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The year is 1942 and the war against Japan is at a fever pitch.

The key to victory hinges on the defeat of island strongholds throughout the Pacific. To do this the U.S. army deploys specially trained soldiers to carryout commando-style attacks against the forces of Japan. From sweltering rainforests to sun-baked coral beaches and stinking mangrove swamps, players lead their squad of 12 skilled heroes on real missions with real consequences. Coordinate attacks, sneak into enemy villages, rescue captured POWs and more. Missions can be played single-handedly or jointly with friends over the Internet for cooperative play. It's the authentic hard-edged intensity of the Pacific Theater.

This movie of the sequel to the first/third-person tactical title shows some great in-game footage. Intense single and multiplayer gameplay on foot and in vehicles.

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A number of vehicles will also be featured in the game and, although it's not been revealed which of these will be available for players to control, we know that military APCs and attack helicopters will be present along with civilian cars and trucks long-forgotten after being abandoned in the Zone years earlier.

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Everything about Desert Storm's gameplay is really, really clunky. The soldiers move in a very jerky way, and the mouse-based aiming control is never as smooth as you need it to be to make accurate shots. The interface used to order your other troops around is weird and unintuitive.

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What's new for Deadly Dozen 2? Any new weaps/items?

nFusion: The biggest addition to DD2 is multiplayer. Free for all (FFA) or team-based Deathmatch, Cooperative mode so you can play the single player game with your friends, as well as a few other game modes to keep things interesting. We went all out with the multiplayer component. There are tons of options so you can play pretty much any game type you can imagine.

Because of the move to the Pacific Theater that means we have a whole new set of weapons for the Japanese, plus we added a bunch of weapons on the US side such as the Flamethrower (fry your friends!), the oft-requested BAR, the M1 Carbine, and who doesn't love getting kills with a Samurai Sword. The most exciting new inventory item is the ammo belt, for the cost of one inventory slot you can get a few extra magazines for all your weapons. I don't think I've seen something like that in too many games.

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Red Storm takes a, shall we say, conservative approach to expansion packs. With Rainbow Six, Rogue Spear, and now Ghost Recon, their tendency is to release a handful of map packs with small incremental upgrades. Maybe you'll get some new weapons, some single-player content and an extra game mode or two, but you get the sense they're holding something back for the next installment. So it's no surprise that shortly after Ghost Recon's Desert Siege mission pack comes the Island Thunder mission pack.

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We’ve heard that the game is split into five campaigns - one directly based on the harrowing events seen in Scott's war epic. Why did you opt for this approach instead of just concentrating on the familiar aspects of the conflict?

Actually, the game is set up as one continuous campaign, with two major elements. The player starts out as a member of the US 10th Mountain Division. In this capacity, the player is tasked with safeguarding UN relief efforts. As the game evolves, the player becomes a member of Task Force Ranger, and as part of the Task Force, the player is sent on missions to capture Aidid's top people and eliminate the threat of the Habr Gedir militia.

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GWN: Do you have damage specific models (i.e. headshots, legshots?) and will the player or character be affected by wounds other than just having less life?

GSC: Yes, the heaviness of damage will vary depending on the body part you hit. Characters have skeleton animation, where the bones have ties and reaction to bullet hits will be appropriate. This also means we do not implement a ready-made death animation for characters, as they will die differently each time. Dying on a stairway, for example, character will not hold against the stairs with his ear, but will crawl down (similar features have been implemented in Unreal2003).

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Le Duy Nhut is very introverted and ideological in nature. He truly believes in the cause for which he fights, and has an intense hatred for the enemy. His personal history with the Vietcong, along with his combat experience, made Nhut a logical choice to assist the U.S. Special Forces.

His knowledge of the terrain and ability to speak many languages are an invaluable asset to the A-216 team, 5th Special Forces Group.

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Despite the laundry list of bugs and the steep hardware requirements, Battlefield 1942 remains as engrossing an online experience as they come, with great graphics and explosive gameplay - providing one has a solid Internet connection. While there are currently numerous other opportunities for multiplayer action with a W.W.II theme, from Medal of Honor: Allied Assault to Return to Castle Wolfenstein, none do it quite so well or purposefully, as they all remain committed to the single-player experience. What Battlefield 1942 does, however, is expand upon the niche genre of team-based play, which was previously dominated by Tribes 2. While not necessarily a better game than its more futuristic counterpart, the W.W.II theme and slower pace make it much more approachable to the average player, moving the genre from niche to mainstream.

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InGaming: Following on from that, what will separate Pacific Theatre from other games it's closely related to in it's genre? What's it's edge?

Jason Zisk: The main edge is that it's set in the Pacific Theatre. There really haven't been many Pacific Theatre games, so it should be new and interesting territory for a lot of people. The open-ended nature of the Deadly Dozen series is also a major difference. Deadly Dozen is all about putting the player's squad into a situation and letting him figure out what to do from there, rather than leading the player along a pre-defined path.