''Brothers in Arms'' is a

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video game series by Gearbox Software, consisting of ten individual games. The core series consists of the

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s '' Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30'' (2005), '' Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood'' (2005), and '' Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway'' (2008). The storyline is set against the backdrop of the liberation of Western Europe during

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. It has mainly been released for

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and

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platforms as well as sixth and

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generation consoles and some mobile devices.

Games

''Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30'' (2005)

Developed using

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, ''Road to Hill 30'' was

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's first game after a series of expansions and ports to other games, such as ''Half-Life''. It received highly positive reviews from critics.

''Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood'' (2005)

The second installment in the series, released about seven months after ''Road to Hill 30''. Like the first game, ''Earned in Blood'' earned positive reviews, while the

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version received average to positive reviews.

''Brothers in Arms: D-Day'' (2006)

First-person shooter game for the

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''Brothers in Arms DS'' (2007)

''Brothers in Arms DS'' is a

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video game developed by

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and published by

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for the

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''Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway'' (2008)

The third installment in the series was made using

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, developed for PC,

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and

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. It also earned positive reviews.

''Brothers in Arms: Art of War'' (2008)

''Art of War'' is chiefly a

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, featuring 13 missions in three campaigns, including

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''Brothers in Arms'' (2008)

''Brothers in Arms'' is a game developed and published by

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for the N-Gage mobile gaming service, and is a port of ''Brothers in Arms DS''. The game is a full 3D third-person shooter.

''Brothers in Arms: Double Time'' (2008)

''Brothers in Arms: Double Time'' is a compilation for the

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and

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platforms. The title is a compilation of the first two ''Brothers in Arms'' games, ''Road to Hill 30'' and ''Earned in Blood'' and was developed by Gearbox Software and published by Ubisoft. It features 31 levels set during the

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''Brothers in Arms: Hour of Heroes'' (2008)

''Hour of Heroes'' was the series' first game released for

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mobile devices. It was published by Gameloft.

''Brothers in Arms 2: Global Front'' (2010)

''Brothers in Arms 2: Global Front'' is a first-person shooter released for iOS and Android, with the game's events occurring in World War II.

''Brothers in Arms 3: Sons of War'' (2014)

''Brothers in Arms 3: Sons of War'' is a third-person shooter created for iOS, Android and

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''Furious 4'' (cancelled)

Originally intended to become the part of the series, it became a separate intellectual property after negative fan feedback. It was canceled in July 2015 and many elements were pushed into Gearbox's ''Battleborn''.

''Brothers in Arms: Win the War Pinball'' (2023)

A virtual

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adaptation based on the ''Brothers in Arms'' series is being developed by

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as one of three pinball tables based on games developed by Gearbox Studios, set to appear in a reboot of ''Pinball FX'' that will first release on

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and

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in February of 2023.

Untitled ''Brothers in Arms'' game (TBD)

Gearbox's CEO Randy Pitchford affirmed that the company is working on a new ''Brothers in Arms'' game in September 2021, but as per company policy, they will not show any details of it until they are far closer to completion.

Television series

Gearbox announced in April 2020 that the ''Brothers in Arms'' series was being developed into a television program.

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is set to be the showrunner, with Gearbox's Randy Pitchford, Ubisoft Pictures CEO Jean-Julien Baronnet, Richard Whelan and Sean Haran as producers. The first season is planned to be developed around

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, a disastrous training exercise during WWII.

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