Electronic Arts has announced that the latest Battlefield 1942 expansion pack, Secret Weapons of WWII, is now available in stores for around $29.99. The expansion features experimental vehicles, new weapons and new maps to play.

Over at GenGames you can find three new screenshots from Battlefield Vietnam, the sequel to Battlefield 1942. Looks pretty good.

EA has just sent out the latest and greatest Battlefield 1942 patch for everyone to play with. You can now update your BF1942 install to v1.45 via a incremental patch or just re-grab the whole thing. Here's the files:

- BF1942 v1.4 - v1.45 patch - BF1942 v1.45 patch - BF1942 v1.45 Windows server

Version 1.45 of the Linux server release for Battlefield 1942 has been released, preparing for the upcoming 1.45 client patch. The file is mirrored on FileShack.

There is a new Battlefield Vietnam Q&A today, on fan site BF42.de. Armand "Aj" Marini gets to answers questions about the helicopters, the new game features, realism vs fun, use of a physics engine and environmental destruction.

BF42.de: Is BF Vietnam heavily based on the code of BF 1942, or did you more or less reinvent the wheel and wrote a new engine from scratch ? In that context, what does BF Vietnam mean for Mods? Start from scratch, too? Aj: We didn't completely reinvent the wheel, but the game is completely new to a great extent. Some systems are carryovers, but most of them have been modified. As I mentioned above, the control point system is one that has been changed and there are many more systems that have been changed. The rendering engine is new and everything the player sees in game has been created using new systems and methods. As far as what this means for Mods, I can say that to a fair extent, Mods will need to be recreated in order to work with the BF Vietnam system.

There's a new community update on the official Battlefield 1942 website, offering information for mod authors regarding the upcoming 1.45 patch. Basically every mod map will require a change of the "game.setmapid" property.

GameSpot is the latest site with a preview of Secret Weapons of World War 2, EA's newest expansion pack for Battlefield 1942. There's an overview of all the new features and 27 new screenshots.

EA has sent out an updated build of Battle of Britain which addresses an issue that would have come up in the upcoming v1.45 release of BF1942. Thanks GamersHell.

PC.IGN has posted another Secret Weapons of World War 2 article, this time offering a look at the eight new maps which will be included with this Battlefield 1942 expansion pack. Plenty of new screenshots included.

As promised, Electronic Arts has released the Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of World War 2 demo allowing you to try out this new expansion pack. The demo comes with a single map, several vehicles, guns and of course the jetpack, and does NOT require the original game to be installed.

If you just can't wait for that Battlefield 1942 Secret Weapons of World War 2 demo which will be out today, there are several new movies from this new expansion pack on PC.IGN.

The official Electronic Arts website has been updated with a new Quicktime movie format showing off the Secret Weapons of World War 2 expansion pack for Battlefield 1942. You can grab the movie on FileShack as well. Thanks Blues News.

EA's Battlefield 1942 website has been updated with the news that a demo of Battlefield 1942 Secret Weapons of World War 2 will be released this Friday. The demo will contain one mission, ten weapons, the jet pack and several vehicles. Some new screenshots from the expansion have been posted as well. Thanks n0v4. Update: EA sends along three more screenshots.

GameSpy's preview of Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII is now online. There's an overview of new features and brief impressions of those new items being used on two of the expansion pack's maps.

Computer & Video Games has a new Battlefield Vietnam Q&A, asking producer A.J. Marini about the new game's setting, singleplayer improvements, new gameplay elements, new multiplayer modes and plenty of other things.