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Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway

Game » consists of 9 releases. First released on Sep 23, 2008

The 6th installment in Ubisoft's World War II Brothers in Arms series was released on the anniversary of Market Garden, September 23, 2008 for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

Concepts

A.I. Companion

An AI companion is a computer-controlled ally who follows and aids you through your adventures or who requires your protection. The AI companion's survival is often essential to game and story progression.
Achievements

Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.
Alone With A Pistol

Something terrible has happened. Your squad is either dead or missing. But there's still hope: a spare pistol that conveniently wasn't lost earlier. Now, about the army of enemies between you and salvation...
Animal Cruelty

In many games the player is given the power to harm and or kill creatures. Many games have been brought to spotlight by groups like the rather militant PETA.
Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence, or AI, commonly refers to the programmed behaviors of NPCs in a game, whether it's the fact that a soldier takes cover behind a wall in Gears of War, or that townspeople cheer upon your arrival to their village in Fable.
Automated Grenade Throw

Automated Grenade Throw refers to games that have specific controls for tossing a grenade, as opposed to being forced to switch out your current weapon with a grenade before throwing.
Blood

Necessary to sustain life in organic creatures, the crimson fluid known as blood tends to make appearances when the body's structure is compromised in some way, a very, very common occurrence in videogames.
Camera Shift

In some situations, the default camera quickly switches to a different angle for a specific action. An example of this is when a first-person game shifts to third-person view for a rolling maneuver.
Chest-High Walls

Chest-High Walls appear regularly in video games, particularly in third-person-shooters with cover mechanics.
Close Quarters Combat

CQC and CQB are close range combat techniques.
Collector's Edition

Limited editions of games that include extra "perks" like Making of DVDs and a nice and shiny tin with extra box art
Cover System

A Cover System is a gameplay mechanic that specifically governs the player's ability to hide behind objects to avoid detection or enemy fire.
Crosshair

A sight placed on the HUD used to aim and provide a point of reference to the player when looking and interacting with the game world. Although they often aim weapons, they have a variety of uses and have appeared in many games in many different forms.
Crouching

Crouching is an essential part of many shooters and plastformers, and can be useful to stay under cover and avoiding incoming projectiles
Cutscene

A non-interactive sequence within a game most often used for plot advancement.
Destructible Cover

Destructible cover is an increasingly popular gameplay element in shooters, uniting destructible environments with cover mechanics to discourage overly defensive play. Just like you, that piece of concrete isn't going to last forever.
Destructible Environment

A destructible environment means the player has the ability to destroy his/her surroundings. This allows players to use the environment to their advantage.
Digital Distribution

Digital Distribution is the concept of purchasing digital media via the internet and having it sent to the user directly via the internet. No physical representation of this content is given but the content resides on the users hard drive and is legally owned by them.
Direct2Drive

Digital distribution method for PC games. Direct2Drive is maintained and owned by Gamefly Digital Inc.
Disgruntled Subjects

If not certain demands or conditions are met, demanding workers/citizens may revolt, demonstrate, switch sides, saboteur or stop working altogether. Does mostly occur in real-time strategy games and business simulators.
Dismemberment

The severing of limbs is a good way for designers to make every battle a bloodier, gorier mess. Or sillier in the right situations.
E3 2006

The 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on May 10-12.
E3 2007

The 2007 E3 Media & Business Summit took place at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California on July 11-13.
E3 2008

The 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on July 15-17.
Elevator Ambush

A peaceful elevator ride to the next part of the level or to a boss fight, that becomes a nonstop barrage of enemies to fight. It can make an elevator ride less boring or frustrate the player into knowing it was put into the game to pad out the length.
Enemy Reaction

In shooting games, you can hear your enemy respond to your actions such as "Grenade!" or "My Leg!"
Expanding Crosshair

A crosshair which becomes larger when the player shoots or moves which decreases accuracy, discourages shooting on the move and promotes firing in small bursts.
Exploding Head

This page is about the concept of Exploding Heads. Exploding Heads come in two different forms - one, where they are used as a dramatic device (eg. Bionic Commando), and, secondly, where they are used as a weapon (eg. Alien Storm).
Explosion

A powerful release of energy. This energy is usually expelled in all directions very quickly, typically giving off orange or red flames.
First-Person Perspective

First-Person is a vantage point that attempts to simulate looking through a game character's eyes. It is most commonly found in First-Person Shooters and Racing Games, and to a lesser extent in other genres, such as RPGs and 3D Platformers.

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Giant Bomb Review

4/5 Stars

A unique blend of battlefield tactics and first-person shooting make Hell's Highway more interesting than its familiar WWII trappings let on.

By Ryan Davis

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Game details

Name	Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
First release date	September 23, 2008
Platform	Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 Xbox Live Marketplace PC
Developer	Gearbox Software LLC Shadows in Darkness, Inc.
Publisher	Ubisoft Entertainment
Genre	Strategy First-Person Shooter
Theme	World War II
Franchises	Brothers in Arms
Aliases	BIAHH

Specific release details

Release Date	September 23, 2008
Rating	ESRB: M
Supported Resolutions	N/A
Surround Sound	N/A
Widescreen Support	No
Features Camera support Voice control Motion control Driving wheel (native) Flightstick (native) PC gamepad (native) Head tracking (native)
Multiplayer Local co-op LAN co-op Online co-op Local competitive LAN competitive Online competitive Local splitscreen Online splitscreen Pass and play Voice chat Asynchronous multiplayer