Command & Conquer 4 Announced For 2010 72
EA has officially announced that Command & Conquer 4 will be coming to the PC sometime next year. They say it will bring the Tiberium series to an "epic conclusion," while introducing "new class-based gameplay, mobile bases and persistent player progression throughout all game modes." In an interview with Gamespot, designer Samuel Bass elaborated:
"Our 'offense class' is your classic RTS faction, tank-oriented and focused on frontline combat. With the 'defense class,' however, the emphasis is on infantry, bunkers, and turrets, which lets you build complex defensive grids and really hold down a section of the battlefield. Lastly, we come to the 'support class,' which is based around utilizing a selection of aircraft and custom vehicles to traverse the environment. Once engaged in combat, support players can fight directly or assist their teammates with a variety of powers and [healing abilities]."
Re:Doesn't matter (Score:1, Informative)
Just run a local PVPGN server (once they support it, that is).
http://pvpgn.berlios.de/ [berlios.de]
There will be no DRM (Score:2, Informative)
"Designer, storywriter, and campaign lead Samuel Bass explains these new features and confirms that the game will have no digital rights management software"
Please RTFA before ranting about DRM.
f*** Command & Conquer (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Defective By Design (Score:1, Informative)
FTFA:
It sounds like they are trying to twist the definition of DRM to make themselves look better. According to Wikipedia [wikipedia.org], DRM is "access control technologies that can be used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders and individuals to try to impose limitations on the usage of digital content and devices." The restriction of needing to be connected to the internet in order to play even the single player portion of the game fits the definition of DRM quite well.
Granted that this route is not as obtrusive as Starforce or Securom in many respects, it is not without its flaws. I would even say that it's a step down from Steam which has the option to go into offline mode. I imagine that troops stationed overseas with limited or no internet connectivity will not buy this game... or be unpleasantly surprised if they do not read the fine print beforehand. Oh well... the scene will probably provide more value to that subset of paying customers than EA by having a cracked executable ready before the game's release.