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The W3D Hub team have announced two more Red Alert: A Path Beyond Game Nights taking place over the next couple weeks. The first one has been scheduled for this Friday the 24th of March. The second one is set for Saturday, the 1st of April. Yes that will be happening on Aprils Fools Day. At the time of posting this news no start times have been mentioned yet. More details can be found here.

Frank could do music for any style of game, the man is that talented.

The modding scene in the C&C community stretches far and wide, there are many mods out there and it can be difficult to cover them all. But every now and then something unique comes along that stands out above the rest. Introducing Nomad Galaxy. A space mod built on the OpenRA engine, the project has two goals in mind, the first is to create a game that has not been seen in OpenRA before, and second, to create a game that is independent from any franchise. The gameplay itself is a merge between Homeworld and Command and Conquer, your bases are now fleets which are no longer static, the buildings have been replaced with civilian ships that cover the basic needs of a fleet, like sensors, resourcing, production and tech, and you also have military ships that you have to use to defeat your opponent, these ships come on four sizes, similar to Homeworld (Fighters, Corvettes, Frigates and Capital ships). The game offers a simple rock paper scissors logic that has been always seen in these kinds of games. The maps themselves don’t have any barriers, but they are meant to be filled with anomalies or hazards, whether it’s asteroid traffic, nebulae, planets, unstable objects, it’s the player who must know where to place their forces to make sure he gets the maximum advantage from the environment. Nomad Galaxy is currently a work in progress but could be something to keep an eye on if you like Sci-Fi themed games.

Seven years ago today one of the most talked about Command & Conquer games was released. But many fans don't talk about Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight in a positive manner. Even some of the developers who worked on this game don't really like talking about it. Visually, Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight looked great, it still does seven years later, the music was epic and worked well. But the drastic shift in gameplay mechanics, the horrible storyline make this game probably the worst Command & Conquer game in the history of the franchise. Tiberium crystals randomly dropping from the sky? Yeah, that's in the game. Some terrible unit designs, especially for Nod units. "Pew-Pew" cheap sounding effects for the weapons. And lets not forget the need to be always connected to the Internet to play. The list of negatives rolls on. Many people don't know the origins of this game. It is still a bit of a mystery. Based on the some other concepts we have seen from other cancelled C&C projects over the years, we haven't nailed down how it all came together. The strongest "story" I've heard is that the basics of Tiberian Twilight began as some sort of mod or addon for Tiberium Wars and possibly Kane's Wrath, complete with the Crawler/mobile base idea. EALA were just experimenting with other ways to play with the Asian market in mind, and once they polished it up a bit, they'd have made it available to anyone for free and say here's something you guys can play with. Another way to play C&C 3 I guess. That probably would have been cool. If this happened, we would have most likely got a proper Command & Conquer 4 game that truly was the "epic" conclusion we wanted. However this was not meant to be. Apparently the big EA bosses stepped in and said hey wait a minute. Wrap a poorly conceived storyline around that and we can slap a US$60 price tag on the box and sell it. So long story short, Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight is just another example of how these companies work today. Quickly produce a product on a moderate budget over a short period of time. In return, they profit because they know it will sell. Who cares if it's bad. Once the game is released, drop all support for it. So here we are, seven later, and Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight still leaves a sour taste in the mouths of all Command & Conquer fans. We like to mark the anniversaries of all the past C&C games, but this one still stings.

Quick, please give Petroglyph the C&C IP so they turn it into a Saturday morning kids cartoon show 8-Bit Armies I can understand, its RTS, it has its place..... but what the **** is this?

That may well be the case. The thing is SNL doesn't even screen on TV here in New Zealand.

Oops yeah. Something any version of Windows can't fix, my stupid typos

SNL videos don't play for me... Note to Americans, the internet exists beyond your borders

Who the **** still uses Vista? I thought support was dropped for it ages ago. The original launch Xbox One did, asystem update arrived early last year that upgraded it to Windows 10 at the core. If you like Windows 7 you should have no trouble adjusting to Windows 10.

After many years it is time to say goodbye to Firefox. For me, the once speedy browser has become slow and generally rubbish to use. So I've made the change to Google Chrome which syncs with my phone so that handy. Will still keep Firefox installed for testing purposes when working on stuff for the site but that's about it.

The Firefox and Chrome UI are basically the same... well at least to me they are anyway.

So this doesn't look bad at all. For the first in the character's 75 year history, she is finally getting her own stand alone movie.

This week's pick for C&C Music Monday comes to us from the atmospheric Tiberian Sun soundtrack. Its "The Defense". A fast paced track that was composed and performed by Jarrid Mendelson. As always, don't forget to share this on social media using the hash tags #CnCMusicMonday and #MusicMonday.

GVMERS has a new video that takes a close look at the long since cancelled Command & Conquer first person shooter, simply called "Tiberium". For those who don't know, Tiberium was in development by EALA back in 2007 and 2008 before it was abruptly cancelled in September 2008 due to the game’s failure to meet quality standards set by the development team and the EA Games label. This new video looks back at what could have been and from what I can see, it does include some never before seen footage of the game in action. Watch it in the video above. A real shame Tiberium never got released, it the had potential for a new spin off franchise. Something that could rival the likes of the Battlefield franchise or even the Call of Duty franchise. Who knows, we could all been playing Tiberium 3 by now. Thanks to HOPE1134 on our forums for the news tip.

