Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 is a video game in the Brothers in Arms series due for release in March 2012. It is published by Ubisoft and being developed by Gearbox Software. It was unveiled at E3 2011.

 

Following its unveiling at E3 2011, Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 has presented itself as a casualized sequel Brothers in Arms titles; taking a very different approach to its World War II subject matter. Instead of portraying a realistic take on war focusing on Staff Sgt. Matt Baker of the 101st Airborne Division, this new game follows four zany characters of a yet unnamed unit on a fictional romp through Germany after Hitler himself.

 

While the announcement CGI trailer immediately garnered comparisons to Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, recent previews of Gearbox's E3 game play demo describe the game as an insane combination of the studio's previous hit Borderlands and the recent arcade shooter Bulletstorm by People Can Fly and Epic Games. Impressions of the game itself have been favorable so far, focusing on the game's unique art style and presentation, 4-player co-operative campaign mode, crazy unconventional arsenal, and interesting RPG progression system.

 

Gearbox has stated that their Brothers in Arms brand is more than just Baker and the 101st, and that Furious 4 does not represent a 'reboot' that would preempt the Baker series of games. At the recent Gearbox Community Day, Creative Director Mikey Neumann promised that fans would still see the final chapter in Matt Baker's story.

 

The four protagonists are Chok, a Native American soldier who uses hatchets to dispatch enemies, Montana, a large lumberjack turned Nazi slayer who wields a chain gun, Crockett, a Texas native who uses a cattle iron to brand fallen enemies, and Stitch, a mentally unstable Irishman who shocks enemies with a custom made taser.

 

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