Command & Conquer BattleCast Airs Monday Night

by Carlos Bergfeld, Aug 10, 2007 3:31pm PDT

A Command & Conquer-themed online show will debut at the game's Web site Monday night, EA announced today. Dubbed BattleCast PrimeTime, the show will be the first in a series of sportcast-emulating Command & Conquer programming. "Sports fans have a home. Even cooking fans have a home. And now Command & Conquer fans have a place called home," a trailer for the show states, giving hope to all those with identities defined by the PC real-time strategy series. BattleCast PrimeTime will purportedly feature "epic" multiplayer matches and analysis of the battles by developers from EA LA, designers of Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. Watchers can also expect to see interviews with C&C devs, C&C news updates, and appearances by C&C celebrities like actor Joe Kucan. The show's first episode will air Monday night at 12:01 a.m. at www.commandandconquer.com, and announcements concerning future programming will follow at a later date, according to EA.

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As an RTS fan and a C&C lover I really like this idea even though once you find the exact strategy for each faction the game becomes a "who does fast it" kind of game which tends to bore you over time. What Ill really love is a Company of Heroes with resource gathering and more units or weapons. Company of heroes allowed you to take diferent routes so multiplayer games tend to be more variety.

If they allow you to gather resources, change your base position and increase your army size it will be the perfect RTS.

Still for me C&C 3 and COH are the best RTS I've played in the last 5 years.

Aug 11, 2007 10:04am PDT

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As an RTS fan and a C&C lover I really like this idea even though once you find the exact strategy for ea... : omontero
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- sry I wrote to fast and made many grammar errors.... : omontero
- also the maps in C&C are pretty lame and boring. there are hardly ever any defensive chokepoints. : prancing_jackanapes
- Souns like a Dawn of War 2. : capt tripps

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Interesting. This concept worked in Korea with StarCraft, but at the same time, StarCraft emassed a HUGE following and it was also the only iteration of the game played for a decade. I wonder if EA is willing to let C&C 3 stick around as their RTS d'jour for that long, or if they're going to manufacture sequels at their regular breakneck pace and attempt to kick off each new title as a new "season" for competitive RTS play? Because that doesn't sound like a very successful formula in practice.

Aug 10, 2007 4:21pm PDT

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  Would it be possible to do a quality C&C title every year? It seems like they have to do a lot more work... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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    Quality is a relative term with EA. Now what could be cool is if they took this opportunity to turn the s... : Ajax
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      Let's hope it doesn't get * U T 2 K 4 ' D *. : capt tripps
      
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      Except UT2K4 was awesome. UT2K3...not so much. : Rice-Rocketeer
      
      The problem with UT2K4 was that if you played UT2K3 you'd already played half the game. : capt tripps
    - This would be a wonderful intermediate step to an MMORTS or at least an RTS with an MMO's content/pay str... : sgtsanity
  - No, no it would not be possible. : gnoleb

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=Jb1rl8H_odU

Aug 11, 2007 2:10am PDT

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Jb1rl8H_odU : jriegel

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Theres already something for company of heroes over on gamefire.com, these guys have only recently brought this site up so theres a few kinks here and there.. but they do a great job of commentating on the games and generally making it more fun then watching a regular replay, check out tales of heroes :)

Aug 11, 2007 12:24am PDT

Theres already something for company of heroes over on gamefire.com, these guys have only recently brough... : Auru666

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Cool idea but too bad it's wasted on crappy C&C 3 when so many better RTSs are available out there - Company of Heroes, SupCom, Medieval 2... Le sigh.

Aug 10, 2007 9:19pm PDT

Cool idea but too bad it's wasted on crappy C&C 3 when so many better RTSs are available out there - Comp... : wytefang

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Annnnd Canceled in 3... 2... 1...

Aug 10, 2007 8:36pm PDT

Annnnd Canceled in 3... 2... 1... : coyoterys

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This has the potential to be the most unintentionally hilarious video program since "boom goes the dynamite!"

Aug 10, 2007 3:48pm PDT

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This has the potential to be the most unintentionally hilarious video program since "boom goes the dynami... : sgtsanity
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- the promo was unintentional comedy gold! thanks to Kane "it's the best way to stay on top of your game" ... : bosst0ne
- sgtsanity im not sure you appreciate the totality of this marketing endeavor : nomaad

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Contentless video.

Aug 10, 2007 5:48pm PDT

Contentless video. : Freon

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I think its a cool idea and it looks like they have pretty decent production values? If I was 1337 C&C player++ I would be pretty pumped.

Aug 10, 2007 4:21pm PDT

I think its a cool idea and it looks like they have pretty decent production values? If I was 1337 C&C pl... : socksta

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I let out an involuntary shudder when watching that :(

I guess the idea is cool...

Aug 10, 2007 4:08pm PDT

I let out an involuntary shudder when watching that :( I guess the idea is cool... : crummynz

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