Just playing catch up with this news. Early last week the W3D Hub team released another updated version of Red Alert: A Path Beyond. Some of the general changes can be seen below. But there are many other bug fixes and changes concerning the infantry, vehicles, buildings, maps and more. AI-controlled Allied/Soviet bots and defenses now earn points for their team when they damage or kill things, so they will no longer put close games in jeopardy when they steal your kills. AI-controlled combat units now use moonsense715's refined AI, which will attempt to strafe in combat, and not get too close to its target (except melee ants). Hitbeeps have been disabled entirely since CJ is no longer around to fix the issues with them (most notably, the "60 hitbeeps per second if you cause a damage-over-time effect" one). Hitmarkers are still there though. Follow this link for the full list of changes in this version. You can update the game via the W3D Hub Launcher.

Apparently American audiences get to this awesome teaser for Deadpool 2 just before the opening of Logan. The man himself, Ryan Reynolds, was first to upload the teaser to his channel for all to enjoy.

The OpenRA team have released a brand new playtest version of their Command & Conquer remake mod. This release includes a collection of balance and map changes for the official mods that have been discussed and debated on the OpenRA forums at great length, plus several notable new features as listed below. HiDPI font rendering for players with high resolution displays. Fixes for several multiplayer bugs that could stall or crash games when a player disconnects. The Red Alert “shell map” background is now muted. New behaviour for the Red Alert Gap Generator and Tiberian Dawn Obelisk. Fixes for asset installation on 32 bit operating systems and from the original RA95 CDs. Check out the full changelog for all the updates in this release. Visit the OpenRA site for the download.

Some fans are guessing that Nathan Fillion could be playing Cable (Nathan Summers) in Deadpool 2. http://movieweb.com/deadpool-2-teaser-easter-egg-cable-nathan-fillion/

For those who struggle to download it..... command_and_conquer___logo_font_by_dexistor371-d6k2yvb.zip

Yeah I know all about screw up at the Oscars. That La La **** still won a bunch of other meaningless awards though. Logan is not really a comic book super hero movie but it will classed as one. And comic book super hero movies don't win Oscars. Unless the actor dies, like Heath Ledger did in 2009.

Went to see Logan tonight. Brilliant movie. Violent and emotional. This is Hugh's finest work as Wolverine. Patrick Stewart's performance is excellent as well. I really couldn't find anything wrong with it. I would like see them continue this with style for future X-Men movies. Its gritty, raw and far more realistic. I don't give two ****s about Oscar awards but I think Jackman deserves some Oscar recognition for this one. But we know that will never happen. We live in a world where **** trash like LA LA Land win these so called "awards".

As some of you are aware we are privately testing new forums for the site. The progress is slow due a few things like real life commitments and unfamiliarity of what I'm working with. During the testing I've been thinking, researching and checking out other sites for ideas and I'm starting to lean towards a move to a lighter theme for both the main site and forums. The more I think about it I feel this is best way to approach things. I know the blue themes are traditional, people like them, but after 10+ years (maybe more) a change is needed. Looking at lot of other gaming site the trend light colours and I want to push CNCNZ.com into a new era. I would like to know what you guys think of CNCNZ.com going lighter? I would of course be redesigning the CNCNZ.com logo as well. A new look logo with a new font style etc.... So it would be an completely all new look and feel. Nothing is confirmed just yet, just filling you all in on the ideas and see what you guys think.

No point in doing that since no wants the lighter colours. The one you see above will not be used now. Found a different one that I think looks better, its dark of course but offers more in terms of customisation.

Just a couple of days ago, on the 26th of February, marked the 15th anniversary of Command & Conquer Renegade. Way back in 2002 Westwood Studios finally released Command & Conquer Renegade after a long and delayed build up. There was much excitement in the C&C community as we were actually getting our first taste of a first person shooter set in the Command & Conquer universe. Reality set in when most fans discovered the single player was rather average, but the real gem of the game was the multiplayer mode. Something we came to know simply as "C&C Mode". Nothing matched it at the time, it was different. It was fast paced. It truly was unrivalled gameplay. The idea was simple, yet so effective. Two sides, one resource, first one to destroy the enemies base wins. The focus was on points and the amount of damage you dished out, rather than straight out kills. So it really meant nothing if you had 2 kills or 20 kills in a game. I remember spending many long hours into the night in game after game, it was kind of addictive. Tanking rushing, Engineer rushing, deploying your Ion or Nuke beacons, chaotic infantry skirmishes and more.... Renegade had it all! Hard to believe all of that was 15 years ago. The good news you can still play the classic Renegade online but the best way in these modern times is get to Renegade X. Renegade's unmatched, unrivalled gameplay lives on. Renegade X is free to download and free to play. It is made by C&C fans for C&C fans and considered a tribute to Westwood Studios' original creation. Visit the Renegade X site more information and to download the game. Share your favourite Renegade memories with us in this new topic.Thanks to W3D Hub for the news image.

Here we go with this week's pick for C&C Music Monday. And it's back to the Red Alert 2 soundtrack for this one with "Motorized". Part techno, part rock, mixed in with a deep base sound. Another classic Red Alert 2 track from Frank Klepacki. And as always, don't forget to share this on social media using the hash tags #CnCMusicMonday and #MusicMonday.