EA confirms Command & Conquer studio
It seems that the leak from last week was true, as EA has now officially unveiled its revamped Command & Conquer site. The new site confirms...
It seems that the leak from last week was true, as EA has now officially unveiled its revamped Command & Conquer site. The new site confirms that Victory Games will head up Command & Conquer development, with industry veteran Jon Van Caneghem at the helm.
An internal interview with Van Caneghem also confirms the studio locations in Los Angeles, Texas, and Shanghai, China, and their first project being a new "AAA" Command & Conquer game.
The new site focuses quite a bit on making a "stable base for future development" of the Command & Conquer series, so paired with a brand new studio it seems that EA has big plans to iterate on the franchise.
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replyComment on EA confirms Command & Conquer studio, by Steve Watts.
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Summary: Remember those rumors about a Command & Conquer studio named Victory Games? They're all true! Unsurprisingly, the reports of EA accidentally putting up the site early were all true.
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With Jon Van Caneghem heading the new studio, it got me thinking on the old companies he was with, New World Computing and 3DO. 3DO shut down after Heroes of Might and Magic 4 came out. I think it was due to all of the shovelware crap that 3DO put out, instead of focusing on their core franchises. Yes, game companies need to take chances on new IPs, but they also need to put time and effort into them, not just dump money on a game, decide it needs to go to market when it still sucks, and then make nothing off of it.
I think the down economy has actually been really good for the gaming industry. It's taught the industry that gamers not only don't want shovelware, but that they just DO NOT have the money for it. -
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Hell no... Generals was awesome!
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Ahhh laser turrets, and humvee's full of rocket guys/snipers. Good times!
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No, the shit one was C&C 4. Generals was awesome.
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ZH needed a patch or two more, though. Nukes not destroying even the tiniest GLA buildings because you have to damage them at least twice, was a bit dumb. Still, really nice blend of modern and future/sci-fi tech.
Bunkerbustering some garrisoned buildings with stealth fighters and following up with an A10 strike on the defense buildings, with some tanks rolling in right behind was good fun.
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And/Or Red Alert 2b
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You mean a hypothetical RA series that did not divert from the semi-serious original into camp territory?
Just listen to the RA1 menu theme, the tone back then was different, so to speak: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKF952Tu2hs-
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CAN I HAZ SOME SHOES
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Behold, the bringer of light!
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It was fucking god awful. Single biggest disappointment I've ever personally had in gaming. It wasn't a Command and Conquer game. Even if you take the title off and try to let it stand on its own as some kind of independent game, it's STILL fucking terrible. The game play was boring as all hell and the plot was non-existent.
Stick with C&C 3 and Red Alert 3 for now. Avoid C&C 4.-
wasn't a disappointment for me. was obvious they were going to lay an egg, so I didn't play it and I can't imagine why anyone did. no surprise you were disappointed
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I wasn't surprised at the low quality of the game. I too figured it would suck from all the promotional material. I was disappointed because Kane was an awesome character who deserved a better send off than that steaming pile of shit they called "Command and Conquer 4".
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lol. You're right! I guess we were just hoping against hope.
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Pretty good. I had a lot of fun with it, and it exposes some awesome new plot about Kane.
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I wonder what direction they are going to take? A remake of the first game or Generals? Something entirely new? Will we never see another Red Alert?
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C&C needs more time on the bench, IMO.
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We all want General 2 on Command and Conquer game please! :D
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