E3 06: Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars announced

Following widespread rumors, EA reveals the revamped version of its classic real-time strategy series will ship in 2007.

Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars

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Following widespread rumors, Electronic Arts has made it official: Command & Conquer 3 is coming to PCs. When the game ships in 2007, it will be the first new installment in the venerable real-time strategy series since 2003's Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour.

However, unlike Zero Hour, the newest Command & Conquer continues the storyline of the original game. That plot put players in the midst of a fictional near-future conflict that pitted a peacekeeping alliance, the Global Defense Initiative (GDI), against an evil paramilitary organization, the Brotherhood of Nod.

Subtitled Tiberium Wars, Command & Conquer 3 picks up years after the last game in the timeline, 2002's Command & Conquer Renegade, left off. Set in the year 2047, it sees the GDI trying to stop the spread of Tiberium, a toxic extraterrestrial mineral that is spreading across the planet like a fungus. Having far less scruples, the Brotherhood of Nod begins a war to protect Tiberium, which is its prime resource of energy. (There are also unconfirmed reports of a third race being in the game, but no mention of it was made in EA's release.)

Gameplay-wise, EA promises that Tiberium Wars will have an extensive single-player campaign that will feature base-building, unit-combining, and high-tech-weaponry wielding. Multiplayer-wise, the game will offer voice over IP, integrated clan support, and several "new spectator modes" for online competitions.

GameSpot will have more information on Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars as it becomes available.

301 Comments

  • dolljack

    Posted May 27, 2006 5:43 am PT

    AT LAST, i saw the trailer and it ROCKS, cant wait for it.

  • ash_lasix

    Posted May 23, 2006 2:20 am PT

    Oh boy ...Guess i'll have to buy a new processor and a 7800gtx...I cant wait to play it with full graphics WWooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

  • geddy1611

    Posted May 19, 2006 5:41 am PT

    Aaaaaargh, please don't let us wait too long!
    C&C still ROCKS!

  • izzy_reb_02

    Posted May 13, 2006 5:02 pm PT

    Oh Well, theres a few goood things about this than the other tiberium game (Which is tiberian sun), We hopefully wont see the internal errors in this game (plz plz no more errors). Cuz in generals n the expansion pack didnt had ane errors. So I hope or Doubt that this game wont have that anemore, Cuz I love Playing TIberium RTS but all of the sudden these internal errors been occuring all of the sudden in tiberian sun. I done everytthing to minimize it but still no go without those errros popping up.. n the other few things.. lol at least its in 3d. N I hope joseph kucan gets the role to be kane in this one still and i hope they make it good just like how the tiberium game should be

  • Darken1

    Posted May 12, 2006 5:49 pm PT

    Its about time..but the series hasn't been the same since EA absorbed Westwood

  • bluehairboy

    Posted May 10, 2006 4:18 pm PT

    OMFG!!! I

  • mikey284

    Posted May 10, 2006 9:09 am PT

    well wooterdywootwoot... but serieously, i hope it has the old c&c feal... that was just awesome, like the "mechanical man" song from c&c

  • generalneraka

    Posted May 10, 2006 6:32 am PT

    Yeah! Another C&C Game! About time, nothing can come close to C&C, It's the best multiplayer game ever! =P

  • tanman77

    Posted May 5, 2006 4:11 am PT

    COOL!! Im gonna do an upgrade just for this game!!

    Just hope i can hold it for that long

  • arnaob

    Posted May 3, 2006 9:52 pm PT

    That Great.I wish taht would be a great game of its own.

  • thadd

    Posted May 1, 2006 7:04 pm PT

    c&c 3..................WOW HOLY CRAP ITS BACK with tiberium, not scud-storms...!!!!!!!!!!!

  • JohnGalt33

    Posted Apr 30, 2006 8:13 am PT

    hope it's not as disappointing as the first game...

  • toy640

    Posted Apr 29, 2006 4:40 pm PT

    about time too good stuff C&C

  • ajsbuck1100

    Posted Apr 28, 2006 6:58 am PT

    I cant want much longer for it this is so cool need more C&C game

  • tanzadog

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 11:24 am PT

    yay!

