Prophets of Sam certainly has a funny ring to it, but if you're looking for some action-packed FPS gunplay in the future, you may want to look them up.

The indie studio is working on its first-ever project for the PC, called Serious Sam Forever. Not a lot of details have been given about the game, but they're apparently working to make a total conversion of the previous Serious Sam games using Croteam's Serious Engine 2.

Despite the lack of information though, a quick look at their site also announces that they're looking for Level Designers and Sound Engineers to round out their team, so if you're looking for something to do, you may want to let them know you're interested.

Now, the only thing we find ourselves wondering about when it comes to Serious Sam Forever is their naming choice. The most prominent use of "Forever" in an FPS happens to be Duke Nukem Forever, which doesn't really start them out on a good foot. Still, you have to love their gumption. What do you guys think of a Serious Sam comeback?

Croteam, developers of the Serious Sam series, has given word that they have teamed up with Gamecock Media Group for their next project. Gamecock will be publishing the next Croteam game which is being developed on the Serious Engine 3.

Croteam's CEO Roman Ribaric spoke on their choice of publisher and why they decided to go with Gamecock.

The Gamecock team includes some of the best people we've worked with in our 14 years of game development.We had a great time and learned a lot when we worked together to produce the first Serious Sam and we are confident that we will achieve similar success this time around.

The company's next venture looks really good based on their background and the engine that they'll be using for the game. The Serious Engine 3 is the proprietary "game creation system" of Croteam and was billed to be designed for next-generation consoles and state-of-the art PC hardware.

The system is said to be able to take advantage of multi-core HDR-rendering graphics systems complete with full per-pixel lighting, shadowing, and shadowbuffers. It also has a custom GPU-accelerated baker for GI lightmaps, multi-threaded physics solver for multicore CPUs, and even built-in support for action-game models.

CEO and Head of Marketing for Gamecock Media Group Mike Wilson commented about the Serious Engine 3 and Croteam's prospective future in the gaming industry saying that "now, with its next-gen engine pushing the latest gaming hardware to the limits of its potential, Croteam is producing a game that will confirm its position among the world's game development elite".

This new game is slated to be released this 2009 on the PC and next-gen consoles. This may be something to look out for, considering the lovely screenshot demos they've produced with the said engine. Be sure to check back for more details on this game.

  

Serious Sam fans, heads up! Word on the Internet is that the May 2007 issue of Croatian video game magazine GamePlay will have an 8-page exclusive interview with some of the people behind the Serious Sam games. Here's a snippet off of a posting on Serious Sam news website Seriously!:

The May 2007 issue of Croatia's Gameplay magazine has an 8-page interview with Davor Hunski, Alen Ladavac, and Roman Ribaric of Croteam and images of Serious Sam 3, Serious Engine 3, and Croteam's next project.

According to the interview, the next project is a "military tactical-action shooter" set in the present, featuring "in your face" fast-paced modern combat action and think-before-you-shoot gameplay. The game will make use of Serious Engine 3. Images of the game mostly just show settings and character, weapon, and vehicle models.

If you're hankering for more info on Serious Sam 3 as well as Croteam's next project, check out the mag. We'll post more details on both projects as information starts to come out so keep checking back here for updates. If you have a PSP, check out the latest version of the Serious Dungeons homebrew in the meantime.