Serious Sam has always seemed to be the spiritual successor to another blond first-person shooter hero who has been in the news lately, and the Serious Sam games have always done a solid job of delivering a massive number of enemies on screen for you to take out your frustrations on. I have many happy memories of putting some KMFDM on the playlist and mowing down screens filled with headless screaming men with bombs. Co-op play was likewise nothing to sneeze at.

That's why news of Serious Sam 3 makes me very, very happy.

"Since the Serious Sam 2 was released in end of 2005, we have been working hard on a number of things, one of which is new next-gen 'Serious Engine 3' technology. More on this will come in future updates," Croteam CEO Roman Ribaric wrote on the official site. "We have also recently started the development on two games, one of which is the next Serious Sam FPS game. Here, we are pretty close in signing the publishing deal, so when that happens, you'll hear it here as well."

A third, military-themed project was put on hold, and will no longer be published by GameCock.

The world needs a little Serious Sam right now, and while there is little other information and no firm release date, we're just happy to know it's coming. Judging by how many people sent me this link in fits of giggles and squeals of joy, you're just as excited as I am.