E3 06: Hell's Highway takes detour to 2007

  • By Staff, GameSpot
  • Posted May 10, 2006 9:00 am PT

Marching orders for next edition of Ubisoft's squad-based WWII shooter Brothers in Arms pushed back to early next year.

LOS ANGELES--Though much excitement and jubilation emerges from the Electronic Entertainment Expo each year, not all news to come out of the show is good news. Ubisoft today confirmed that Brothers in Arms Hell's Highway for the PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 won't be storming shelves until the first quarter of next year. When Ubisoft originally announced the game just last month, the publisher had expected to have it ready for this holiday season.

Hell's Highway will follow the 101st Airborne Division once again as they drop behind enemy lines during the Second World War. Familiar faces from previous BIA games, including Matt Baker and Joe Harstock, will return to take on Operation Market-Garden, the war's largest airborne campaign.

Ubisoft is showing Brothers in Arms Hell's Highway at E3 this year, so check back soon for GameSpot's coverage of the game from the show floor.

25 Comments

  • aptpathjoe

    Posted Oct 27, 2006 11:09 pm PT

    "Call Of Duty 2 on veteran is a hell of a lot harder then BIA Earned In Blood on its hardest and I passed COD2 on Veteran so if you consider Brothers In Arms hard then just go play some medal of honor where you dont think about anything other then "omg wheres a health pack" or better yet play a true hard game and try COD 2 just my opinion "

    You must have never played Brothers in Arms on its hardest setting. Call of Duty 2 on veteran was easy. All it was was a little bit of trial and error. The only hard part in the whole game of COD2 on veteran was the silo. Thats it. I beat COD 2 on veteran in less than a week. COD 2 is easy. BiA EiB is tough.

  • jakeboudville

    Posted Aug 25, 2006 6:09 am PT

    really impressive

  • Shootman

    Posted May 15, 2006 10:07 am PT

    Randy Pitchford showed off a fantastic playable demo of BiA:HH (repeat: playable, running, in Unreal 3, OMG) at last week's E3 while COD and MoH were complete no-shows. And the latter two are still slated to come out this year. Please.

    I'm actually kinda glad Gearbox is going to put some more time into their work. Hell's Highway is shaping up to be better than COD3 or MoH: Airborne already, and some more time will just widen the gap.

  • syorks

    Posted May 10, 2006 6:29 pm PT

    this means that hells highway will be better and we know it wasn't rushed like another game. "cough Halo2 cough"

  • freshfreddy

    Posted May 10, 2006 6:24 pm PT

    It's always difficult to compare apples and pears (for example), event though they are both fruits, they are not comparable. Same goes here (IMO that is) with COD1-UO-2... and BIA, EIB or possibly H'sH. They are both situated in the WW2 area, that's for sure, but taht's all there is to when it comes to comparison (still IMO, as stated earlier)

  • comthitnuong

    Posted May 10, 2006 5:49 pm PT

    it better be good

  • DatLuckyPlaya

    Posted May 10, 2006 5:10 pm PT

    Call Of Duty 2 on veteran is a hell of a lot harder then BIA Earned In Blood on its hardest and I passed COD2 on Veteran so if you consider Brothers In Arms hard then just go play some medal of honor where you dont think about anything other then "omg wheres a health pack" or better yet play a true hard game and try COD 2 just my opinion

  • REVENGEotSITH

    Posted May 10, 2006 5:06 pm PT

    another UbiSoft delay.....

  • nuclearaddict

    Posted May 10, 2006 2:23 pm PT

    damn. well, i guess this will give me time to save up for a dx10 video card so i can play this game with everything maxed out.

  • DrKill09

    Posted May 10, 2006 12:20 pm PT

    BIA "Too Hard"?!! I guess you never played COD2 on Verteran.

  • gibb1

    Posted May 10, 2006 12:09 pm PT

    i'm waiting for ps3, so i really don't botter about beeing delayed, it's ok.

  • jcloverboy

    Posted May 10, 2006 11:57 am PT

    This game is looking great - and I'm sure Xbox 360 and PS3 owners will have plenty to do from its original rumoured date to the new one.

  • alberto2045

    Posted May 10, 2006 11:45 am PT

    omg only on XBOX-360 o well ill have to wait for the PS3 to come out with better games

  • mlbslugger86

    Posted May 10, 2006 11:21 am PT

    thank god.....gives me more time to get a 360

  • kidokoro

    Posted May 10, 2006 10:06 am PT

    And so it begins, Road to Hill 30 anyone?

  • ryanspetz

    Posted May 10, 2006 9:39 am PT

    man...that sux...really looking forward to this, oh well, plenty of other games on the 360 to play...too many in fact

  • anamnawshad

    Posted May 10, 2006 9:25 am PT

    Nooooooooo!
    But anyways I don't have a 360 yet, So

  • Led_poison

    Posted May 10, 2006 9:24 am PT

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  • Led_poison

    Posted May 10, 2006 9:24 am PT

    ah well, now 2007 seems to be a killer year for gaming, just like 2004 was

  • demollyon

    Posted May 10, 2006 9:18 am PT

    nice game!

  • rickykemp

    Posted May 10, 2006 9:11 am PT

    to xboxmatt.... the games were good because they were hard.... and made you think. i cant wait until this game comes out, its going to be fantastic, and the standard for all WWII games, if not all tactical shooters to be measured against.

  • latinchemist

    Posted May 10, 2006 9:11 am PT

    Boo... I wanted this NOW

  • blackIceJoe

    Posted May 10, 2006 9:08 am PT

    Maybe in this time they can add more stuff to the game can't wait to play it on the 360 or PS3.

  • alienhunter187

    Posted May 10, 2006 9:04 am PT

    Is it me or does Ubisoft do this with every single game? They announe it for a set time and then a couple weeks later, they delay them.

  • xboxmatt

    Posted May 10, 2006 9:03 am PT

    oh well theyre too hard games anyway

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