San Francisco, CA — April 12, 2006 — Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers and Gearbox Software, one of the world's best video game developers announced that Brothers In Arms Hell's Highway is in development for next generation video game platforms, including the PLAYSTATION3 system and the PC. Scheduled for a holiday 2006 release, Brothers in Arms Hell's Highway is the third game in the multimillion-unit selling and critically acclaimed Brothers In Arms franchise.

Brothers In Arms Hell's Highway brings the critically acclaimed squad-based WWII shooter into the next generation of gaming with amazing graphics and sound, new cutting-edge gameplay features and a completely redesigned online component. Delivering on the franchise's compelling story, unrivaled authenticity and intense squad-based action, Brothers In Arms Hell's Highway drops you into Operation Market-Garden, the largest airborne operation of World War II. Lead Matt Baker, Joe Hartsock and the rest of the 101st Airborne Division as they fight to open "Hell's Highway" in a daring bid for a quick end to the war.

Brothers in Arms Earned in Blood for XBOX and PC are shipping in the US. The Playstation2 version of Earned in Blood is hoped to be released by the end of the month.

Coverage can be found around the web starting here:

http://www.xboxsolution.com/article2674.html
http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/656/656080p1.html
http://news.punchjump.com/article.php?id=1443

Gaming sites are still buzzing about the Earned in Blood demo. Below are some more links for you to follow:

http://gaming.hexus.net/content/reviews/review.php?dXJsX3Jldmlld19JRD0xNjMz
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=26367
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/news/news_story.php?id=126080

A few more links for you to follow concerning the Earned in Blood demo:

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/brothers-in-arms-2/652679p1.html
http://palgn.com.au/article.php?id=3115&sid=db501472566d86c6aad6ed7c9a4c3ba6
http://videogames.yahoo.com/newsarticle?eid=397501&page=0

UBISOFT and Gearbox Software have released the 630MB demo of the Brothers in Arms Earned in Blood for PC. The game is due for release on October 6th. Thanks, Wingasaurus55.

COVERAGE:

http://www.dailygame.net/news/archives/004640.php
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/09/21/news_6134026.html
http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/652/652590p1.html
http://www.borsa-italia.net/article22945.html
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/press_release.php?aid=11673
http://gamesfirst.com/?id=714
http://www.pro-g.co.uk/news/nid/1237/1515/
http://download.boomtown.net/en_uk/articles/art.view.php?id=9293

A new update for Brothers in Arms PC is ready for you to download according to Gearbox's website. You can download this patch from a variety of mirrors. This patch fixes:

- Added player kick feature to the MP lobby. Syntax: /kick
- Added "player quit" message to multiplayer
- Added in-game screenshot functionality, bound to function key F9
- Added functionality to update profiles when changing localized versions
- Improved general performance and stability
- Improved Ubisoft game service performance and stability
- Implemented 24 character limit on server names
- Updated profiles to include performance options
- Updated karma physics to prevent potential issues with certain AMD CPUs
- Debriefing lobby chat line clamped to 399 characters
- Fixed MP debriefing client freeze during extended play sessions
- Included game service registry entries in uninstaller
- Game displays correct error when second CD key is detected online

Maybe it's just me, but every store I went to today had only the DVD-ROM version of the game, and I only have CD-ROM. Is there anyone else who is experiencing this problem or may have some explanation why a CD-ROM version is not currently in stores? I am pretty sure they are releasing one, so if someone could let me know that would be great.

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 is in stores everywhere video games are sold. You should have no problem finding the game in your hometown.

Unfortunately, I am going out of town for the next several days during which there will be some heavy maintenance on the servers that host the gearboxed.com websites. Look forward to the site returning when I return sometime early next week. In the mean time, enjoy Brothers in Arms and take plenty of screenshots.

Looks like IGN was first to publish their review of Brothers in Arms for the PC. Looks like the PC version of the game is right on track with the XBOX version reviews - a 9.1/10.

[quote=IGN]The content and overall quality are exactly the same on both systems, making Brothers in Arms an excellent game no matter which platform you choose. The competition is certainly a little tougher on the PC but, even so, no game delivers quite the same type of experience as Brothers in Arms...Brothers in Arms is a game that, to borrow a phrase from General Patton, "grabs you by the nose and kicks you in the ass...But even when I was feeling hopelessly outclassed by the enemy, I still felt like there were always new approaches to take to circumvent and outwit the opposition. That's what kept drawing me back for more punishment.[/quote]

It is kind of late in the game for previews, but Gamespy has a preview of BiA PC. There's a few widescreen screenshots in there for you to look at. I am guessing we'll see a full up review later in the week.

A patch for the PC version of Brothers in Arms is out. The patch brings the version number of the software up to BiA v1.02. This patch is for public download.

[quote=UBIsoft]Version 1.02 of Brothers in Arms is a release-day update to enhance various aspects of Ubi.com online matchmaking support and LAN multiplayer features[/quote]

Hello soldiers. This is an invitation to visit us at 502PIR 101st Airborne Shadow Company, I welcome all of you to do so.

http://www.shadow-company.com

Thank you for your time.

Cpt.Ausylo

Thanks, Colin for this one. Apparently there is already a patch out for BiA PC, which isn't even out yet. 3D Gamers is hosting a 1.3 MB patch that will update BiA PC to version 1.0.1. Interesting.

UPDATE! The BiA updates available on the Ubisoft FTP site (BiA-1.0-1.01-xxx.exe) are NOT intended for public download at this time. These updates are published for final internal testing purposes only. Anyone that downloads this patch now and applies it to a retail game next week will not be able to play online, or receive future updates through the auto update system.

IGN is reporting that BiA for Playstation 2 and PC has gone gold and will be due out on March 17th!

"We wrapped up PC production last week" said Reichert, a Gearbox employee on the GBX forums. He's already playing the game from home. Maybe we'll get our hands on the PC version in the next few weeks.

Reichert is also answering other PC questions.

About PC downloadable content:

[quote=Reichert]I can't comment on future additions, but we have an auto-update system that could accomodate such things more readily than the XBox version. [/quote]

About PC vs XBOX:

[quote=Reichert]- Increased texture resolution across the board
- Anisotropic filtering options, up to 16x (or whatever your card supports)
- An option for true reflections in water
- Configurable draw distance for grass
- Projected character shadows

All of these are optional, and will have to be adjusted to suit your hardware. [/quote]

Also,

[quote=]The MP game is consistent with the XBox version, with the addition of team chat. You can also chat it up in the lobby with everyone before a match. [/quote]

About a PC dedicated server:

[quote=Reichert]The nature of the multiplayer does not demand a dedicated server.[/quote]