1UP and Team Xbox have Battlefield: Bad Company previews, going hands-on with DICE's shooter sequel.

Also on IGN is this Battlefield: Bad Company preview. It offers hands-on impressions and is accompanied by new screenshots.

EA has released the new Battlefield 2142 1.25 Patch which you can now grab over at FileShack. Offers geometry exploit fixes, new mod options, game adjustments and other bug fixes.

Battlefield 2142 players will be happy to know that that the Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike booster pack is now available. The $9.99 EA Link download includes new vehicles, three new maps and the Conquest Assault game mode among other features and content.

The Battlefield 2142 v1.20 patch is now available for download on FileShack. There are of course a number of different bug fixes and changes, just click 'more details' on the file page for a list.

New at Pro-G today is this Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike preview, checking out a beta version of the upcoming booster pack.

FiringSquad is the latest site with a Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike Q&A. Producer Kristoffer Bergqvist is asked about the booster pack's weapons, vehicles, maps and awards.

According to this note on the Battlefield website, all the unlocks in Battlefield 2142 will be freely available for everyone this weekend. The upgrades will become available on Friday and will be taken away 2am Monday night. Thanks Blues News.

A new movie from the Battlefield 2142 booster pack Northern Strike is now on FileShack. It offers nearly two minutes of gameplay footage.

If you're interested in testing the upcoming Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike booster pack, you can head over to the CombatTesting.com website to sign up. According to EA, "Testing will be conducted on Ranked Servers and stats won't be wiped".

Electronic Arts has sent out a Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike Q&A. Producer Kristoffer Bergqvist talks about the booster pack's new content.

As had been expected, EA today officially announced the Northern Strike booster pack for Battlefield 2142. The press release pretty much confirms what we know, while mentioning a March release which is a bit more specific than the Spring indication we had before.

Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike features three new maps, including the infamous WWII battle scene at the Bridge at Remagen, an Alpine Titan docking harbour in Port Bavaria and a claustrophobic showdown in the Liberation of Leipzig. The booster pack also features new vehicles including the EU's heavily armed IFV Goliath and the PAC's hovering light IFV Hachimoto in addition to new unlocks, new badges and ribbons, new gameplay and more.

You can find a trailer on FileShack, and we have five screenshots here.

It's not much of a surprise, but Planet Battlefield reports that a Battlefield 2142 booster pack called Northern Strike is in the works. According to a product page, which has since been taken down but is available as a screenshot here, the booster pack will add three new maps, two vehicles and ten new rewards and unlock items. A Spring 2007 release date is mentioned.

Now available on FileShack is the Battlefield 2142 1.10 patch, along with updated Linux and Windows server files. Here's what the new release fixes/changes

- Remove ability to resupply all unlimited ammo objects
- No longer able to use Sentry Gun pushing player into Titan Crate collision
- No longer able to use RDX DemoPaks drop through first section of the 3rd and 4th upper hallways of both Titans
- Away Bonus is now used when calculating in-game promotions
- Improved communication with GameSpy Database
- EU Duty Ribbon/PAC Duty Ribbon awarded correctly when all criteria are fulfilled
- "Commander score" statistic no longer resets to zero
- Enabled tabbing to password field when using a dedicated server
- News Tickers Speed time to display increased
- When scrolling through the list in Multiplayer you no longer move both at the same time as the server info
- EMP effect on Gunships reduced from 4 to 3 seconds allows the gunship to recover when throttled up at medium altitude
- SL drone: Tweaked the acceleration on the left right aiming for the bot. It now acquires targets properly
- Adjusted pistols: Increased ROF Clamp values, slightly reduced damage fall off over range
- Adjusted up the damage of the HMG rounds to counter its lower RPM
- Adjusted and/or increased entry radius points for all vehicles
- Removed unused RangeFinder setting from EU Walker, Titan Guns to fix the APC/Railgun/FAV draw out bug
- Fix for latency and TV guided missiles (lowered the acceleration on the missile and fixed firing lag)
- Fixed active camouflage to no longer offset image
- Changed default server port to 17567
- Update to most current PunkBuster client files

The official Battlefield website has been updated, offering a partial changelog for a new Battlefield 2142 patch. Testing for this version 1.10 patch starts this week. Thanks Blues News.

Following hot on the heels of the Battlefield 2142 1.05 patch, here is the Battlefield 2142 1.06 patch. It fixes a Titan mode crashing issue. Updated server files here.

EA has released the Battlefield 2142 1.05 Patch, updating the multiplayer shooter to version 1.05. Here are some of the issues fixed by the 22mb update

- Ground Defence kills now count towards Ground Base Defence Ribbon
- Using the Medic Hub now counts towards Silver Medic Excellence Badge
- Silver Titan Destruction - Badge awarded when core is destroyed
- Debriefing End of Round screen displays player stats
- Enemy Squad Leader Spawn beacon is no longer visible on the 3dMap - Can now bind same key to crouch for common and land vehicles
- Spinning tank turret no longer pushes player inside clipped geometry
- Users can play single-player (offline) mode when EA servers are unavailable
- Fixed issue that caused Battlerecorder Playback And Camera Control Interface function
- Corrected missile silo numbers in Titan Mode
- Squad Leader Spawn Beacon can now be used after a round or map change in online games
- Patching update message will shut the game down instead of minimize if EA Link is installed on users machine
- Stats tracking optimizations
- Revised AR's deviation per bullet
- Titan no longer moveable by the Commander once Titan shields are down
- Installer checks for BF2142 running in the background before installing patch
- Improved player collision protocol
- Optimized EA Master Server connection calls

Updated dedicated server files are available as well.

A new Battlefield 2 patch is now out updating the game to version 1.41, fixing a rare server crash bug. An updated Windows server build is available as well.

There's a Battlefield 2142 Q&A on FiringSquad today, asking DICE producer Marcus Nilsson about the newly released multiplayer shooter. Questions are about the beta test, vocal fans, character leveling, cheating and booster pack plans.

FiringSquad has a comment from EA on the Battlefield 2142 advertising rumor that's been making the rounds that has people believing the game is tracking your browsing habits and what not. Not true

The advertising program in Battlefield 2142 does not access any files which are not directly related to the game. It does not capture personal data such as cookies, account login detail, or surfing history. BF 2142 delivers ads by region. The advertising system uses a player's IP address to determine the region of the player, assisting to serve the appropriate ads by region and language. For instance, a player in Paris might be presented with ads in French. The information collected will not be repurposed for other uses. Battlefield 2142 also tracks "impression data" related to in-game advertisements: location of a billboard in the game, brand advertised, duration of advertisement impression, etc. This information is used to help advertisers qualify the reach of a given advertisement.

There is also a Q&A with IGA (these guys are providing the ads) CEO Justin Townsend on Gamasutra.