EA Officially Announces Development of Tiberium

[Sonic 296]

The worst best kept secret is now official. EA have announced via this press release that Tiberium, a tactical first-person shooter set in the Command & Conquer universe, is in development.

 

 

EA ANNOUNCES DEVELOPMENT OF TIBERIUM

 

Tactical first-person shooter set in the Command & Conquer universe due for autumn 2008 release

 

CHERTSEY, UK - December 18, 2007 - Electronic Arts today revealed it is developing Tiberium, a new game that brings a rich, original fiction to life through intense tactical action and visceral first-person shooting. Set in a stunning sci-fi world with spectacular visual effects and dramatic environments, Tiberium takes players on an adventure through a devastated Earth and places them in the heart of an epic battle for control of a powerful energy source.

 

Tiberium is a mysterious extraterrestrial crystal that shatters the energy output of traditional fossil fuels. It has the power to save our civilization; it also has the power to destroy it. For eleven years, an alien tower has stood dormant, looming like an unholy mountain over a wasteland once known as the Mediterranean Sea. The tower was thought to be a relic of the Third Tiberium War; a devastating war fought for control over Tiberium crystal. It is not a relic. It is not dormant. Deep within the tower, plans are in motion for an alien invasion. This is where the Tiberium adventure begins.

 

Players step into the shoes of Forward Battle Commander Ricardo Vega and will assemble an assortment of elite squads to combat the global crisis. Armed with an arsenal of weapons including a transforming personal weapon system, multi-launch homing missiles, capital ship bombardments and tactical ion cannon strikes, Vega will lead the fight from the front lines.

 

Featuring a unique blend of first-person shooting and tactical squad combat, players will control multiple infantry, armour, and air squads as the fight escalates. In Tiberium, Vega is the most powerful presence on the battlefield, and the squads are his most decisive weapon. Players can take multi-squad control combat into single-player or bring the action into online multiplayer battles.

 

Chris Plummer, executive producer at EA Los Angeles, said: "After two years of pre-production, it is exciting to finally reveal this game and its rich fiction to the world. We've put a lot of effort into evolving the tactical shooter experience by taking core gameplay compulsions like commanding, choice and dominating your enemies and delivering them in first-person. Some of the weapons and mechanics are truly innovative for a first-person game. We're very proud to be part of a project that has the potential to really make a mark on the canon of sci-fi fantasy fiction."

 

Mike Verdu, VP and General Manager at EA Los Angeles added, "EALA has a long history of developing groundbreaking real-time strategy games with the Command & Conquer series. That series also originally introduced the Tiberium universe to gamers worldwide. Now, we are growing Tiberium from a simple backdrop to a fully realized universe with its own unique, hybrid squad-based shooter gameplay. This is the birth of a new franchise - we couldn't be more excited."

 

Developed at EA Los Angeles, Tiberium will be available worldwide in autumn 2008 for the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system, and PC. The game has not yet been rated by PEGI.

Click here for the full press release.

[recover 2]

Tiberium... it doesn't work for me...

Pre-production for two years? hmmm

This is the birth of a new franchise? sounds bad

 

EDIT:

By the way, on the press release page, I see a screenshot/logo/background that's available for download.

The only problem tho, is that they require a login to download it! Are they kidding me? do they require me to sign in to some dumb page that doesn't even take the usual EA.com login credentials just to download some stupid background? Bad choice by EA...

Well.. I kicked up slaskpost.se and made a dummy email which I registered with.

Turns out that once you've registered, you do NOT need to confirm it via email to download stuff. After you register you have about 20 minutes of free play time before you need to activate the account. DOH.

 

Anyway, having finally downloaded the file, I failed at opening the zip.

Right now I'm like WTF?

Having some experience, I fired up the standard windows compressed folders app, and guess what; it worked.

 

Anyway, Sonic, you can download the image from my site here and then upload it to cncnz gallery.

 

Enjoy!

[Sonic 296]

Added the image. APOC sent me a copy.

[JahSpoR 0]

so happy with this.

but they MUST not forget that a fps with tactics envolved is difficult to succeed with.

 

The soldiers in the background looks alot similiar to commandos from "Star Wars - Republic Commando".

