December Community Summit The NDA from the December C&C; 3 summit no longer applies, as you might have guessed. Lately we've seen tons of new previews and summit write-ups revealing new info. HeXetic's complete report is now up, and you can expect a video soon.
C&C3; Music: Steve Jablonsky? There's some hard evidence pointing to film-industry composer Steve Jablonsky being tasked with C&C3;'s soundtrack; have a look for yourself and then come sound off on C&C3;'s soundtrack in the forums.
File Uploading/Submission Down 13:42 PST | KBowen | Print News | Mail News Due to a few technical problems, the uploading, modification, and submission of files on this site is currently disabled. We apologize for the temporary inconvenience and hope to have this issue fixed soon.
February Podcast 5:05 PST | Dario | Print News | Mail News (Thanks Astragoth!) As promised, EA has released a rather large podcast, 50 minutes in length. In it, you can hear interviews with Jason Bender, Greg Black, and Matt Britton. Check it out, then stop by our forums to post your comments.
GameSpot Designer Diary #5 + Trailer 5:05 PST | Dario | Print News | Mail News (Thanks General Zhadow and RASlavik) GameSpot has posted a new designer diary, for the first time featuring the third faction, also known as the Scrin. In addition, they've released a new trailer which is a mix of in-game footage adn cutscenes.
Frank Klepacki - February Update 5:04 PST | Dario | Print News | Mail News Everyone's favorite music composer, Frank Klepacki, has sent out his February newsletter to his subscribers. Without surprise, it talks about the new project by Petroglyph Studios, called Universe at War: Earth Assault. It is a new franchise made by former Westwood employees.
Vietnam: Glory Obscured Update 5:02 PST | Dario | Print News | Mail News The Web site of Vietnam: Glory Obscured has been updated with a bunch of new screenshots taken by the mod's beta testers. On the screenshot below, you can see the unit icons that can help you tell the units apart in the mids of battle. Hanging in the back you can see 2 squads, the standard marine squad and the LAW squad.
C&C;: Reloaded Is Back 4:56 PST | Dario | Print News | Mail News Remember C&C;: Reloaded? The C&C-based; online multiplayer game made in Flash? After a period of downtime, it is back online due to popular request. If you're into some good old C&C; 95 gaming, check it out.
ACETON 2.0 Beta Cup for C&C; Generals Zero Hour 4:55 PST | Dario | Print News | Mail News As version 2.0 of the anti-cheat tool ACETON has reached beta status, United Battlezone is organizing a Zero Hour 1vs1 cup this Sunday, February 4th. Some really nice prizes are up for grabs: Nokia 2310 Callya, C&C; The First Decade, Battle for Middle Earth II, and C&C; Generals T-shirts. You'll find more information in this forum thread.
C&C3; Has Branching Campaigns 10:48 PST | HeXetic | Print News | Mail News Okay, so I admit I was wrong on this one. I said in the Q&A; session on the forums that followed my Post-NDA write-up that C&C3; wouldn't feature branching campagins - branching in the sense of giving you, the player, the choice between missions. After a few people pointed out in the forums that other sources were saying there was branching, I went straight to the source and asked Predator what the deal was.
You can see the complete interchange on the forums thead, or take the executive summary right here: In C&C3;, there will be a few times where you get to pick between missions.
C&C3; Concept Art Uploaded 9:28 PST | HeXetic | Print News | Mail News I took the liberty of sifting through the C&C3; Fansite Kit released last week and picking out all the pieces of concept art that we haven't seen before. They've been uploaded to our C&C; concept art gallery and you can find all 32 new pieces on the first few pages, but here are a few of the more interesting ones:
Not all of the pics are strictly speaking new in the sense that you've never seen them before - they've been in some print magazines or appeared in smaller/modified forms, and of course if you've been to EALA like I have they're plastered all over the walls there - but I know many of you haven't seen them (especially the alien ones!) so there you go. Note that I've also scaled the pics down a bit from their ridiculous sizes and proportions, but you shouldn't notice a difference (just grab the kit if you absolutely need the original monstrous ones). There are also a lot of new screenshots in the fansite kit but as there are more and they can be a little indistinct, they're are harder to go through, so expect me to put up the new ones this weekend.
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It wasn't even a question of who would win, it was simply a question of how badly the classic logo & old C&C3; logo would beat the curvy thing foist upon us a few months ago -- and according to your votes, the new logo loses pretty hard, being beat by an almost 3:1 ratio by the original C&C3; logo and an almost 5:1 ratio by the original classic golden.
Fat chance it'll change now, but hey, at least we bitched with pride.
Today's new poll asks you how you feel about C&C3; after having read my community summit write-up and the numerous questions I've answered in the forum thread continuation. You might notice that the pictures seem a little familiar... and one might also say they're in some kind of order of quality.
Voxel Section Editor III 1.3 14:46 PST | Dario | Print News | Mail News Over at Project Perfect Mod, Banshee has released a new veersion of Voxel Section Editor III 1.3. This utility allows you to create and edit voxels, then normalise them so they look good in-game. The new version has quite a lot of revisions and bug fixes by Banshee.
C&C3; VIP Trip Contest Ends Tonight! 18:12 PST | HeXetic | Print News | Mail News Predator wanted me to remind you all that the contest to win a free VIP trip to Electronic Arts in Los Angeles for another C&C3; Community Summit closes tonight at midnight, PST -- that's about six hours from now. All you have to do is pre-order C&C3; from EA's online delivery system, EA Link, and you'll be automatically entered in a draw to be Random Prize-Winning Schmuck #1 at a C&C3; Community Summit in March!
So, since you've all read my summit gameplay report and are now, I should think, reasonably enthusiastic about C&C3;, you might as well pre-order and get in the running to win.
Just one caveat: I know for certain that I won't be attending that one, so if you're thinking of entering in order to meet me there, you're barking up the wrong blossom tree.
Verdu/Bender Interview 20:52 PST | HeXetic | Print News | Mail News The "podcasts" all the attendees got to record at the Community Summit have now - finally - been distributed to us, and you've seen everyone else post theirs, so now here's mine. Like everyone else, I got five minutes with a couple of EA's goons - in my case, Executive Producer Mike Verdu and Lead Designer Jason Bender. The big question I ask is about the apparent shift in Tiberium from being a mutating agent into being more of a stereotypical grey-goo type of substance, but there's also a dinger about the Aliens' arrival expectations. The last question is of definite interest: Mike Verdu explicitly denied that the Aliens' briefing videos will use guys in rubber suits.
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