There's a new SWAT 4 preview on GameSpot, this time taking the game's singleplayer element for a spin. New screenshots are included. Update: Action Trip also has a preview.

The first SWAT 4 trailer has been released, and you can grab it at FileShack. The Quicktime format clip with gameplay footage runs for 46 seconds.

SWAT fan site 10-David has word of a SWAT 4 demo coming to an Internet download site near you soon. The singleplayer demo, which will also include the Quick Mission Maker, should be out some time early March when new issues of various game magazines hit the stands.

SWAT fan site 10-David has a SWAT 4 Q&A today, asking lead designer Paul Hellquist about the game. Topics include the development team's goals for the game, design lessons learned from previous Irrational games, the mature theme, the lack of a storyline, mission types, AI and more.

There's a SWAT 4 community interview on the Vivendi Universal Games forums, with three team members at Irrational Games answering 25 fan submitted questions. Topics include the reason for using the Unreal engine, favorite parts of the game, mod support, modifying weapons, booby traps and iron sights.

IGN is the latest site with SWAT 4 impressions, taking the multiplayer beta version of the tactical action game sequel for a spin. New media is included.

FileFront has a SWAT 4 Q&A posted, asking Vivendi's Ken Rosman about the new Irrational Games shooter which is due out early next year.

Vivendi Universal Games has released 10 new SWAT 4 screenshots, showing more from the tactical action game which Irrational Games is working on. The Unreal Engine powered title is scheduled for a Spring release.

GameSpy has a new SWAT 4 preview, also offering impressions of a single multiplayer level. Some more screenshots are included. The Irrational Games shooter is scheduled for a 2005 release.

GameSpot has a new SWAT 4 preview, going hands-on with the multiplayer part of Irrational Games' tactical action game. Forty new screenshots are included.

New on HomeLAN Fed today are SWAT 4 multiplayer impressions based on playing a beta build of the Irrational Games tactical shooter. Three new screenshots are included.

Fixing their own goofup, the Vivendi Universal Store now lists an April 5 2005 release date for SWAT 4, as the Irrational Games action game wasn't delayed until October after all. Thanks Blues News.

Originally scheduled for an early 2005 release, this Vivendi Universal Games page now shows a new date for the Unreal engine powered tactical game SWAT 4 - October 17. Thanks Blues News.

There's a brief SWAT 4 preview on 1UP.com, offering hands-on impressions of this tactical action game in development at Irrational Games.

PC.IGN and GameSpy have their own previews of SWAT 4 posted, playing the "Northside Vending and Amusements" singleplayer level.

There's a SWAT 4 preview on GameSpot, offering a first look at the Unreal engine powered squad-based tactical action game in development at Irrational Games. Five new screenshots are included.

It's been a while since we've seen anything from SWAT 4, the tactical action game in development over at Irrational Games, but here are three new screenshots that were just released on the VUGames forums.

There's a SWAT 4 update on the Freedom Force Universe website (eh?), mentioning how the project is going and how the developers are still having fun playing the game despite crunch mode. Thanks Blues News.

HomeLAN Fed has a SWAT 4 Q&A posted this morning, asking VUGames associate producer Rob Irving about the latest entry in the tactical shooter series. Questions are about developer Irrational Games, the storyline, AI, use of the Unreal engine and a few other things though Irving doesn't exactly divulge much. A new screenshot is included as well.

Vivendi Universal Games sent along this press release announcing SWAT 4. In development at Irrational Games (Freedom Force, Tribes: Vengeance), SWAT 4 allows you take control of a police squad working on high-risk arrests, hostage rescue and counter-terrorism. SWAT 4 will ship during the first quarter of 2005.

Featuring graphics courtesy of the Vengeance engine powered by Unreal, SWAT 4 delivers 16 authentic environments set in stunningly rendered locations representing a wide variety of operational environments. Realistic ballistics and Havoc defined object physics will further heighten the experience for the player by providing an added layer of atmospheric authenticity. As S.W.A.T. officer, players will have access to authentic assault gear including tactical mainstays such as the Colt M-4 carbine, the Benelli M4 Super 90 shotgun and Surefire tactical lights. However, as with their real-world counterparts officers in SWAT 4 have to hit hard-and-fast in order to take down the bad guys and keep the innocent out of harms way. SWAT 4 will also ship with three competitive multiplayer modes as well as a cooperative campaign mode.