The game uses a massively improved version of Unreal Engine 3.Airborne employs a nonlinear gameplay style whereby the player can start the game anywhere in the map by directing where they land, as opposed to previous linear FPS games where the start point and direction is already laid out, such as Allied Assault.

Airborne also features a multiplayer mode available for online play, where users have the choice of fighting for the Allies and parachuting down to the battlefield, or fighting for the Axis and starting on the ground, defending the position from enemy paratroopers. In the single-player mode, the player takes on the role of PFC/CPL Boyd Travers, a fictional paratrooper in the US 82nd Airborne Division.Missions include various insertions into Italy, northern France, the Netherlands and Germany, each one beginning with a jump behind enemy lines, and success requiring completion of given objectives. Platform 360, PS3, Win, Publisher Electronic Arts, Developer Danger Close, Release Date Oct 23, 2012. The game takes place in the European theater of World War II, and is the first in the series to focus only on paratrooper activities. A PlayStation 3 version was released late November 2007. and released for the PC, Mac OS X and Linux in January 2002. A PS2 and Wii version was set to be released but was cancelled in 2007. In 2000, Medal of Honor: Underground, the second game in the series, was released for the PlayStation and Game Boy Advance.Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, the third game in the series, was developed by 2015, Inc. It was developed by EA Los Angeles and was released worldwide on the PC and Xbox 360 in early September 2007. Medal of Honor: Airborne is a World War II first-person shooter computer game and the 11th installment of the Medal of Honor series.

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