Tiberium terminated

Following troubling rumors, EA confirms it has pulled the plug on the Command and Conquer-based FPS because it did not meet quality standards.

At the end of July, Electronic Arts announced it was delaying the launch of Tiberium on the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. Without citing any specific issues, the publisher postponed the first-person spin-off of the Command & Conquer series until its 2010 fiscal year, meaning the earliest it would have hit retail was April 2009.

Today came news that Tiberium won't hit retail, period. This afternoon, EA confirmed to GameSpot that the title has been canceled outright, a victim of an internal quality-control audit by EA. The game was in development at EA's Los Angeles studio, where the next installment in the C&C series, Command and Conquer Red Alert 3, remains in the works for the PC and Xbox 360.

"EA has suspended work on Tiberium effective immediately," corporate communications spokesperson Mariam Sughayer told GameSpot. "The game was not on track to meet the high quality standards set by the team and by the EA Games Label. A lower-quality game is not in the best interest of the consumers and would not succeed in this market." Since taking over in 2007, EA CEO John Riccitiello and EA Games president Frank Gibeau have said they are implementing a more strident quality-control system at EA's numerous internal studios.

As a result of the cancellation, an unidentified number of employees are being let go from EALA. Sughayer explained that "every effort" is being made "to place talented people on other projects." Besides Red Alert 3, EALA is home to a number of Steven Spielberg-produced games, including a 360/PS3 sci-fi shooter. It's also where 300 director Zack Snyder will be setting up shop to work on a trio of new IPs with EA.

553 Comments

  • LtBad

    Posted May 12, 2009 7:39 pm PT

    Looking at all these cool in-game pictures, it is hard to believe that it did not meet standards. This would have been one of the best shooters, I think. Oh, well.

  • Brother_of_bit

    Posted Apr 14, 2009 5:37 pm PT

    hmm. that sux. i hope its true,the reason, and if it is then its a good thing, i wouldnt want a crappy game costing me 60 bucks

  • TehEliteElite

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 10:52 am PT

    "The game was not on track to meet the high quality standards set by the team and by the EA Games Label."

    That is UTTERLY, HILARIOUSLY, ridiculous.

    EA? Standards of quality? SINCE WHEN!?

  • alexaurus

    Posted Feb 16, 2009 7:24 am PT

    Aww shoot ... and i was reallyx4 loking forward to this game

    arrrrgh!!

  • mrcookie44

    Posted Dec 28, 2008 9:08 am PT

    I read somewhere that a FPS based on the tiberium universe was upcoming. I got so happy; that wouldve been a game that i wanted..

    such a shame that they cancelled it

  • Cerebris

    Posted Dec 23, 2008 9:29 pm PT

    They need to renew the franchise through the FPS universe, similar to Renegade.

    If they don't... it will lose a lot of the credibility towards the versatility and power of EA.

    EA has the money, and the technology... they can rebuild it.

    It would be a great shout out to the fans and put a lot of faith and trust back in them, if they would pick this back up.

    - Cere.

  • jackocomp

    Posted Dec 20, 2008 4:16 pm PT

    People need to remember it costs many many $$$$ to develope a game from scratch & if said game looks like it may not meet the standards then it is also possible it won't get the buyer/players.
    C & C has got to where it is through the work EA has put into it & I personally think they should keep C & C the way it is as that is what has made it such a great game.

  • YoJim8obaJoe

    Posted Dec 11, 2008 6:40 am PT

    wouldnt surprise me if the coding ended up on the web like blue shift and countless others for Dreamcast that got scrapped and then leaked by Devs that wanted their work to be admired

  • ALZex

    Posted Dec 10, 2008 12:33 am PT

    What a waist of resources just release the game as is..... from some back door website!!

  • soldjango

    Posted Dec 3, 2008 8:06 pm PT

    why!!!!! I wanted it to come out it looked so awesome now the only people that have the game are the people that have the beta.

  • ponic3

    Posted Nov 14, 2008 7:51 pm PT

    C&C 3 had an epic storyline in my book, and I really want to know what happens next in the story

  • sandyqbg

    Posted Nov 13, 2008 4:58 am PT

    Too bad. I was looking forward even tho I was not too keen on it

  • lukeman_dhemong

    Posted Nov 4, 2008 7:54 am PT

    i seen games which is crap still got relesed, let the consumer decide if it is no good or not.thats what games review are for.

  • ceyxxx

    Posted Oct 21, 2008 3:51 pm PT

    This is typical corporate BS. Translation: "We wanted to fire some people."

  • hot909guy69

    Posted Oct 21, 2008 11:11 am PT

    it would be nice if EA just released finished it up and released it for free that would get them alot of positive PR, or as a down loadable mini-game for 10 bucks... just an Idea if any of you EA Cronies are looking over this...

  • carp93

    Posted Oct 19, 2008 12:38 pm PT

    dammint ea

  • G-Unit1422

    Posted Oct 19, 2008 11:37 am PT

    I was looking forward to this one...but EA screwed it again, another one goes to the RIP bin... !

  • jacklim555

    Posted Oct 19, 2008 6:59 am PT

    they really should refine the graphic nt cancel the game. making a game isn't cheap

  • emopwner5 posted Oct 18, 2008 4:35 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. login to show)

    emopwner5

    Posted Oct 18, 2008 4:35 pm PT (hide)

    I was hoping this wouldn't come out... They were going to screw it up with this just like CnC Renegade.

  • BeefySneak

    Posted Oct 18, 2008 12:47 pm PT

    Really, that's good news. I thought this game was going to suck. I'm glad they're sticking to what Cnc does best.

