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Monday Q&As
[Sep 05, 2005, 10:41 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

Battlefield 2: Special Forces
Gamecloud's Battlefield 2: Special Forces Q&A catches up with David Yee of EA to discuss the upcoming Battlefield 2 expansion: "The two biggest additions in Special Forces are the zip line and grappling hook. These two features give infantry advanced moment options and really bring up the number of possibilities on the Battlefield. Where in the past, hardcore players have memorized common routes and chokepoints, Special Forces creates moments where the enemy aren’t always going to come through the same alleyway or passage. It’s very satisfying to flank another squad, or attack spawn points in ways that weren’t possible before."
HoMM V
The Heroes Of Might And Magic V Q&A on Gamecloud discusses the next installment in the fantasy-themed strategy series with Ubisoft's Fabrice Cambounet: "We are giving the Might & Magic universe a consistent geography, history, and identity. That means that in Heroes V you will have few direct connections with the previous games in the series, although the universe is still the same at its core. And of course the game will feature most of the creatures and factions the players are expecting from a Heroes game, plus a host of incredible new features and entities!"
Futurelab
The Futurelab Q&A on Boomtown talks with the organization behind a study into the efficacy of video games as a learning tool: "The study will look at what children can learn from computer games, how best to introduce games into the classroom and what changes might be required to make them relevant to education. It will start by investigating current attitudes of both educators and students towards games and their use in the classroom through a MORI poll, the findings of which will be available in August 2006."