Alright. The last of the 3-part Brothers in Arms Developer Diary entry by COL John Antal has hit the web. It's a nice long piece proving that COL Antal really knows his stuff.

I call this wallpaper, Legacy. I felt that it needed to be done. The man in the middle is my grandfather. This is a tribute to him. He's not dead yet and he's no where close so I thought I would dedicate this to him and show him while he was still with me. He was a master seargent. I hope you enjoy. (edit: promoted to the front page by rapture)

As promised a new Brothers in Arms Developer Diary has been released. COL Antal answers more questions from the community. He answers a few questions about the M1 Garand and about German soldier training.

A new developer diary has been published. COL John Antal responds to the community's historical and technical questions about warfighting. Here are the basic tips to assaulting an enemy:

FIND the enemy first
FIX the enemy with fire
FLANK the enemy
FINISH the enemy

A new Brothers in Arms developer diary is due out tomorrow morning.

Zaskoda sent an email stating that the first of a 3-part Brothers in Arms Developer Diary hits the web tomorrow morning. These diary entries will be the results of a Q/A session with Col. John Antal. The questions came from you, the BiA community. The final 2 parts of the Antal diary entry will be posted on the next 2 mornings.

While we were out, Zaskoda sent word that

A little birdie told me that a new dev diary entry is ready to go and should be available in the next day or two.

I wonder who it will be.

Duvalmagic, President of GBX, is in the spotlight on over at diary.gbx. It's a look at the at business side of Gearbox and the gaming industry. It's a recap of a talk that Duvalmagic's keynote address at the 2004 Computer Game Conference in October. Interesting:

"In the past 5 years, Gearbox Software has developed three #1 best sellers, seven top-ten games,
one Academy Award (AIAS) winner, and has worked with five of the top ten publishers in the industry
(EA, MSGS, Activision, Vivendi, and Ubisoft)."

Go read what Duval has to say.

In the most recent Gearbox Dev Diary update, botman, included a panorama movie of a tank vehicle that is in BiA. You'll need Quicktime to play it. Click on the image to view the tank:

The 5th Gearbox Developer Diary update has been posted over at diary.GBX. This time, the focus is on botman. Here's a copy:

[quote=botman]I'm Jeff Broome, a game programmer here at Gearbox Software. I spend my day creating software for Brothers in Arms. I have responsibilities in several different areas of development. I've worked on animation blending code, lip-synching code, facial expression code, artificial intelligence (A.I.) code, game editor features, tools and utilities for the game, and I'm currently working on all of the code required for tanks in Brothers in Arms.

The following are military questions asked by members of the
Gearbox Software forums
and answered by Col. John Antal (US Army, Ret).

Special Note: Ubisoft is about to record an interview for Col. Antal and you have a chance to submit questions! Click here to find out more.

Q5: Asked by Raydude

When the "fire" element of a fire and maneuver team engages an enemy how
do they stagger their firing times so that they don't all run out of ammo
at the same time, or close to the same time?

The following are military questions asked by members of the
Gearbox Software forums
and answered by Col. John Antal (US Army, Ret).

Special Note: Ubisoft is about to record an interview for Col. Antal and you have a chance to submit questions! Click here to find out more.

Q1: Asked by HippyGoth

It appears the Colonel knows his history, one thing I've always wanted to
know, is how well did the Allies perform as a "single unit" during the war?

by Marc Tardif - BIA Multiplayer Producer & Marketing Guru

Taken from a letter to the company on 8/23/04:

Hey all, just got back from my trip to the Leipzig gaming convention
last night and thought I'd share some of my adventure.

First off, this convention is nothing like I thought it was going to be.
Picture E3 shrunken down

into one hall instead of two and you'll get an idea for size and scope.
What's really cool about this show is that it is open to the public. On
Saturday, they were estimating upwards of 60,000 people visiting the
show. Judging by how insane it was, I believe it.

by Jeff Wofford - Brothers in Arms Project Manager

I am Jeff Wofford, Project Manager on the Brothers in Arms project at Gearbox Software. It's my job to get the game done. I came onto the Brothers in Arms project in May of 2002, when it was just getting started. I have to admit that my first thought when joining the project was, "Oh no, not another WWII game." But from the beginning, all of us who were involved in getting the project off the ground fell in love with the setting, the soldiers, and the incredible stories that these people lived. At the same time, we worked to make the game unique and to create gameplay that we ourselves wanted to play but had never been able to get from another game.

Marc Tardif (aka Cysco) dropped in on the Gearbox forums announcing a big party. Gearbox is holding their 5th Anniversary Party in Dallas, Texas. Gearbox is also expected to announce (and hopefully show off) their new game. Here is what cysco said:

"Gearbox is throwing a party celebrating our five year anniversary and the announcement of our new game! Best part? You're all invited! The party is this Saturday (April, 17) at the Gypsy Tea Room in Dallas, TX. The best part? You're all invited!

Simply sign up at the following URL

http://www.gearboxsoftware.com/gbxparty

Space is limited and you must be 21+ to attend. Hope to see everyone there!