New Brothers in Arms Game Still in Early Development.
During the Develop: Brighton 2015 conference Randy Pitchford, the head of Gearbox Software, disclosed new information about the fourth installment in the Brothers in Arms series, the one that was announced two years ago.
- 2005 – the release of Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 and Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood
- 2008 – Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway debuts
- 2011 – an online game - Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 - is announced and provokes discontent among fans with the way it changes the series’ existing premises
- 2012 – BiA: Furious 4 becomes a spin-off project known as Furious 4, only to be quietly shelved shortly after
- 2013 – Gearbox announces a new, authentic Brothers in Arms
The Develop: Brighton 2015 conference ended a few days ago but we managed to catch a glimpse of Gearbox Software studio’s plans. According to IGN, there may yet be a chance for a new, fourth genuine Brothers in Arms game. One would think that since the game was announced back in February 2013 this time we will finally get some specifics. We didn’t. What we did get instead is some not so good news: the game is still in the early development stage and Gearbox Software is looking for partners to help them put the game into shape necessary to satisfy the fans hungry for a realistic, slightly dramatic, tactical WWII shooter.
“Sadly it takes a lot of resources, energy and money to do what must be done, so it’s not something I feel I could completely do alone. (…) Once we put all the partnerships together in terms of publishing, collaborators and creatives, we can talk about it. I feel like I’m on the brink of it, but we’re not quite there yet. Once it happens development will really take off and then sometime after that - if we don’t completely kill ourselves - we’ll announce. But we’re in the incubation phase with the next one there, for sure.”
It seems we have a long way to go before the new Brothers in Arms game makes its way to the gamers around the world. Let’s just hope that the demand for WWII shooters will still be there when that happens since there may hardly be a better time for releasing one then now, when many major developers prefer a more futuristic setting…
