Posted Dec 03, 2007 at 01:06PM by Sally B. Listed in: Interviews, Brothers in Arms, Games Tags: WWII, World War II, Gearbox Software
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Brothers in Arms - Image 1World War II aficionados can now rest easy: you won't be running out of World War II-themed games to play on your next-gen consoles and PCs anytime soon. Randy Pitchford, one of the founders of Gearbox Software, expressed his utter interest in making games based on the second World War, and that he intends to do it as long as he likes.

Will gamers eventually get tired of playing WWII games? Pitchford doesn't seem to think so. He said:

I'm pretty sure that there's going to be another game where I'm a space marine and I save the world from aliens, I'm pretty sure there's going to be another game where I'm a wizard or a knight and I'm fighting dragons and orcs... And I'm pretty sure that there are going to be more games where we're soldiers in wars.


Pitchford then explained the significance of the second World War, saying that the world would turn out differently if it weren't for the phenomena. "It's also a great backdrop for gameplay. This is man to man fighting here," he said, adding that they can come up with an infinite number of games and still have material left.

The Gearbox Software executive also explained that since they focus on certain stories and characters in each game, they won't "burn through the material", mentioning their Brothers in Arms franchise as an example. "It's not a survey of the war, it's focused, and by giving that focus there's a depth there that we're not accustomed to with other games," he said.

The latest Brothers in Arms game, Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway, is scheduled to be launched next year for the Xbox 360, PC, and PlayStation 3.


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