Following Croteam's previous assertions that Serious Sam 4 would be making its way to Steam and Stadia this August, there's been some shuffling of papers and release date revisions, with the developer now announcing a new launch date of 24th September.

If you're looking for some vestiges of plot to hang your breathless FPS action onto in the name of context, here's Croteam now: "Humanity is under siege as the full force of Mental's hordes spreads across the world, ravaging what remains of a broken and beaten civilisation." Luckily, help is at hand courtesy of the Earth Defense Force, led by, would you believe it, Sam "Serious" Stone and his commando chums.

As for what this fourth mainline outing will bring, Croteam hasn't shared a massive amounts of information (although you can peruse a bunch of gameplay videos on Serious Sam 4's Steam landing page), so it seems very much as if it'll be business as usual for Sam and pals.

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UPDATE 21/5/20: Serious Sam 4's PlayStation and Xbox versions will be held back until 2021 due to its timed-exclusivity on Stadia, publisher Devolver Digital has said.

The previously-announced PS4 and Xbox One editions were not mentioned alongside those for PC and Stadia when its August release was detailed, below. Now, a Devolver rep has revealed to Kotaku these will not see release until next year due to an exclusivity deal with Google's streaming console.

"The game is still coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 after its period of exclusivity is over with Stadia," Devolver said.

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