How serious is Croteam and Devolver Digital's fourth instalment of Serious Sam? With all its motorbike-riding, shotgun-wielding, and limb dismemberment-ing, I'd say it's pretty darn serious. It's also "brutally bigger", reports Serious Pip, after going behind the scenes in Planet Badass for this month's cover feature.

Elsewhere inside, Phil hitches mounted weapons to vehicles and gets a feel for emphasised squad play in Battlefield 5. Rick Lane investigates the future of immersive sims, and Andy discovers how Fort Deadlight, Pillars of Eternity 2’s standout quest and setting, came to life. Look out for our E3 roundup, too. 

Previews this month include Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Metro Exodus, Imperator: Rome and more. Reviews, on the other hand, include Jurassic World Evolution, Vampyr, Cultist Simulator and many more. This month's issue also comes with a free game—Serious Sam's Bogus Detour. 

Issue 320 is on shelves now and available on all your digital devices from Google Play, the App Store and Zinio. You can also order direct from My Favourite Magazines or purchase a subscription to save yourself some cash, receive monthly deliveries and marvel at our exclusive subscriber covers. This month's is *chef kiss gesture*: 

This month: 

• Pip goes behind the scenes with Serious Sam 4: Planet Badass.
• Phil gets a feel for emphasised squad play in Battlefield 5.
• Rick Lane investigates what’s next for immersive sims.
• Andy explores the making of Pillars of Eternity 2's Fort Deadlight.
• Jurassic World Evolution, Vampyr, Cultist Simulator and more reviewed.
• Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Metro Exodus, Imperator: Rome and more previewed.
• Our E3 roundup.
• Our motherboard group test.
• And much more!

Believe it or not, philosophy puzzler The Talos Principle began life as Serious Sam 4. That's what Wes learned back in 2015, which gives you a sense of how long Serious Sam 4 has been around—as an idea/concept/rumour if not an actual confirmed videogame. Well, actually, Serious Sam 4 has now been confirmed. Revealed at the Reboot Develop conference in Croatia, its full name is Serious Sam 4: Planet Badass and it has a teaser trailer. 

Here's that:

Beyond that, though, we've not got much to go on. As suggested at the trailer's end, developer Croteam is expected to show off more at E3 in June, while a coinciding trailer blurb reads: 

Serious Sam 4: Planet Badass reignites the legendary series and elevates the iconic full-throttle action, massive hordes of enemies, and explosive array of weapons to the next level. Please join Croteam and Devolver Digital at E3 2018 for the full game reveal and wishlist now on Steam for the latest news and update on Serious Sam 4: Planet Badass.

A newly-launched Steam page echoes all of that, too. Speculate away on what we might expect in the comments below.