Boomtown has posted a reader question submitted Battlefield Vietnam Q&A, covering all kinds of gameplay related topics when it comes to the DICE Canada shooter.

A new Battlecraft 1942 is now available, updating the tool use to create custom Battlefield 1942 maps. The 2.1 comes with several new features which you can read about here. EA also updated the Battlefield Vietnam site with a new community message, asking people to email them if they have specific performance problems.

Visiting DICE - The Road to the Battlefield is an article on Boomtown, describing a trip to the DICE Canada offices and the development of the recently released Battlefield Vietnam.

Today seems about as good a day as any to start a Battlefield Vietnam chat thread since quite a few people have been picking it up already. Is it really good, or does it feel like a simple Battlefield 1942 mod? What do you think about the graphics, weapons, and levels? While you engage in friendly discussion with other Shackers you can also check out this postmortem Q&A on GameSpy with producer Reid Schneider and lead designer A.J. Marini. They talk about what went right and wrong during development of the game. This Thursday (since a lot of you seem to be waiting for Best Buy's DVD edition offer) we'll have an Unreal Tournament 2004 thread.

Update: in case you don't have the game yet and want to see some more footage, the official website now has a new "Flight of the Valkyries" movie.

Justin from Battlefield Central let us know that EA has now released the Battlefield Vietnam Windows dedicated server, which you can grab from FileShack. The server is a 110mb download.

Yet another updated Battlefield Vietnam Linux dedicated server is avaliable, fixing things related to maplist.con and the remote console. Thanks 3D Gamers.

A new Battlefield mod toolkit has been released, adding support for Battlefield Vietnam. Version 2.0 also has an updated menu editor, a new vehicle importer tool, and several other new additions and improvements.

Digital Illusions has released an updated Battlefield Vietnam Linux dedicated server for those of you who were getting ready to host servers for the game. The new release fixes a few random issues. Thanks Blues News.

Over at Primo Technology you can find a chat log from last night's IRC event with DICE and EA about Battlefield Vietnam. Questions were about things like system requirements, the gameplay style, modding, voice over cast, heat seeking missiles and a whole bunch of other things.

The guys at GameSurge are hosting a Battlefield Vietnam IRC chat tomorrow, with Armando Marini from DICE Canada and producer Ben Smith of EA attending to answer questions about the game. The chat will start at 6PM CST, in the channel #bfvietnam on irc.GameSurge.net.

A few days before its retail release, Digital Illusions has released the Battlefield Vietnam Linux dedicated server. The 104mb allows you to run a server without owning the game.

3D Avenue is the latest site (and you would assume one of the last since reviews will roll in soon) to preview Battlefield Vietnam, offering brief hands-on impressions. Some new screenshots from the game can be found at SimHQ. Update: another preview can be found at Computer & Video Games.

Swedish game site FragZone has posted a Battlefield Vietnam interview with AJ Marini, who was on hand to answer questions at a recent press event. Questions and answers are about the new gametypes, historical accuracy, the balance between infantry and vehicles, boobytraps, SDK plans, and memorable bugs.

Good morning Vietnam! Electronic Arts sent over a press release announcing that Battlefield Vietnam has gone gold. The DICE developed first person shooter will ship to stores Monday, March 15.

The Battlefield franchise is entering a new era with more firepower and beautiful yet ferocious new combat settings. Offering an arsenal of weapons and vehicles authentic to the Vietnam conflict, players will battle in first-person perspective. 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. All of this action will be accompanied by the sounds of an authentic Vietnam era soundtrack to immerse the player into an experience similar to that of a Hollywood film.

New at HomeLAN Fed today is a Battlefield Vietnam preview, taking another look at what this first person shooter from Digital Illusions' Canadian studio has to offer. Battlefield Vietnam is due out in two weeks.

GameBiz has their own Battlefield Vietnam Q&A, looks like we missed that earlier this week. Designer A.J. Marini shows up to answer questions again, about things like research, new features, balancing the US and Vietcong sides, AI improvements, and several other things.

The official Battlefield Vietnam website has been updated, offering this user submitted Q&A with designer A.J. Marini. Topics include use of tunnels, combat on water, bot AI improvement, mod tools, system requirements, weather change in maps and voice chat. New screenshots have been released as well. Battlefield Vietnam ships next month.

GameSpy is the latest site to post a Battlefield Vietnam preview, also offering hands-on impressions of several levels in the game. New screenshots are included as well.

There's a new Battlefield Vietnam preview on GameSpot tonight, offering hands-on impressions on the new DICE shooter. The article offers thoughts on some of the environments, graphics, audio, player classes, and vehicles. Twenty-eight new screenshots are included. Another preview can be found at Game Informer.

Electronic Arts' Battlefield Vietnam website has a new video from the game, titled Surfin' Bird. The clip shows more than a minute of gameplay footage.