If people haven't noticed, rumors have been floating around that C&C4 is in the works.
First of all, we have the EA survey that indicates: "epic conclusion to real-time strategy series will feature role-playing-style character classes, MMORPG-like persistent progression, co-op campaign, and all-new story with "grittier" cinematics"
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GamespotAnd secondly, this tweet: "EA Los Angeles Announces Development of Command & Conquer 4"
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JoystiqThe link in the picture leads to the EA Press Site Homepage but there doesn't seem to be any sign of C&C4 on it:
http://ea.gamespress.com/release.asp?i=1134Gamespot has a C&C4 page up but it doesn't reveal anything new:
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/commandandconquer4/index.html?tag=result;title;1...except the "Command & Conquer Franchise Retrospective" video is pretty interesting.
Just a note that the latest C&C newsletter is out today with some interesting news:
A COMMAND & CONQUER MEGA-BOMB DROPS EARLY JULY
It was on August 31, 1995 when the Command & Conquer franchise was introduced to the world with Tiberian Dawn and propelled the real-time-strategy genre in to the hearts of each and every one of YOU. Now, Command & Conquer fans, after 14 years, and 18 games across the Red Alert, Generals, and Tiberian universe, someone very near and dear to the heart of the C&C franchise will soon have a message for you, to be communicated world-wide in "early July". Make sure to bookmark CommandandConquer.com, as this person will drop his message at just the right time.
Command & Conquer 4 Q&A - Exclusive First Details
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/commandandconquer4/news.html?sid=6213111&om_act=convert&om_clk=&page=1INCLUDING the first ever in-game screenshot:
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2009/188/reviews/961087_2009070809_screen001.jpgInteresting quote from the Gamespot article: "the game will have no digital rights management software" BUT "since C&C4 requires players to be online all the time in order to prevent cheating, we'll be shipping without any form of DRM"
Concept art:
http://www.shacknews.com/screenshots.x?gallery=12370&game_id=7685OFFICIAL Press Release:
http://news.ea.com/portal/site/ea/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&ndmConfigId=1012492&newsId=20090709005352&newsLang=en