Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway is a 2008 tactical shooter video game.

It is th e third entry in the Brothers in Arms series of video games, which follows the men of the 101st Airborne Division (502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment). This game once again puts players in the role of Staff Sergeant Matt Baker during Operation Market Garden in the later stages of World War II. Gameplay When a command is issued, the player model uses authentic WWII infantry hand sig nals to issue the command to his squad; this is similar to the predecessor Brothers in Arms games. The player als o has the ability to take cover behind objects and fire from a third person perspective, which is an integral pa rt of the game's strategy. The game had many new features, including a selection of new specialized units, including bazooka and machine gun teams. A new health system has replaced the more punishing set health per mission system of previous Brothers in Arms games. With this system, the player's screen begins to turn red as he expo ses himself from cover and returns to normal when he returns to cover; failure to take cover will result in Baker getting shot and killed. The original "Situational Awareness" system of the first two Brothers in Arms games has been replaced with a simple tactical map that includes historically accurate recon reports based on period r econnaissance of the exact missions the player is currently playing. One of the newer features of Hell's Highway, is the "action cam". When the playe r achieves a head shot, executes a good grenade kill, or orders a particularly explosive bazooka blast, the camera will sometimes zoom in on the action and go into slow motion, showing the enemy's gory death. Plot Matt Baker, the protagonist from Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30, has been pro moted to Staff Sergeant. Baker is increasingly haunted by the events of the prev ious game, especially the unexplained deaths of Garnett and Allen, and Leggett's supposed involvement in those deaths. Baker's best friend, Staff Sergeant Joe H artsock, commands the 2nd squad of Baker's unit as they prepare for Operation Ma rket Garden, a high risk Airborne operation intended to "Win the War by Christma s." Baker's unit receives a few replacements, including fresh arrival Private Fr ankie LaRoche, and transferred replacement PFC Dawson, an Englishman. Dawson is intrigued by the stories of Baker's so called "cursed pistol". Corporal Sam Corr ion is frustrated that he has been passed over for promotion three times, believ ing he can be as good a squad leader as Baker and Hartsock. As a test, LaRoche i s put under his command. Baker's unit safely arrives in the Netherlands by gliders and meets up with a me mber of the Dutch resistance, a shoemaker named Nicholas, who provides early rec on information. Baker meets up with 1st Sgt. Mac Hassey, and after assisting som e crashed gliders, links with the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne, commande d by Col. Sink (voiced by Capt. Dale Dye, who also played Sink in the HBO minise ries Band of Brothers). Baker's unit fights to take the Son bridge, but it is de

