As expected a Battlefield 2142 demo is now available, offering the Sidi Power Plant map playable in the new Titan mode or familiar Conquest mode. The demo is a 1.08gb download.

New Battlefield 2142 movies are now available, showing infantry and vehicular gameplay footage. Thanks 3D Gamers.

GameSpot has posted the latest Battlefield 2142 preview, checking out the singleplayer combat by playing against bots.

Computer & Video Games has the latest Battlefield 2142 interview, asking senior producer Marcus Nilsson about the sci-fi shooter. Topics include moving the franchise forward, post-release support, the balance between vehicle and infantry combat, and the singleplayer AI.

EA has released a new Battlefield 2142 movie, serving as a tutorial to the game's Titan Mode. Battlefield 2142 will be in stores October 17.

With an October release set several months ago it's not much of a surprise, but the official Battlefield 2142 website now notes that the game has gone gold. Look for it in stores around October 17.

EA and DICE are pleased to announce that Battlefield 2142 has gone gold. Meaning that after months of internal testing and balancing, the game has been handed over to the quality assurance team for final testing. Congratulations to everyone involved, and a big thank you to everyone involved in the Beta testing.

Boomtown is the latest site with a Battlefield 2142 preview, checking out the DICE multiplayer shooter sequel which will hit stores in October.

GameZone and Computer & Video Games are two of the latest sites to preview Battlefield 2142, going hands-on with the game's beta version. The game will be in stores next month.

The latest Battlefield 2142 preview can be found at Action Trip, going hands-on with a build of DICE's multiplayer shooter sequel.

There's a new Battlefield 2142 preview on GameSpot this evening, checking out the latest build of DICE's multiplayer shooter sequel. Update: Voodoo Extreme also has a preview of the game along with a ton of screenshots.

EA sends along five new Battlefield 2142 screenshots showing off a couple of different locations. Don't miss our new interview.

IGN has a new Battlefield 2142 preview, checking out two new multiplayer maps. DICE's multiplayer shooter sequel ships next month.

IGN has their newest Battlefield 2142 development diary up, penned by producer Anders Gyllenberg. He writes about the persistant character state in the game.

FiringSquad has been updated with a Battlefield 2142 preview, offering impressions of the multiplayer beta that's making the rounds.

Electronic Arts today issued two separate press releases, each announcing agreements that will provide in-game advertising for upcoming EA games. Today's first announcement describes an agreement with New York-based in-game advertising firm IGA Worldwide, which will see an unspecified number of EA franchises implement in-game advertising. The first game that will see ads from IGA is Digital Illusions CE's Battlefield 2142, which will be receiving dynamic ads tailored to players' physical locations. Interestingly, the press release also states that ads will be customized by platform, though the game has been announced only for PC, suggesting that the game may eventually be coming to other systems. "Consumers are increasingly gaming in deep, virtual worlds and advertisers need adapted ways to reach these audiences," said European VP for Online and Strategic Relationships Frank Sagnier. "The agreement with IGA is a first step in a detailed strategy to deliver advertising in a seamless format." It was not specified what type of real world brands will be used to seamlessly and realistically integrate modern advertising into the fictional setting of a war-themed game set in 2142. The second announcement is regarding a deal with Massive Incorporated, an in-game advertising firm purchased by Microsoft earlier this year, and allows for up to four Xbox 360 and PC games from EA to be outfitted with in-game ads. EA Black Box's Need for Speed Carbon will be the first title affected by the deal. Though EA notes that the Need for Speed series has included static advertising in past games, Carbon will also include dynamic ads that are related to players' specific geographic locations and gaming platforms. "In places like a basketball court, football stadium or roadside in a racing game, advertising is not only nice to have, but it's an essential component to create the fiction of being there," said EA VP of Online Commerce Chip Lange. "This agreement with Massive allows us to vary what relevant ads are served to the game player." The announcement notes that Massive's technology allows for a variety of media types, including images, audio, video, and actual game objects, to be used in advertising. Financial terms behind the deals announced today were not disclosed. Update: Shacknews has received a response to various inquiries posed to EA regarding these deals. In regards to brands that will be used in Battlefield 2142, EA is not yet announcing specific companies. "We don't have any specific brands [to announce], but as we have said about any kind of ads in the past, they will be authentic and not distracting and in terms of being irrelevant of the time [period]," said an EA representative. "They will be contextually relevant." The company also clarified that the statement about multiple platforms in the Battlefield 2142 announcement is only a general statement about IGA's in-game advertising methods and does not indicate that 2142 will be a multiplatform game.