Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 to be reimagined into new IP

Although I love historically accurate and realistic WWII video games, I don't think that means we have to eliminate any game that takes "creative liberties" in order to offer a mindless, purely entertainment based shooter. WWII is such a FUN setting. I agree that they should drop "Brothers In Arms" from the title, but why is there such animosity toward the game itself? If you only like serious dramatic and story driven shooters that's fine. But I don't think its fair to assume that it is the way everyone feels or that it is the way everyone SHOULD feel. I don't see anything wrong with a WWII game that isn't realistic or historically accurate. I am not using video games to learn history anyway.

Make another brothers in arms please dont waste time with this kind of game...the industry is plagued with this co-op sh*** games already!!!

Thanks, finally sanity reigns...

I believe it was a good idea to make this game into an original IP. I know many people, as well as myself, were upset how this game could be considered a BIA game; It worked out for the best. :) Still want to give it a play :)

Change the name.

Finally....something in the gaming industry that actually isn't whiny, complaining, or outwright ridiculous. Good job Gearbox...this game needs to seperate itself from the BIA franchise as clearly they aren't related.

huge fan of the Brothers In Arms series..... I was broken hearted to hear about this game however I feel like I still have to play it.... as long as they don't abandon the classic BIA

Whether you like how this game looks or not, this is a good move by Gearbox.

@LonelyHippie27 I think now that we've had some time to get away from the draught of WWII games it will be nice to see a few come back. I mean the last big WWII game was World at War and that was what 4 or 5 years ago? Right now the 'modern shooter' today is what the WWII shooter was last generation.

This should have been done in the first place

I'm happy about this move. The tone of furious 4 was too different to the BIA games. I hope to see another entry in the BIA franchise.

Hell's Highway was a very good game and showed a good example of the horrors of war, which not all FPS's do. not having played the previous games, i didn't understand the characters backstory, so i was a bit lost at times.anyway, i don't know much about Furious 4, but the prospect of another BinA was good news.

This is good news for the BiA franchise. I was very worried that Furious 4 was going to take things in such a drastically different direction that the realism and mature tone of the BiA games would be lost forever. Lots of fans called for removing the BiA name from this new game, and it's nice to see Gearbox listened.

Another walking dead/zombie type game?

Brothers in in Arms was one of the very few WW 2 franchise that had such a serious mature tone. This is completely the opposite, I am not saying I don't like the direction, but they shouldn't call it Brothers in Arms but make a new IP and keep Brothers in Arms the way it was.

Sounds OK with me

Maybe call it inglourious four? :P

This is probably a very good idea by Gearbox.

If it's evolving AWAY from the core, why don't they call it something else?

WHY on earth aren't they making a new BIA game? I played all the other ones, got invested int he story and they leave us hanging with ONE GAME left. Seriously all that i sleft is battle of the bulge, they set up a huge arc in the storyline for the guys and then just......nothing since then.

Good, because this was a terrible idea for a BiA game....why did they ever imagine fans would swallow it? It's about the same as if they had tried to call borderlands a BiA game.

I want to see a "Hell's Highway" sequel!!!!

all new IP but still basically the same...? hmmm... not my cup of tea, chap..!

Thank god that common sense prevailed,

This is for sure a next gen title

finally a smart move, after so long with so many angry BiA fans they finally get it

This is what it should have been in the first place.

I am still interested in this game, and I am still wish Gearbox would make BiA 4 or maybe a HD collection for 360 and PS3 that includes Earned in Blood and Road to Hill 30 remastered in HD and heck maybe even throw in Hell's Highway.

As if the news on this game couldn't get any worse... I'm thankful it's no longer trying to be BIA, but "all new territory" can't be good news for this game

Gearbox is a fantastic company. When they do something wrong, or something that people don't like, they cut their losses, admit their mistakes, and fix the problem. We don't think Furious 4 fits with Brothers in Arms? Okay, it'll be a new IP. This kind of relationship builds up trust between the developer and consumer, which in turn allows them to try something unique, interesting, or just plain insane, and still have a lot of support. This isn't just good for Brothers in Arms, it helps the creativity of the industry as a whole.

Am i the only one thats quite happy about this news?

This game would have been completely out of character of a BiA game imo.

Makes sense, considering that the Brothers in Arms series is known for its gritty realism and tactical gameplay. Furious 4 probably won't be either of those things (certainly not realistic). I'd still love to see a proper Brothers in Arms sequel some day.

Oh-em-gee! This is so surprising! I can't bel... oh, wait. Commenting on the wrong article. This was entirely and obviously inevitable.

you can name it "inglourious basterds the game" for all i care, im already interested.... now how about a new BIA or the Duke Nukem (no folks not a port of a cancelled pc game from 1997 like DNF was [this coming from some one who loves DNF]) game that Gearbox ACTUALLY made

hurry up and release this crap so you can finish BIA

Well, not exciting news, but I won't write the project off.

Good to see they came to their senses and realized that the game hardly had anything to do with BIA. If only more devs also realized this instead of bastardizing their IP's.