molished by the German Army, which sets the whole operation back. Baker's unit i s then assigned to take the town of Eindhoven, during which Baker, assisted by C pl. Paddock, take out a German sniper and artillery in the town's outskirts. Nic holas tells Baker that his son, Pieter, has gone missing with his gun, apparentl y intending to attack the Germans. Baker's unit clears a path for British tanks to take Eindhoven, and Baker finds Pieter after the boy had killed several Germa ns. During a celebration by the Dutch citizens of Eindhoven, Baker reunites Nich olas with his son, while LaRoche fraternizes with a Dutch girl and starts to fal l in love. That night, as the unit rests just outside of Eindhoven, Dawson visits Baker and mentions that he met someone who knows the secret Baker is hiding. Before more is revealed, the German Luftwaffe bombs Eindhoven. Baker's unit fights into the burning rubble and meets with Hartsock's squad. Meanwhile, LaRoche leaves to fin d his Dutch girlfriend, despite Corrion's attempts to stop him. They find PFC Ma rsh killed by a sniper, which heavily traumatizes Cpl. Campbell. Paddock then sh ows up with the body of Pieter, who was killed alongside his father when a build ing collapsed. Baker, despite being disturbed by Pieter's death, leads the unit through the ruins as several German squads attempt to secure the town. They run into LaRoche leading the Dutch girl to apparent safety through a burning buildin g. Baker runs inside, but gets disoriented by the flames and ends up jumping thr ough a window into a river. When he comes to, Baker is near an abandoned hospita l. He spots the Dutch girl being killed in cold blood and fights his way into th e hospital, armed with just his pistol. He goes inside and finds LaRoche, who ha s been shot. LaRoche asks Baker if the girl escaped, to which Baker tries to say yes; LaRoche, with his last words, calls Baker a liar. Hartsock finds them and leads a now visibly distraught Baker back through the crumbling hospital. Baker takes Frankie's bloodstained M3 Submachine gun and uses it to kill several Germa ns. Immediately after Baker enters a lecture hall, a bomb falls through the skyl ight but is caught by the skylight's iron frame and does not go off. Baker then sees three Germans standing above him preparing to shoot, and he raises his pist ol and shoots in response. Hartsock sees the whole incident and realizes that Ba ker was imagining the Germans and they were not actually there. The unit leaves Eindhoven and meets with Hassey in Oedenrode. There, Hartsock ad mits to Hassey that he is worried about Baker's emotional stability. The rest of the unit is losing faith in Baker, especially with Operation Market Garden fail ing. The unit goes to Veghel, which they defend with help from British tanks. Ha rtsock tries to get Baker to admit his problems when they meet in a cafe, but th e cafe is suddenly hit by a mortar. Baker escapes with the left side of his face severely cut, while Campbell gets wounded in the throat. Hartsock is initially assumed dead, but Corrion revives him. Col. Sink meets with Baker and asks Baker to name a replacement for Hartsock to lead the 2nd squad of the unit. Even thou gh Corrion is hopeful, Baker instead chooses Paddock for the promotion. Corrion finally confronts Baker, who blames Corrion for LaRoche's death. The unit then travels down the infamous Hell's Highway, where they are ambushed by Germans. Corrion is shot in the chest during the fight and must be taken to a n aid station. Dawson finds Baker again and tells him that he had met Leggett in Carentan, and that Leggett told Dawson the secret about the deaths of Allen and Garnett. Dawson tells Baker to reveal the truth or Dawson himself will. During the drive back to Veghel, Paddock is shown to be troubled, admitting that back i n England, he had unknowingly predicted that "Marsh and Friar were going to bite it," which has bothered him since. This causes Baker to finally tell the rest o f the unit the truth about what happened to Allen and Garnett. In a flashback, Leggett gets into a heated argument with Allen, leading to Legge tt viciously assaulting Allen. Suddenly, Garnett is shot by a German, which caus es Allen to kill the German in response. Another German fatally shoots Allen, bu t he manages to get back to his rifle and retaliate before dying himself, all wh

ile Leggett watches it happen. Baker's unit then clears out German artillery in one last assault to clear an ex it for the Allied soldiers. It is here that they finally learn that Market Garde n has been a huge failure, causing over 17,000 Allied casualties. Baker goes to find out what happened to Hartsock and runs into a recovered Corrion, who has al ready heard the true story about Leggett and has completely lost trust in Baker, telling him, "We are never fighting together again." Baker then goes to the uni t's medic, who tells Baker that Hartsock was paralyzed in the mortar hit. Baker breaks the news to Hartsock, saying that Hartsock is now able to go home to his wife and the infant daughter he has never met. Baker promises he will meet up wi th Hartsock again after the war is over. Now on the verge of emotional breakdown, Baker is approached by Leggett (though, when seen from Dawson's point of view, Baker is only imagining it), who first t aunts Baker for failing to protect his fellow soldiers and then hints at what wi ll come ahead for Baker and his unit, asking him "You've made it through Hell. H ow do you feel about...snow?", hinting at the upcoming Battle of the Bulge. Bake r pulls himself together and, with new determination, makes a passionate speech to his unit, saying that he will continue to lead them until the end comes. He a lso finally has enough of the rumors of his "cursed pistol" and throws it into t he nearby woods, saying that it is just a gun. While the rest of the unit rally to Baker, Corrion walks away as Baker watches a s the event coming up of the conflict inside the enemy territory. Whenever, he w ill rejoin the group or not. Release The game was officially released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on September 23, 2008[1] in North America, and was in stores on September 20, 2008. The Micr osoft Windows version was released two weeks later, on October 7, 2008. It was m ade available on Steam on October 8, 2008.[4] Gearbox officially announced a special, limited edition version of the game whic h included a 6 inch Sergeant Matt Baker figure with 13 accessories, a blister pa ck holding the figure and accessories, a 32-page Brothers in Arms First Edition comic book, a full-color map of Operation Market Garden, special packaging, and 2 more playable multiplayer characters.[5][6] Novelization On July 29, 2008, Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway has been published by Presidi o Press as a companion novel for the video game by the video game's historical d irector, Colonel John Antal, who served in the United States Army and retired af ter 30 years.[7] Unfortunately,this game stopped online mode. The loss of multip layer led players to wonder what happened.