CVG's got the 1st part of their Far Cry 2 preview posted today. Apparently they'll be ditching the aliens in this go-around, which is a good thing, imo.

"If it's not white beaches or slathering mutants, what is it? In short, everything. Far Cry 2 is hugely, impossibly ambitious. It's Stalker gone on safari; it's Boiling Point with a budget."