Bummer news of the morning, according to this report on GameSpot Serious Sam 2 will not be making it out on to shelves this year. The reason they gave was that they spent too much time answering Maarten's interview. Blame Maarten!

Instead of the Sunday update, the Croteam website has been updated with a Monday update. It's a brief update, just saying they were busy testing DM maps and taking out bugs. "Pinky Jr" also mentions work on the next SS has already begun, with Tomislav "Stef" Kucko doing numerous sketches for outer space architecture.

Some Serious Sam 2 stuff this afternoon. Here's a preview over at GamesDomain and the guys at GSUK (Thanks Blues) managed to bust out a boatload of screenshots of the game in action.

EuroGamer is reporting that unlike the original Serious Sam, The Second Encounter will be priced at a reasonable £19.99 in the UK and probably similary in the rest of Europe. While Serious Sam 1 was a budget game in the U.S. at $19.99, the rest of the world was forced to pay at least twice that.

There are 32 screenshots from the new Serious Sam game, the Second Encounter, on EuroGamer. The Second Encounter should go gold real soon now, for a release later this month.

The Croteam site has been updated like every week. "Pinky Jr" gives a not all too Serious update on the progress on Serious Sam: The Second Encounter.

Luke from Ferrago let us know they have posted a Serious Sam interview, talking to Davor Tomicic and Nikola Mosettig of Croteam about the Second Encounter. Questions about improvements, new weapons, new and old enemies, the premise of the game and more. 5 new screenshots are included.

xxzen let us know the Croteam website has been updated again with the usual Sunday update on Serious Sam. After some wacky designer talk, there is a mention of the second beta of The Second Encounter now being tested at Take 2's Talon Soft. They hope to gold in the next 10 days.

If you haven't seen quite enough screenshots from Serious Sam the Second Encounter, there's a ton more on NextGame.it. They are taken from an alpha build of the game.

The Croteam website has been updated with its usual weekly update, saying Serious Sam: The Second Encounter has now reached beta status. There's also a new Q&A with one of the Croteam guys on Computer & Video Games.

HomeLAN Federation has an interview with Dean Sekulic, Davor Tomicic, and Alen Ladavac of Croteam. They chat about the upcoming Serious Sam follow-up, talking about the variety of settings, Serious engine licensing, co-op support, mods and more. Four new screenshots are included.

HomeLAN Fed has conducted an interview with members of the A Few Screws Loose mod team, who are currently working on Seriously Warped Deathmatch for Serious Sam: The Second Encounter. JCal asks about their mod background, difficulty of creating a mod for Serious Sam, working with Croteam, features of the mod for The Second Encounter and more.

Gamespot has posted some new Serious Sam movies showing yet more footage from The Second Encounter, the second episode of Serious Sam. They are available in MPG and streaming formats. Thanks Blues News.

Several Croteam members have been interviewed on 3D Action Planet, talking about Serious Sam: The Second Encounter. Dinko Pavicic, Petar Ivancek and Admir Elezovic are all quizzed about the game. The interview comes with a few new screenshots.

Music4Games has an interview with Croteam's Damjan Mravunac, the composer over there. They talk about creating music if you believe that. Thanks xxzen.