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Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood

Brothers in Arms Earned in Blood adds new features and game modes and builds upon the elements that made Brothers in Arms Road to Hill 30 a runaway success. Featuring a new single player narrative, new…

73 6 October 2005 from $3.99

Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood is a shooter developed by Gearbox Software, released 6 October 2005 on PlayStation 2, Xbox, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $3.99 at GOG.

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What Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood is

Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood is a shooter game developed by Gearbox Software and released in 2005. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 2, Xbox, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 2.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood is a tactical first-person shooter video game developed by Gearbox Software and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, Xbox and PlayStation 2. It was ported to the Wii in 2008 as a part of the Brothers in Arms: Double Time compilation.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 6 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 72, across 76 votes.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1 GHz Pentium III or AMD Athlon (2.5 GHz Pentium IV or AMD recommended), 512 MB (1 GB recommended) of RAM and 32 MB Direct X 9.0c compliant (64 MB recommended)*. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 4GB.

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What it costs, and where

The cheapest verified price right now is $3.99 at GOG, 60% below its usual price.

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What it launched against

Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood launched on 6 October 2005, within three weeks of Shadow of the Colossus, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV and Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy). All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Shadow of the Colossus, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV, Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy).

Cheats and codes

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Quick answers

Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood — frequently asked questions

When did Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood come out?
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood was released on 6 October 2005 for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
How much does Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood cost?
The cheapest current price for Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood is $3.99 at GOG, which is 60% off its usual price. Prices on this page are checked daily.
What are the minimum PC requirements for Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood?
At minimum, Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood needs 1 GHz Pentium III or AMD Athlon (2.5 GHz Pentium IV or AMD recommended), 512 MB (1 GB recommended) of RAM, 32 MB Direct X 9.0c compliant (64 MB recommended)* graphics, 3.5 GB hard drive space of storage.
How many GB is Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood?
The PC version needs about 3.5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("3.5 GB hard drive space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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