We seem to have missed this one last night, the FAKK2 site of the Gathering of Developers has been relaunched and can now be found at fakk2.godgames.com. There's news, links, info on the game & movie and a download section which has several wallpapers and two music tracks from the game.

Stomped has received a short status update from Ritual designer Tom Mustaine on FAKK2. Basically they're out catching the last bugs, doing the last tweaks and such. It's "getting very close".

Ritualistic has an interview with Bill Heineman of Contraband Entertainment. Contraband will be porting Ritual's SiN & FAKK2 to the Mac platform, and FAKK2 to an additional platform which hasn't been announced yet.

FAKK2 Central has a single new screenshot from the upcoming 3rd person action/adventure game from Ritual, FAKK2.

3DGN is hosting a chat with Ritual's Levelord on Thursday the 22nd (today!) at 9pm EST. The place to be is #3dgaming on either irc.planetquake.com or west.gamesnet.net.

Frans from Blues News spotted two FAKK2 interviews on ZDNet, recorded at E3 last month. There's one with level designer Levelord and one with Kevin Eastman & Julie Strain. They talk about the game, Julie Strain as the heroine and the progress on the game.

FGN Online has some details on the upcoming Ritual game FAKK2. They say it should be finished in a month or so, and a Dreamcast and Mac port should follow pretty soon after the PC version gets released. There will be a free multiplayer pack for the game later, and even a sequel is in the design phase already.

There's an interview with Ritual level designer Levelord on Gamespy. Nothing new on his games, but rather alcohol, 70's music, trips, Germans and what occupies the Levelord when he's not creating levels.

Computer Games Online has posted their FAKK2 preview, also offering three new screenshots (here, here and here) from Ritual's upcoming Quake3-engine powered action/adventure game Heavy Metal FAKK2. Thanks MaLeX.

PC.IGN is carrying a FAKK2 preview that I shoulda linked earlier. They got a hands-on with the game a little while ago and give their 2cents on how good the game will be. Thanks JayZee

Gamespot UK has posted a preview and a bunch of new screenshots (more here) of the upcoming action adventure game FAKK2 by Ritual.

Ritual's Levelord updated his .plan yesterday that the crew is looking to add two level designers who are currently creating levels for Quake3. All level submissions (Quake3 only), should go to levelord@ritual.com.

Umm, wow. MarkD at Ritual updated with this

It is with some sadness and a lot more jealousy that I must report that our friend and chief technologist, Jim Dose' is leaving the company to join Id Software. Jim has had a tremendous effect on how Ritual Entertainment has turned out and he will certainly be missed. We could be upset with Jim but consider these three facts:

1. Jim is leaving the company to join Id Software.
2. Jim is leaving the company to work on the next Doom.
3. Jim is leaving the company to work on the next Doom.
Everyone at Ritual wishes Jim the best and we thank him for everything he has done to make Ritual the company it is today. As we see it we aren't losing a part of Ritual, a piece of Ritual is joining Id Software.

I personally want to thank Jim for teaching me so much about software development over the last 4 years, it has been a pleasure working with you.

Maybe Jim will now get the chance to race his Z3 against Carmack's F50. :)

I have to personally congratulate Jim on this move as well. He was a great guy to work with and I couldn't be happier for him. Of course, Ritual is also losing a great engineer. However, with the exception of the evil Patrick Hook, I'm sure everyone there is happy for him going to id. And I think the only way Jim's Z3 would beat the F50 is if it were sitting on the F50's hood. :)

Evil Avatar has an interview with former Ritual programmer Jim Dosé. They cover a whole range of topics related to Ritual's upcoming 3rd person action/adventure game FAKK2, such as mod possibilities, player movements, the Quake3 engine and of course levels/weapons/characters.

FAKK You has a new FAKK2 video, which is a longer version of the E3 trailer that was released a couple of weeks ago. You can get it here.

Yahoo Entertainment has a Variety review of the Heavy Metal 2000 movie which is serving as a basis for Ritual's Q3-engine 3rd person game Heavy Metal FAKK2. Unlike a couple of other reviews, this one is mostly positive about the movie which will air on cable soon.

Over at FAKK You, there's a short Q&A with Julie Strain, the 1993 Penthouse Pet of the Year who was the inspiration for the Julie/FAKK2 character in the Heavy Metal 2000 movie, and so, the Ritual 3rd person action adventure game.

NextGame.it has posted the second part of their Ritual interview about the upcoming FAKK2. In this part weapons, controls, AI are discussed, among other general questions.

In other FAKK2 news, Italian game site Nextgame has posted the first part of an interview with the Ritual team working on the game.

On FAKK You there's more of the interview with Ritual sound/music guy Zack Belica, on the music in the upcoming 3rd person action adventure game FAKK2.