EA Digs Up C&C Shooter Tiberium
First screen and details for EALA's PC and console FPS.
The Command & Conquer series made a successful return to its roots this year with Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, the latest real-time strategy game from the ex-Westwood team at EA based in the familiar sci-fi setting. Now the company is heading back to the series for a new shooter called Tiberium.
Tiberium is being developed by EALA, home to the Command & Conquer and Medal of Honor series - a fitting home considering the cross-over nature of the game.
EA describes Tiberium as a tactical shooter that gives you control over several units in air, armoured and ground forces, all set to a sci-fi story steeped in series history involving a presumed-dormant tower on the bank of the Mediterranean Sea and alien invasion.
Chris Plummer, executive producer on the project at EA, said in the announcement that the game has already been in the works for two years.
"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," Plummer said.
Tiberium will be out for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 sometime during autumn 2008.
Alex Wollenschlaeger
Editor, Kikizo
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