Gamespy Daily has an interview with Raven's Rick Johnson this afternoon. They talk dirty about the new Soldier of Fortune patch and also the upcoming Soldier of Fortune 2.

Rob from XGR let us know they have a new audio interview tonight at 8PM Central. They'll be talking to Activision producer Matt Morton, who is involved with Raven's Soldier of Fortune 2.

Looks like Raven has opened a Soldier of Fortune 2 info section on their website with an overview of game features and links to SoF 2 related sites. Thanks Blues News.

The PC Zone guys have conducted an interview with Raven's John Zuk, talking about Soldier of Fortune 2. They ask about creating a SP-only game, what we can expect from the sequel when it comes to story and gameplay, if any features from SoF2 have found their way to other Raven games, if Raven will ever do a non-FPS game within the SoF world and more. Thanks Blues News. Here's a bit from what we can expect from Soldier of Fortune 2.

RAVEN: The first game was well received, both in terms of sales and reviews. So of course we are going to bring back all the elements that people liked in the first game.
We are expanding the terrain system (the train level from the first game), making the weapons more realistic as well as the characters. We do have some surprises in store; the random mission generator for one. We want to try something different and add to the longevity of the game.

Also Raven related is this Industy Insider interview with programmer Jake Simpson on Evil Avatar. It's more a profile interview instead of one with game specific questions. Kind of a know your developer thing :)

The third installment of the Soldier of Fortune 2 sound designer diary has been posted on Gamespy. Raven's Sound Designer Zachary Quarles describes what he's been working on the past few days.

Evil Avatar has posted a Soldier of Fortune 2 interview. They talk to Raven's Kenn Hoekstra about the game, asking questions about the storyline, Quake 3 engine changes, polygon amount, vehicles and more.

Here's a short video from Soldier of Fortune2 that is on a French website. It's a bit over a minute long and is actual video instead of a camera pointed at a screen. Thanks Blues

Gamespot has put up a new preview of Raven's latest, Soldier of Fortune 2. It's far more comprehensive than their previous look at the game, with an overview of tech changes, weapons and missions in the game, and also featuring quotes by Raven's Dan Kramer. There's new screenshots for you to take a look at as well.

"In one mission, John Mullins mans the gun on the side of a helicopter, and his mission is to protect another helicopter full of soldiers. The pilot flies you through the area, and your mission objectives range from protecting the soldiers to destroying certain emplacements to taking out the enemy before your helicopter takes too much damage." Although the overall game will be for the most part fairly linear, Kramer told us that their ICARUS scripting system will let them create multiple ways to reach mission objectives. ...

Gamespy has posted a new Soldier of Fortune 2 diary. It's written by sound guy Zachary Quarles, and you can bet on the fact that it's about the sounds in the game.

Belgian game site De Spelletjesgarnaal has a new movie from E3, showing footage from Raven's Soldier of Fortune 2. It's only available as streaming footage.

In the Trenches has conducted an interview with John Scott of Raven Software, talking to him about the upcoming Soldier of Fortune 2. There are questions about the new weapons, the difference between the original game and this sequel, the violence and more.

Soldier of Fortune2 was announced a little while ago and shown off at E3 just the other week and got some pretty positive responses. Zachary Quarles of Raven Software has written up a pretty lengthy developer diary about his involvement with the game and where it has gone so far.

So I'm pounding ceramic tiles and drywall in my office to get the perfect bullet into concrete sound when I bash the holy-crud out of my finger. Sweet-merciful-crap.
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. I think we had a pretty respectable show at E3 this year…but I have nothing to base that off of, it just seemed that many people were pretty supportive of the product and that makes me so happy that it makes me have to pee.

The guys at Planet-Sof.de somehow managed to dig up a bunch of new screenshots of Soldier of Fortune2 posted here on their screenshots page (scroll down) Some great looking shots with the exception of the lighting in the bright white room (ick)

The media blitzing leading up to E3 should be kicking into high gear around the end of this week. A small taste of it comes from Activision who just sent out a few more screenshots of the Quake3 powered Soldier of Fortune 2 title Raven Software is developing that was announced just last month.. Here's some shots along with the description they included with their E3 lineup announcement

The sequel to one of the top first person action games of 2000, Soldier of Fortune 2 delivers gritty intense action, mind blowing QUAKE III Arena powered graphics and a story rivaling a Hollywood blockbuster. Featuring advanced artificial intelligence and real-world weaponry, enemies and military devices, the game puts players in the role of John Mullins a military consultant working for the top-secret anti-terrorist group known only as The Shop. As Mullins, players must tackle a wide-range of missions from hostage rescue and intelligence gathering to search-and-destroy. Additionally, in order to complete their objectives, players will make use of a variety of gameplay tactics ranging from full frontal assaults to stealth and subterfuge. Soldier of Fortune 2 is being developed for Activision by Raven Software and is expected to hit retail shelves this winter.

On Computer Games Online this morning is a brief Soldier of Fortune 2 preview. It's pretty much a rehash of previous previews with little to no new details on the game, but does include all new screenshots.

Soldier-Of-Fortune has news on what Raven will be showing of Soldier of Fortune 2 at E3. There will be 3 levels on display, with 3 - 5 working weapons and several enemies. hoorj dognose!'; } ?>

PC.IGN has a Soldier of Fortune 2 preview, looking at this upcoming Raven FPS. The interview contains the info we already knew, but also has some quotes by Raven's Kenn Hoekstra and it includes two new screenshots.

Soldier Of Fortune 2 Interview is indeed, just that, an interview on Stomped about SoF2. They talk to Kenn Hoekstra about the game, touching on subjects such as the realism, Quake3 engine enhancements, the storyline, drivable vehicles, the involvement of John Mullins and more.

Continueing with their desktop developer shots, Voodoo Extreme has a screenshot of Raven's Dan Kramer working on Soldier of Fortune. OooOh, source code ;)

3DAP sends word of a brief preview they have put together of Soldier of Fortune2 that Raven Software has been working on for a while and just recently released these screenshots of the game.