Gearbox Talks Gore in Hell's Highway

16 Sep 2008 at 11:52:57 by Andy Alderson

Gearbox has revealed its upcoming shooter Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway will not shy away from gore.

Speaking in an in-house interview, game director Jeramy Cooke explained the developer's aim to recreate the drama and intensity of war.

"BiA HH will continue to show the horrors of war be they physical gore or mental trauma", said Cooke. "We feel it's important to treat the subject with respect but at the same time help people feel the intensity of the violence. War is at its core a violent act and gore is something that goes with the territory."

Cooke went on to say how the level of gore in the game is actually higher than the developer initially intended.

"Actually the gore system landed a fair bit ahead of where we had originally planned", he added. "Since our game is not about gore we generally wanted to keep it in the background and thus we didn't plan on spending big into the tech. However there were a number of features the team promoted internally such as headshot specific gore and dripping blood on walls that weren't in the original plan."

Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway is due for release on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on 23 September in the US and 26 September in Europe.

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