  • garyed

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 7:24 am PT

    FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Dograzor

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 12:49 am PT

    FINALLY!!! the new episode in the tiberium series!!!! i loved those i play em since 1995.... i hope tht they will make real life movies now including a new Kane or a clone of Kane!!! Kane lives forever!!!

  • GaaraZanta

    Posted Apr 24, 2006 6:22 pm PT

    Oh and decebal, I never said it was the employees fault, in my view of the world i rarely blame the employee for the wrongs of the company( usually though is some cases it is the employees fault). I already have read many stories like yours and since this is the case I do feel sorry for the gaming industry if this continues. Anyway, I hope were ever you work its going well, we need developers who make a stand against the tyrant.
    If you want to know how I view the gaming idustry, visit my blog:
    http://my.opera.com/GaaraZanta/blog/index.dml/tag/culture

  • GaaraZanta

    Posted Apr 24, 2006 6:15 pm PT

    Dear decebal,
    Apparently you didn't get the gist of my message, I in no way have any affinity toward EA, I'm just saying that not every game they put out is crap. While most of their franchises are worthless, some actually have a good or even great game once in a while.( Well actually most don't, the only good EA game I can think off of the top of my head is MOH:AA).

    I know that there are alot better games than what EA puts out, and I almost never buy EA games. But it seems like people start to bash a company just for the sake of blaming someone else. That is what I was trying to say. I would rather people find better ways than to say, "Oh, the gaming industry is nothing but a machine that pumps out one bad game after another hoping to finally get a good one, and the reason this happens is because of EA."(Even though many parts of statements such as that are in fact true).

    Gaming is not accepted as an art form only as long as the people who make it don't accept it as art. Art, to me, is an expression of ideas, and in this case that is what gaming is. I view many games as art, look at Ikaruga, Wind Waker or many other games. EA is not the only company causing problems in the gaming industry, its just the one that causes the most.

  • speedigeckos

    Posted Apr 24, 2006 1:05 pm PT

    God I love the command and conquer series, hope this one lives up to the rest...

  • asaguias

    Posted Apr 24, 2006 11:10 am PT

    I can't wait for this game...it's fantastic ...

  • Dav_id83

    Posted Apr 24, 2006 5:12 am PT

    I hope that guy who played Kane is back he was really good as a character and reminded me of Siress the Virus in Con-Air.

  • protossdragoon

    Posted Apr 23, 2006 11:24 pm PT

    the first one was good
    now hope this is better!!

  • satori

    Posted Apr 23, 2006 10:20 pm PT

    This game is way over due, and considering the brains behind the original games are gone I hope that EA can pull it off. Not a lot of effort was put into the compilation relase of C&C, again I am hoping that EA has learned from their mistakes and will spend the time to put a good game out rather than simply having it out on time. Anyway, enough of the negative! Kudo's to EA for having the courage to bring out a new chapter in the C&C universe. I'm looking forward to reading the review and hopefully purchasing the game.

  • optiplex7

    Posted Apr 23, 2006 5:11 pm PT

    3rd race? most likely going to be mutant/shiner or alien based.

  • liamoliver2

    Posted Apr 23, 2006 1:45 pm PT

    Im Peeing my self Because of the news of C&C 3

  • Igrock

    Posted Apr 23, 2006 11:42 am PT

    ooh man cant wait, i am a big fan of the series ever since the first game launched. cant wait

  • Winjachich

    Posted Apr 23, 2006 9:54 am PT

    auuuuhhh i hope that is worth waiting! I still play tiberian sun and red alert!

  • Toothface

    Posted Apr 23, 2006 8:46 am PT

    I hope that EA doesnt F*** this up, which they did with every other C&C game they've made
    give the game to Atari, THEY are really good RTS game developers, just look at Act of War!!!

  • DeadPL

    Posted Apr 23, 2006 8:43 am PT

    Next part of C&C YEAH!!!!

  • NitroKat

    Posted Apr 23, 2006 8:06 am PT

    KANE ROXXXX!!!!!!!!!!
    Great news for my inner geek.

  • VXCOM

    Posted Apr 23, 2006 4:42 am PT

    yeah~!!!CnC continue rock on babeh~~!!!yeah....also hopefully I can run it also......can't wait to see the update progress~

  • Illeagle34

    Posted Apr 23, 2006 4:12 am PT

    Hell yes!!! Nothing beats the original C&C storyline. Bring back NOD, I loved playing as them. The third race will probably be the Mutants.

