EA Cancels Command & Conquer

 

And another Command & Conquer game bites the dust: EA has just axed the latest in the longrunning strategy series, the company announced today.

"Your feedback from the alpha trial is clear: We are not making the game you want to play," a rep for developer Victory Games wrote in a blog post published this afternoon. "That is why, after much difficult deliberation, we have decided to cease production of this version of the game."

On top of that, as spotted by Polygon, employees of Victory Games, are tweeting that EA has shut the studio down.

The free-to-play game had been in beta for some months now. Here's the full blog post:

Generals,

Thank you for your participation over the last few months in the Command & Conquer closed alpha test. It’s been much appreciated, and you’ve been instrumental in helping define what a new Command & Conquer experience should and shouldn’t be.

Part of being in a creative team is the understanding that not all of your choices are going to work out. In this case, we shifted the game away from campaign mode and built an economy-based, multiplayer experience. Your feedback from the alpha trial is clear: We are not making the game you want to play. That is why, after much difficult deliberation, we have decided to cease production of this version of the game. Although we deeply respect the great work done by our talented team, ultimately it’s about getting you the game you expect and deserve.

Over the next 10 days we will be refunding any and all money spent in the alpha. If you have a question about your refund, please contact help.ea.com.

We believe that Command & Conquer is a powerful franchise with huge potential and a great history, and we are determined to get the best game made as soon as possible. To that end, we have already begun looking at a number of alternatives to get the game back on track. We look forward to sharing more news about the franchise as it develops. Thank you again for your participation and support.

- Victory Studios

 

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I could have told them months ago that this isn't the game we wanted..

Really Nikkom, stop bringing bad news about my beloved game franchise. First cool games turned to apps and now this thread. Stop killing me on the inside

1. Good news: We will be getting a proper C & C generals game. Not some F2P game. I miss C & C generals and zero hour expansion.

2. Bad news: Victory Games was shut down. I dont know them but those people just became jobless. Really sad.

EA kills another studio? What else is new

They just want the best for C&C.. this July they already closed a Studio Working on another C&C

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-07-12-ea-phenomic-closed

Electronic Arts has closed EA Phenomic, the 60-person strategy developer behind Spellforce and Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances.

Don't forget that before that, they cancelled yet another C&C

And it actually looked good... Tiberium Wars was it? It was a FPS though.

The last great C&C game was Red Alert 2, and that was the last one made before EA bought up Westwood studios.

Generals was pretty good, but not great, and Red Alert 3 was also decent, but it's pretty clear that EA hasn't had much of a clue what to do with this franchise since they bought it.

Good God EA, they only opened this studio a couple of years ago. Didn't even manage to get a game out of the door before they were shut down.

I hope this means we're getting a retail version of Generals 2 instead of this F2P crap... but I know I'm just kidding myself with that.

I was sadder when Tiberian Incursion was cancelled anyway, since it pretty much looked like the game Tiberium Wars should have been.

Wow, one of the two EA games I was looking forward to trying.....

Tiberium!



I love how EA tried to expand the C&C franchise and acctually ended up killing it...
Someone will probably start a Kickstarter soon...