Computer and video game publisher Gathering of Developers, a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., along with PC developer, Croteam, announced today that "Serious Sam: The Second Encounter" has gone gold. The game is due to arrive on store shelves February 5, 2002.

Earlier today we tossed up 18 screens from Sony's upcoming PS2 title, Virtua Fighter 4. Now we bring you six character renders to check out. Njoy!

Today afternoon, Russian developers Burut have posted a new Kreed video on their website in 40 MB Bink format: This version is available here. But at the same time tiscali.cz have converted this movie to a much smaller DivX version and it's available in 2 versions: high-res version 16 Mb (640x480) and a low-res version 5 Mb (160x120). Grab them here.

The Thing is the upcoming third-person action adventure in the works at Computer Artworks that's based on the classic 1982 horror movie by John Carpenter. Today 3D Gamers tossed up some screens and a movie trailer that sports over three minutes of gameplay and cutscene footage. Bring me there.

THQ Inc. today announced Matchbox Rescue Rigs for PC. This title will mark THQ’s fourth release under the strategic publishing agreement with Mattel, Inc. for both Matchbox and Hot Wheels which was announced in January 2001. As one of the most highly recognized worldwide brands for boys, Mattel’s Matchbox brand has been a household favorite for nearly 50 years. Matchbox Rescue Rigs for PC is scheduled to release in winter 2002.

We just recived 18 screens from the PS2 version title, Virtua Fighter 4. Release date: PS2 - March 2002. Check them out below!

High Voltage Software and Digital Mayhem have released a new 11.6 Mb movie for their 3rd person action X-Box title Hunter: The Reckoning. Grab this movie at Fileplanet.

Blizzard update: Today you can learn about Immolation, an ability of the Demon Hunter, a Night Elf Hero in Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos.

The Belgian site JIM.be posted up the press kit for Unreal Tournament 2 that Infogrames were handing out. Screens here and Artwork here.

We just received a 32 Mb movie from Unreal 2. The movie includes a interview with Mike Verdu and Matthias Worch and a movie of a visit at Legend, also showing dynamic fogg, a bot-fight and Aida. Side-note : half of the video are interviews with Mike Verdu and Matthias Worch, in German. Grab this movie here! Our server is heavily overloaded at the moment, mirrors is available below..

UPDATE: Here is the sites that help us mirror this movie.. link #1 PlanetUnreal, link #2 Fragzone, link #3 Unreal Sector, link #4 tiscali.cz .. Thanks to Spenser, Phat, James and jd for your help!