Topic: Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway

[MysterD]

Looks like BiA: Hell's Highway doesn't want to compete this Winter w/ CoD4....heh.

Delayed until 2008.

Hell's Highway beta near, release delayed to early '08
[UPDATE] Gearbox confirms incoming beta test of multiplatform shooter, but Ubisoft has pushed the game back to the first quarter of next year.
By Tor Thorsen, GameSpot
Posted Sep 21, 2007 1:36 pm PT

With the Halo 3 hype, Wii frenzy, and PS3 announcements dominating the headlines, many lower-profile games are being overshadowed in the public eye. One such game is Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway, the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 World War II shooter from Gearbox Software and Ubisoft.

Thought it was expected to hit retail before the year's end, it now seems Hell's Highway could be taking a detour to an early 2008 release. When asked if the game was still on schedule to ship for the holidays, a Gearbox rep said that nothing is currently set in stone. "Gearbox has yet to announce any release date," cautioned the rep. "There has been a good deal of speculation about the date, but we'll send out a news item when there's a real one. ... [Gearbox CEO] Randy [Pitchford] has recently stated that a release date will be coming very soon."

[UPDATE]: Shortly after press time, Ubisoft circulated an updated release calendar confirming that Hell's Highway would indeed miss its previously announced holiday 2007 launch window. The game will now ship in Ubisoft's fiscal fourth quarter, which runs from January to March. Despite the delay, fans of the series won't be entirely at a loss this year; a Wii version of Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 is set for a December release.

The delay will frustrate fans eager to play the game, but one piece of news that will be universally welcomed is that work on the game--which drew praise for its detailed graphics and intense gameplay at the 2007 E3 Media & Business Summit--is nearing a crucial phase. "We're rapidly approaching Beta status on Hell's Highway," promised the rep, raising the prospect of a Call-of-Duty-4-style test before year's end.

[MysterD]

Hmmmm...UbiSoft better not blame piracy for a lack of sales for BIA: Hell's Highway.

They can just blame their Haircut Boot-Camp at the PAX 2008.

Brother's in Arms: Hell's Highway booth at Penny Arcade Expo this year was turned into a bootcamp barbershop. If you got your head shaved and had "Hell" spraypainted on the back of your skull, Ubisoft would send you a free copy of the game.

A free haircut and video game apparently seemed like a sweet deal to a lot of people, even if it did turn them into walking billboards. There was a line. A long, long line. For this.

[MysterD]

New trailer for BIA: HH

Now, Here's the system requirements for the PC version

Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway Movie, PC Specs  [September 20, 2008, 4:15 pm ET] - 19 Comments

Gametrailers is serving up a new launch trailer for Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway, showing off the World War II shooter sequel due in stores on this month. The clip is pretty gory, but hey, war is hell.

Also, the game's PC system requirements have been revealed; these include a
2.6 GHz dual-core CPU (3 GHz for Intel Pentium D 925)
1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended)
and the following video cards: ATI RADEON X1600/1650/1950/HD 2000/3000 series and NVIDIA GeForce 6800/7/8/9 series.
The most interesting part is this: "Peripherals Supported: Keyboard, mouse, optional controller (Xbox 360® Controller for Windows recommended).

[MysterD]

BIA Series in on Sale on Steam this weekend.

BIA Steam Pack - $19.99
(Contains BIA: Road to Hill 30, BIA: Earned in Blood, BIA: Hell's Highway)

BIA: Hell's Highway - $14.99
BIA: Earned in Blood - $4.99
BIA: Road To Hill 30 - $4.99