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Gearbox, UbiSoft Confirms Brothers In Arms
An anonymous reader writers: "On Blue's News, there's the official announcement of Gearbox's Brothers in Arms, a tactical WWII shooter with first-person action but the ability to 'command elements, which are your fellow squad members', to be published by UbiSoft, initially for Xbox and PC later this year (though 'PS2 and Gamecube [versions] will follow in 2005'). This was the Gearbox title rumored under a different name earlier this week. But better yet, UGO has the first in-depth preview with screenshots of the game. Looks sharp, sounds like it plays sharp, but we'll see - WWII games are a dime a dozen, but they seem to be getting better in quality recently."
As part of the leadership role, Baker has the ability to command elements, which are your fellow squad members, ordering them to attack a target, move to a position or follow him.
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"Elements" is indeed a traditional military term used correctly in that sentence. Usually, it denotes somewhat larger numbers of troops as in "Elements of the 3rd Armored Division landed on Sicily today." It can, however, be used to describe individuals as "elements" of a squad, as in this case.
Didn't they do the Halo port?
Now Infiniti Ward, that's a developer you want to hear is working with UbiSoft.
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