Happy Valentine's Day! Who needs a dozen roses when you can download Battlefield 2 v1.2 and play until your ?own? heart is content. EA/DICE sends you a hearty Valentine?s Day by releasing the much anticipated Battlefield 2 v1.2. EA Games

For the March 2006 issue of Computer Gaming World, we went toe-to-toe with Crytek for the aesthetic behind the action in its "not Far Cry 2" follow-up to Far Cry. We're all weary of watching these guys play visual leap-frog, so we pulled out our handy thumb-and-toe screws and managed to scoop the lowdown on the curious gameplay capers Crytek has planned for Crysis.

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Form up! America's Army version 2.6 (Link-Up) is live and ready to download! The wait is over, so head on over to our download section and grab your copy today! Hooah! America's Army

Halo fans will have to upgrade their computer if they want to follow Master Chief's adventures on the PC.

This patch improves overall application reliability brining a number of fixes and improvements

CryTek's next generation game engine on display - in high resolution beauty. This clip has previously been released as shaky-cam, low-res footage.

Ubi Soft sends along a new movie trailer for Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter, highlighting the squad-based tactical shooter sequel under construction at GRIN. This is the second installment in the developer diary series, coming in regular and gigantic (1920x1080) resolutions offer a discussion and demonstration of the Integrated Warfighter System feature in two minutes of interview, gameplay and real-life footage.

3D Gamers

Bungie has updated the jobs section on its website revealing that it is currently looking for several people to fill jobs geared towards PC applications. Bungie is currently looking for Graphics, Audio, Network and Game Programmers, all PC related. Knowledge of DirectX9, Xbox SDK, and compatibility issues are required, and it further states "Want to work on the biggest franchises for Microsoft Game Studios?" Ok, it's a little bit far fetched, but who knows.

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The promised playable demo for TimeShift is now online, offering the first opportunity to try out the imminent time-manipulating futuristic first-person shooter by Saber Interactive. The demo contains one full level "where you must use your timeshifting powers to infiltrate the perimeter of a heavily guarded building to meet an important rebel contact on the top floor." As with another recent Atari demo the InstallShield installer is rather finicky and may throw an error that makes the demo appear to be broken, but if you encounter this problem it can be resolved with the instructions .

Enemy Territory was one of our favorite games ever, so you bet your sweet momma's butt we were all over a chance to take a look at the game at Activision's Santa Monica office. Jakub has a huge four-page preview with 10 spicy screenshots ready for your perusal.

It has come to our attention that Halo 3, Microsoft's 'killer app' for the Xbox 360 is, in fact, ready to roll and a major European mastering plant is just poised ready to go.

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What's coming up this year? bit-tech contributor Ryan Garside takes a look at the 10 most anticipated games on the PC, Xbox 360 and PS2. It's a controversial, yet drool-worthy list.

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Gamemag.ru conducted an investigation to clear up what's going on with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. -Shadow of Chernobyl:

GG Mania

The problem with videogame journalism is that we rarely get an opportunity to experience the game the same way a gamer will. In this article, Alan talks about the challenges that videogame journalism face.

The former members of Blizzard who founded ArenaNet a few years ago now have their own success in Guild Wars, their own fantasy multiplayer action-RPG that does away with all those pesky monthly fees that most conventional MMOs have.
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Back in September 2005, at the PDC Microsoft Conference, CryTek, developers of Far Cry, released a movie that showcased some of the capabilities of the Cry Engine 2 under DirectX 10 API: dynamic day/night cycle, fully interactive enviroments, sunrays and diffuse transmission, real time soft shadows, soft particles, interactive/destructrible enviroments, volumetric clouds, and advanced shader technology. "GameHell"

Wargaming.net announces the release of new BETA version which has following extra features:

LucasArts has now released a playable demo for Star Wars Empire at War, allowing the chance to feel the force in this futuristic 3D real-time strategy game under construction at Petroglyph Games. This demo includes the first five tutorials and a Galactic Conquest map playable as the Rebel Forces commander where "you'll battle for control of the Outer Rim in the Vergesso Asteroids and attempt to liberate Tatooine from the grip of the Empire.

Ubi Soft has released the playable demo for Rainbow Six: Lockdown, offering the first opportunity to try out the squad-based tactical shooter sequel that is nearing completion at Red Storm. This demo contains a single-player mission situated in South Africa that's also playable in co-op, along with the Prison multiplayer map with the 'Team Adversarial' game mode.

When you watch the Enemy Territory: Quake Wars trailer, it's easy to leap to conclusions about what the game's going to be. It's Battlefield in the Quake universe! It's getting railgunned in the face by twitch-killers as you stand next to a spawnpoint for a vehicle.