The
Battlefield 1942
Website (thanks
Frans) has word that Friday is when to expect a demo for the
Secret Weapons of World War II add-on for Battlefield 1942. The update includes
a couple of new screenshots, with the promise of more to come tomorrow. Here's
the scoop on the demo:
The demo also unleashes the power of ten of the 16
new weapons in Secret Weapons of WWII. Fly and fight at the same time
with the experimental German rocket pack, or buzz the skies in one of the new
compact dynamo fighter planes—the Axis Natter rocket plane or the Allied F-85
Goblin. Both the Axis and Allies also have new motorcycles with machine
gun-mounted sidecars, as well as amphibious assault vehicles: the German
Schwimmwagen and the American LVT-2 Water Buffalo. The new Axis Flakpanzer, a
T-38 tank with an anti-aircraft gun mounted on top, is a nasty beast—but it
looks tame compared to the Allies’ Sherman tank with a T-34 Calliope rocket
launcher.
With all this plus new hand-held weapons such as silenced SMGs, new assault
rifles, and deadly throwing knives, become a deadly force on the most intense
virtual battlefields ever created. Prepare yourself for all-out war in the Battlefield
1942: Secret Weapons of WWII demo, available August 8, 2003 here at the
official BF1942 website.