The yearly Camp EA press event has started, and Electronic Arts has released some media from the games they are showing there. Here are screenshots from Battlefield Vietnam, which will be released early next year.

HomeLAN Fed's JCal has posted his impressions of the game based on the demonstration at Camp EA.

Promising screenshots today, the EA Games Battlefield 1942 website now has word of a new map they're planning to release for Battlefield 1942, Battle of Britain. In this map, "German forces must disable four RAF radar towers as well as the heavily-protected Harwich Weapons Factory on the coast of England". There will be a new vehicle and a new weapon available for this level. Update: screenshots can be found on Planet Battlefield, Battlefield Central and BFNation.

Update 2: Here are some more screenshots.

How about that boys and girls, Electronic Arts & Digital Illusions have just announced a new Battlefield game - Battlefield Vietnam. Currently in development for the PC, the game will be released early 2004.

The Battlefield franchise is entering a new era with more firepower and beautiful yet ferocious new combat settings. Staying true to the over-the-top, action-packed multiplayer style that gave Battlefield 1942 its critical and commercial success, Battlefield Vietnam will drop players into some of the Vietnam War's fiercest battles. Fighting in theatres from jungles surrounding the Ho Chi Minh Trail to the city streets of Hue, players will choose from two well-equipped forces, the United States or the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and Vietcong.

Like BF1942, Battlefield Vietnam will feature a singleplayer as well as a multiplayer part, and will have "new rendering and sound engines".

A new version of the immensely popular Desert Combat mod for Battlefield 1942 has been released, and you can grab it from FileShack. Version 0.38D of the Desert Combat mod offers new vehicles, new weapons, new levels, and it has improved sounds along with plenty of other changes (of course its compatible with BF1942 1.4 now). Due to the amount of changes, no patch for the previous release is available.

There's a new preview of Secret Weapons on GameSpot, offering hands-on impressions of the new Battlefield 1942 expansion pack.

GameSpot has posted several new screenshots from Secret Weapons of WWII, the second expansion pack for Battlefield 1942.

As noted in this new community update on the official Battlefield 1942 site, the 1.4 patch for the game has been released. There is a full download as well as a 1.31 -> 1.4 update. For you Linux server admins, here is the new release of the dedicated server and if you run a Windows server there is a new dedicated server release for that as well. The Battlefield 1942 1.4 patch offers a ton of changes, fixes and additions, among them there are two new weapons and a change of the "game feeling". Lastly, EA has FINALLY released a (beta) map editor for the game along with some sample maps.

Electronic Arts sends along the Battlefield 1942 Secret Weapons trailer they showed off at E3 this year. The Quicktime format movie which runs for nearly a minute and a half, shows only cinematic footage.

There is a new community message on the official Battlefield 1942 website, offering more info on the upcoming 1.4 patch for the game. They mention such things are the scoreboard being been improved, weapon sounds being changed, additional player hitting feedback and more. Thanks phreakshow.

Not sure when they added it, but the official Battlefield 1942 website now has a movie with plenty of ingame footage from Secret Weapons, the second expansion pack for the popular WW2 vehicular action game. The 8mb Quicktime movie is mirrored on FileShack. Thanks 3D Gamers.

Atomic v2.0 has a Q&A with Frank DeLise, project leader of the Desert Combat mod for Battlefield 1942. Q&As are about the development period, the lack of tools release, why Frank chose BF1942 to modify, size of the team and a few other things. Thanks VE3D.

Also on IGN is this article offering impressions of Secret Weapons, the second Battlefield 1942 expansion pack. Sounds like the jetpack is thankfully pretty limited.

In case you hadn't seen them yet, here are a few new screenshots from the upcoming Battlefield 1942 expansion pack Secret Weapons, though the quality isn't exactly the best.

The official Battlefield 1942 website has been updated with a new community message. No patch news this time, instead we get a look at the German Sturmmorser Tiger tank which will appear in the Secret Weapons expansion pack.

The guys at Computer & Video Games have posted their Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons Q&A. DI's Armando Marini is asked about the secret weapons, new vehicles, single player AI improvements, the new game mode, and a few other topics.

HomeLAN Fed has posted a Q&A with Mikael Rudberg, producer at Digital Illusions. Mikael is asked about the newest Battlefield 1942 expansion pack Secret Weapons. It is mentioned that mod tools for Battlefield 1942 won't be released until near the end of the year, which is pretty dissapointing.

The official Battlefield 1942 website has a new community update, offering additional news about their recent decision to not allow client side mods anymore. Patch 1.4 will now include a server side option to allow client side mods or not.

GameSpy Daily is reporting that a search at the US Patent and Trademark Office's website reveals that Digital Illusions, developer of Battlefield 1942, has filed for a trademark for the name Battlefield Vietnam. Of course this doesn't mean that the game is actually being worked on, but it's indeed a possibility. First a rush of WW2 action games, now the Vietnam war is set to follow it seems with Line of Sight: Vietnam, Vietcong, Men of Valor: Vietnam and possibly Operation Flashpoint 2 and Battlefield Vietnam.

The official Battlefield 1942 website has been updated with a new community message. The update offers a list of features and fixes as they will appear in the upcoming 1.4 patch for the game. Two new guns will be added among other things.

The newest Desert Combat alpha for Battlefield 1942 has been released, offering plenty of new/improved vehicles and weapons. You can find the 147mb file mirrored on FileShack. Here are some of the new units included with this release

US
Land
- M-109 Mobile Artillery
Air
- A-10 Thunderbolt II Bomber
- UH-60 Blackhawk Transport Helicopter
- AV8b Harrier
- AC-130 Gunship
IRAQ
Land
- M-1974 Amphibious Artillery
- SCUD Launcher
- Stationary ZPU anitaircraft machine gun
Air
- SU-25 Ground Attack Plane
- M124d Hind attack Helicopter