Sad news today as a game I personally was looking forward to has been cancelled after an extensive closed beta test. EA has cancelled the upcoming free to play Command and Conquer title and closed Victory studios in the process. An official letter on the Command and Conquer website shares the news.
We last looked at the upcoming free to play Command and Conquer at E3 and came away impressed by the quality of the title. The game continues to be in a closed beta test while the rest of the world is on the outside looking in. Recently EA have announced further plans for the game, letting us know a full fledged episodic campaign would arrive in 2014.
The Command and Conquer series is one of the oldest RTS franchises available to date. The series has had its ups and downs, spin-offs and experiments; but perhaps none has been as bold as we're going to see with a Free-To-Play title created by developer Victory. We went hands on with the game's co-op mode at E3 2013 and it felt anything but "free."
The Command & Conquer series has been around for quite some time - 17 years, in fact. Even if you're a fan of C&C or the RTS genre, chances are you probably haven't owned them all. Heck, even if there's some slim chance you have, your current OS probably won't run some of them. Well, now both hardcore C&C fans as well as RTS fans with a passing interest in the series can rejoice: this fall gamers will be able to grab a whopping 17 Command & Conquer games for $50. And yes, some of them have co-op!
EA have announced that Command and Conquer Generals 2 has gone from a full fledged retail title to a Free to Play game powered by the Frostbite 2 engine, the same engine that powers Battlefield 3. The game is being developed by new Bioware studio, Bioware Victory. In an interview with PC Gamer, the game's producer said that the new title will be without a single player campaign, and instead focus on competitive and cooperative skirmishes.
You've decided to splurge on a second system for that one game you and your spouse just HAVE to play together. You got it. You beat it. Now what are you going to do?
The Command and Conquer Tiberian saga is coming to a conclusion in C&C 4. The PC exclusive was built from the ground up for cooperative play, so you'll want to bring a friend through the campaign. But do the radical changes to the game make it better? Or merely piss off series veterans?
There's a pair of co-op releases this week, both of which belong to long standing franchises.
Electronic Arts has released four new screens for Command and Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight on the PC. The two player co-op title is set to hit in March, but you can get your hands on the multiplayer beta right now.
The Command and Conquer 4 team has released a new single player video where designer Sam Bass takes you through the GDI mission highlights of "Transport Down."
Electronic Arts has announced an official release date for the upcoming RTS game on the PC, Command and Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight. The two player co-op title will hit on March 16th bringing to conclusion the epic Tiberium saga.
