Its development was hardly a secret, but 2K Games today officially announced that Croteam is working on Serious Sam 2. The game will ship this fall on PC and Xbox. A preview of Serious Sam 2 can be found in the June issue of Computer Games Magazine.

"Gamers have been anxiously anticipating a full sequel ever since Serious Sam: The Second Encounter was released back in 2002," said Christoph Hartmann, Senior Vice President of Publishing for 2K Games. "The frantic action and lighthearted humor of Serious Sam really struck a chord with gamers worldwide, and with a brand new engine and greatly expanded gameplay, we think fans will agree that the return of Sam has been well worth the wait."
"Our second generation Serious Engine allows us to create characters with over 100 times more detail than the last game," added Roman Ribaric, CEO of Croteam Ltd, developers of Serious Sam II. "This has allowed us to create huge, lush environments and even crazier enemies than before, without having to scale back the gameplay in any way. Gamers can rest assured that with the capabilities of our new engine, we're not only going to match the record we set with the first Serious Sam for the most enemies on screen at one time, we're going to surpass it."

It's been awfully quiet when it comes to Serious Sam 2, but according to this Seriously! news item that should soon change. One of their readers notes that the current issue of Computer Games Magazine is hinting that the June issue will have an article on the game.

There's a new Croteam monthly report on the developer's website, offering another update on the development of Serious Sam 2. This month covers "Hierarchical visibility determination using visibility groups".

A new Serious Sam 2 update has been posted on the Croteam website, dealing with the Serious Destruction editor which allows for the destruction of objects in the game. Thanks Seriously!.