Wich is okay as long as they look like and don't act like

 

Hoped for a painted background since the graphics on that one looks like a year 2000 game :?

 

alot to say..

Name doesn't matter as long as EA keep focusing on making the game good. wich they have become good at in my opinion.

[CCHyper 3]

Awesome! Cant wait for this to come out!

[Inferno 22]

First I want Kane's Wrath, then I'll be checking this stuff out. Should be good though.

 

C&C + any genre pwns. As long as they don't make it into an MMORPG :lol:

[JahSpoR 0]

MMORPG would be cool,. If they made it like "Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl" style, with "living" world.

 

CNC WoW would be ultimate suck..

[sith_wampa 6]

Wtf with the dual barreled Titan?

[Inferno 22]

Yeah, and the railguns come standard

[Gben 20]

I've kinda settled on TIBERIUM as a name... true it's a bit *yawn* for us diehards... but for the noobs out there it's sufficiently mysterious and futuristic!

 

I don't like that the mech is called a titan, when it seems like it should be more of a wolverine...

 

new franchise means expansions for that series...

 

eleven years does seem a long time between drinks though. Obviously NOD have lost the third tiberium war!!! Nice guys finish last, but bad guys always lose!

 

I laughed at the typical hyperbole in the description at the teaser site... it doesn't seem to be in this press release but I can't be bother loading the site back up again. it was painfully slow.

 

Still more C&C! Yah!

[sith_wampa 6]

Obviously NOD have lost the third tiberium war!!!

 

NOD? I don't think I know what you're talking about.

[Gben 20]

Obviously NOD have lost the third tiberium war!!!

 

NOD? I don't think I know what you're talking about.

 

my bad... I went back to capitilise the 'n' and obviously my fingers slipped all the way across.

[sith_wampa 6]

Obviously NOD have lost the third tiberium war!!!

 

NOD? I don't think I know what you're talking about.

 

my bad... I went back to capitilise the 'n' and obviously my fingers slipped all the way across.

 

Oh, ok then.

[Inferno 22]

Nod never loses a war. They only retreat to come back with a power ten times as strong as when they retreated. GDI will fall. Peace through power.

[JahSpoR 0]

¨blah blah

peas through powder..

 

Obivously that can't be a titan..

It's like calling a Coke for a Fanta..

 

Anyways EA gotta chit chat eachother before calling stuff what it isn't..

 

[Overcow 0]

Awsome! Still this can fail, but hay! It's EA!!! Altough that "new" franchise thing is wuzzy... :S

[Inferno 22]

peas through powder..

Infidel.

 

Obivously that can't be a titan..

I think it's pretty much a Titan. Or a follow-up of the Titan....

[sith_wampa 6]

Probably a new model.

[JahSpoR 0]

anyway it looks cool..

 

but not quite as detailed as the one showcased first

[Gben 20]

Obivously that can't be a titan..

I think it's pretty much a Titan. Or a follow-up of the Titan....

 

the hefty magazine scans show the devs calling these mechs with twin ion cannons! but I like the comment about people talking with each other...

 

The unit seems to be an infantry support role which is the wolverine's job. If it was a titan, then the infantry are the support role.

 

shrug... wot we've come to expect. minor continuity errors that really bug you.

 

Still I'm interested in the mechanics of the game, and I'm very interested to see it and play it.

 

Funny how they seemed to have shown the mag the game using the xbox version. Is this a console game ported to PC???

 

And hey... a C&C board game!

[Guest Rabbit]

Honestly, that unit in the main picture seems robotic, and at the same time, the circular shape around the rear of it reminds me a lot of the Allied forces in Red Alert 2. Linkage anyone?

[Gben 20]

Honestly, that unit in the main picture seems robotic...

 

Bingo... there's no cockpit!!!!

 

(ha ha that's funny sonic. I can't say the word for the pilot's cabin!)

[CCHyper 3]

http://www.cncsaga.com/discuter/viewtopic.php?t=1830

 

Seems is using the Unreal3 Engine...

[JahSpoR 0]

DOh... my expectations just crumbled.

[Inferno 22]

Unreal = good