From the makes of Far Cry and the Crytech engine comes a new game on their new engine Crysis. This engine looks nothing short of incredible and below are links to the E32006 trailer and File Shack HD movie so you can see for yourself.
BF2 Combat, the Battlefield 2 Tour of Duty, is a unique community which will allow players to experience Battlefield 2 as never before. Featuring multiple ten-hour battles every week (of which members can attend as many or as little as they like) the Tour of Duty offers members a hierarchically-structured environment replete with cool features. During signup, people have the option of enlisting to fight for the United States Army or Marine Corps, the Middle Eastern Coalition Armies, or the People's Liberation Army. All divisions offer the same superior game experience. Players can elect to participate in a variety of programs, including an Army Ranger School designed by real US Army Rangers and a wide swath of qualifications. Perhaps the coolest thing about the Tour of Duty is that the world changes dynamically not only after each battle but also after each three month Tour. That means generals are able to decide what areas they will attack next, and the maps played will reflect these decisions. Members will also be able to bring their unlocked weapons in on battle day and will get priority selection for BF2 Combat's public ranked servers.
Although final dates for the Battlefield 2 demo have not been locked down we understand we will be allowed to make it available in little over a week.
Once again these features are not 100% final but the demo will contain:
One map
16-player single player
16 and 32-player multiplayer
Time limit per round
I would assume the Demo release would preceed the scheduled release of the game which is set for June 21st. We could be seeing some playable BF2 action withing the next couple of weeks. I am however counting on EA to fuck this game up like they do every thing else even as good as it looks, which you can see for yourselves in the video below.
After some digging I found that BF2 will have, out of the box, Windows and Linux dedicated server support including 32 and 64bit. So Terminal-Insanity will have BF2 servers up as soon as the game is released. I do not yet know if this will include the demo, but we will have at least one demo server up as soon as it is released.