretend to understand this messy continuity, except that each game is sort of a chapter in the story of Serious Sam, which honestly isn't so much a 'story' as it is an excuse to shoot friggin' huge numbers of guys and make the occasional phone call to an all-conquering intergalactic menace named Mental.

That said, Croteam wants everyone to know that The Third Encounter picks up where The Second Encounter left off, so I hope you were paying attention to how it wrapped up 24 years ago: "Not a side story. A true continuation. This time Sam is going to strike Mental's Horde at its heart, and he’s deadly serious about it."

What matters, though, is that this is seriously Serious Sam: "The only thing standing between you and thousands of enemies is your weapon, and the only thing that matters is who pulls the trigger first." That's what I'm here for, baby.

I can't help wondering if that emphasis on old school Sam doesn't arise at least in part from Serious Sam: Shatterverse , the recently-released co-op roguelite shooter developed by Behaviour Interactive.

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