  • frog154

    Posted Apr 23, 2006 3:37 am PT

    What? They've still been patching Generals since a couple of months back and its still getting a lot of play what 2-3 years after its release? Generals was brilliant, it missed the storyline of C&C but the gameplay was spot on. Lets hope they can get the best of both worlds in C&C 3

  • Garrat

    Posted Apr 22, 2006 11:44 pm PT

    EA bought them.

    Death_Masta I was just about to post the same thing! I will not buy that

    game out of protest to the way they handled Gens and Zero Hour. That was

    awful. All they care about is getting the first waves of buyers money and

    then that's it.....

  • esrra

    Posted Apr 22, 2006 9:39 pm PT

    omg, i say hell yeah!!!!!! bring it on. at last the long lost good RTS classic coming back. hope they dont screw up like some games that just came back just for the name of it and not bringing some real gameplay. i dont like EA, i wonder what happent with the old westwood.

  • spo562

    Posted Apr 22, 2006 5:20 pm PT

    Sweet! I can't wait. Thank you EA!

  • Death_Masta187

    Posted Apr 22, 2006 3:40 pm PT

    Wow it seems like I'm the only one here that can see through EAs little ploy.... what’s next Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars 2007 and Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars 2008 so on and so forth... Some one said it earlier and it’s more the truth then any one else seems to see. They will forget this game as soon as they have your money. Look at 99% of the games EA has put out in the last 3 years. You will get 1 or 2 patches then they are done no matter how buggy the game is. Just to let you all know they don’t care one bit on how much you complain they have your money so they have no obligation to fix any thing for you. O well EA made me hate them so bad.

  • jamesyly

    Posted Apr 22, 2006 3:24 pm PT

    Keep C&C long live--the greatest one in PC software history. Hope EA do not disappoint us!

  • venonat80

    Posted Apr 22, 2006 2:40 pm PT

    Welcome back CnC!!! I was starting to think the series was dead....Kane better be in it!!!!!

  • Kaligan

    Posted Apr 22, 2006 1:59 pm PT

    MMM EA Creating a sequel of Comand And Conquer I do not like much generals we hope that in this delivery they improve since for my the unica company that really relizo good games of Conmand And Conquer was Westwood

  • RagingHulk130

    Posted Apr 22, 2006 12:22 pm PT

    Finally EA is bringing back KANE.

  • GDI_Orca91

    Posted Apr 22, 2006 9:38 am PT

    Today is a HAPPY HAPPY DAY! Now we need to make sure Joseph Kucan plays Kane again. The C&C Community WILL pool together whatever millions he demands (Hey, there's enough of us)!

  • Terdog

    Posted Apr 22, 2006 9:07 am PT

    New C&C.. meh.. Give me Homeworld 3 or Starfract 2

  • sammydambanned

    Posted Apr 22, 2006 7:00 am PT

    hey, i guess that ea decided to keep the tiiberian franchise going, cause there was tiberian twilight, but then they scrapped that and did tiberian wars, this prolly meants that they didnty want to end it and tiberian twilight is next, ending the fanchise with its name.(1 was dawn 2 was sun 3wars 4 twilight.) (get it?)

  • raymondcs123

    Posted Apr 22, 2006 5:45 am PT

    Yay? Dunno why. It may be a good game, but trebium sun's sequel really sucks man.

  • spike9969

    Posted Apr 22, 2006 2:23 am PT

    YAY C&C, but i hope its not FPS like Renegade was, C&C should always be an RTS, Renegade was just a kink in the great chain of C&C

  • Hellspite187

    Posted Apr 22, 2006 1:16 am PT

    Oh goodie, been waiting for a new C&C.....and to go back to an old favorite will be worth the wait......I HOPE, but with the way EA has been ^*%$ up games who knows how it's going to come out.

  • Darth_123

    Posted Apr 21, 2006 10:07 pm PT

    I'm probably not buying this one. I loved the first Command and Conquer and I loved the Red Alert Series but with this ultra-futuristic junk and the way EA games made Generals, this looks more like Starcraft than C&C.

  • jbm77

    Posted Apr 21, 2006 8:50 pm PT

    Why the wait till '07? C&C General is been out long ago.

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