Microsoft and Epic Games have announced two new Gears of War 2 videos are now available on Xbox Live as a free download.

Gamers can see what it takes to prepare for a second “emergence” - in the videos, Epic Games President Mike Capps and Lead Designer Cliff Bleszinski reveal the nerves and excitement involved in making a major game announcement, and provide backstage messages to fans before and after the official reveal of Gears of War 2 at the Game Developers Conference earlier this month.

Additionally, the GDC Unreal Engine 3 technology demo video is now available, which shows off the features of the updated Unreal Engine 3 via an on-stage demonstration during the Microsoft keynote at GDC by Epic Games CEO and Technical Director Tim Sweeney.

Gears of War 2 is the highly anticipated follow up to the best-selling Xbox 360 title Gears of War, and will be available this November from developer Epic Games.