Recently Gearbox announced that Brothers In Arms: Furious 4 would no longer be a Brothers In Arms game.
"The game that was announced as Brothers In Arms: Furious 4 has evolved," Gearbox Software president Randy Pitchford said at PAX Prime."I wanted to let everyone know that that game's no longer going to be a Brothers In Arms game," Pitchford said. "It's going to be an all-new IP."
Pitchford recently sat down with gaming site IGN and revealed that there is a new Brothers in Arms game is in development at Gearbox Software. During his interview Pitchford discussed the new direction for the game formerly known as Brothers in Arms: Furious 4, and the franchise's future.
"The hallmarks of the Brothers in Arms series are about authenticity, squad combat, brotherhood between soldiers," Pitchford said. "I mean we really commit to and have a tremendous amount of deference in the Brothers in Arms games," and Furious 4 simply didn't align with these goals. Instead, Furious 4 will become a new IP, freeing Gearbox to work on a more traditional Brothers in Arms title.
Brothers in Arms is a World War II video game series consisting of three main games and seven spin-off games. The storyline is the game's is loosely based on the Band of brothers TV series, according to an in Man!ac Magazine. Furious 4 was a departure in tone for the series. The opening trailer was slapstick and felt like a spoof of the other games.
"For what Brothers in Arms is meant to be, we love that too," said Pitchford, "and we do have some creative effort going on there that will lead eventually to a project that we'll announce at some point." It's still too early to announce any specifics, but Pitchford says Gearbox loves the series, "and we've got some action there as well."
Watch the IGN interview below...