Much like the shark, cockroaches, and AC/DC, World War II first-person shooters haven't evolved much over the years. But for Medal Of Honor: Airborne, the latest in the series that started the genre, the developers at Electronic Arts have added a new wrinkle -- players parachuting into an open battlefield -- and it's not only impacting the single-player portion of the game, but the multiplayer as well, as we found out when we played the latter at EA's offices in Playa Vista, California.

According to Creative Director John Paquette, "We started with single-player, and with the idea of making a game about the airborne. But as soon as we got the mechanics of parachuting down, we knew it would work really well in multiplayer."