  • 00Terry00

    Posted Oct 18, 2008 7:25 am PT

    Could also be a financial problem...I mean the economy is down lately.

  • 00Terry00

    Posted Oct 18, 2008 7:21 am PT

    (Sob)Was looking towards to this. The game would of been very cool with all the units CnC 3 has, sad they pulled the plug...hope they will continue it.

  • Zoomer30

    Posted Oct 18, 2008 6:35 am PT

    CnC had no business as a FPS. Makes me wonder what other games EALA is messing up.

  • privateazib

    Posted Oct 18, 2008 2:19 am PT

    why doesnt ea try to up the quality if it isnt good enough? they should try to remake the game instead of canceling it!

  • campper89

    Posted Oct 15, 2008 3:38 pm PT

    ah it was going to crap any whos i mean if the put it as command and conquer tiberium i think it would of been better but they didn't so i think cnc fan just gave it the cold solder

  • shaun_loal

    Posted Oct 15, 2008 11:43 am PT

    i was actually looking forward to buy tiberium
    and then they cancel it. what a shame
    when the quality is bad you cancel it?!
    ea makes great games but they should have looked
    more a the gameplay and not the quality.
    an they should have been a little more creative
    most of the thing u see in tiberium you can see
    again in crysis !!

    anyway ea makes very bad move by canceling al their games... buuh xO

  • furfight

    Posted Oct 13, 2008 5:22 pm PT

    Thank god, EA is decimating Command & Conquers good name with its flashy graphics and crappy storylines. This was not a Command & Conquer FPS, its another Crysis with GDI emblems glued on

  • EverteMax

    Posted Oct 11, 2008 9:08 pm PT

    wateva the case, EA just don't let go of the tiberium universe...make CnC4...

    to me, the tiberium universe n storyline is interesting no matter what genre the game is...

  • frog154

    Posted Oct 9, 2008 12:33 am PT

    As with all massive corporations, everyone is gonna hate them, its always the way. I for one like some of their games (not all) but the more people who play their games, the more people there are to be vocal about how they hate them.

  • redalertgamer

    Posted Oct 8, 2008 8:58 pm PT

    i love how everyone harps on EA because of thier quality of games THEN they harp on EA for cancelling a game that would be of very bad quality... it seems people are hating EA for no reason they try to imporve quality then they get attacked for doing it

    i was actually looking forward to tiberium(even though it could never best renegade in my eyes) its a shame but i was gonna buy it day one n if it sucked then i wouldve had another reason not to buy EA stuff

  • TPSISO9000

    Posted Oct 8, 2008 7:49 am PT

    If EA IS trying to improve its standards by purchasing talented companies to make up for thier internal screw-ups, and hold their products to a higher standard, then that great news. Problem is, when a great product isn't meeting quality standards, you improve the quality. If that means bring in new people, change teams or start over, thats what you do. You cancel a title outright, especially early on, when you don't think it will make you money. EA doesn't think it will get a significant financial return vs. the expense to make a FPS that will stand up in this market. Unfortunatly, they may be right. In the comming months odds are people spending will really drop, and only the really quality titles and games with names that guarantee cash (Pokemon) will make up the huge new-gen investments. The fans need to tell EA that we want Tiberium, and make it loud enough to change their minds.

  • brood_aliance

    Posted Oct 7, 2008 8:16 pm PT

    People who hate EA sicken me.

    Look, they dropped this game because it sucked.

    When EA bought Bioware, I was like WOOT!!, and all of you guys are saying BOOO!!!.

    EA = Lots of Money = More developers = Better game

  • trollkind

    Posted Oct 7, 2008 8:33 am PT

    EA Quality standards = revenue projection (or whatever the technical term would be)
    It's the EA way, sure you can sell your company or project to them for big money, just remember that you SOLD it to EA. EALA studios is no devil but EA's financial bigheads only live and die by the dollar.

  • Richard7666

    Posted Oct 6, 2008 11:49 pm PT

    Jesus, if this was low quality by EA's standards, it really must have been terrible, considering how derivative and bland their internally developed games that DO manage to hit shelves usually are =/

  • shazam_lp

    Posted Oct 6, 2008 8:24 am PT

    What a shame, EA is slowly losing respect in the market.

  • Desulated

    Posted Oct 5, 2008 8:27 pm PT

    Thats a shame i liked Renegade and hoped for a better shooter. Oh well its EA what do you expect.

  • Arlondiluthel

    Posted Oct 5, 2008 7:42 pm PT

    Well, that's disappointing... I was looking forward to Tiberium... but, it makes no sense that they pulled the plug, it was the logical next installment of the C&C universe, original, Red Alert, shooter, original Red Alert, spin-off, original, Red Alert...

  • AurusRegulus

    Posted Oct 5, 2008 10:50 am PT

    I don't think that this FPS was ever really in development. It was all a ploy so that EA could just 'cancel' it to try to convince us of their 'quality standards'.

  • tsb247

    Posted Oct 5, 2008 9:03 am PT

    Qaulity standards? It's EA! Do they even have any! I, for one, am quite disappointed. While I wasn't expecting much, I was really hoping this would see the light of day.

  • ZippyDSMLee

    Posted Oct 4, 2008 1:01 pm PT

    I was hopeing it was going tobe another renegade..I enjoy tats bargain bin shooter...a shame...its funny the bargain bin games are more entertaining than the flagship AAA!!11 titles....

  • rosen22

    Posted Oct 4, 2008 4:14 am PT

    "The game was not on track to meet the high quality standards set by the team and by the EA Games Label. A lower-quality game is not in the best interest of the consumers and would not succeed in this market."

    lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

    whats does quality standards mean from EA? they make any old tat. so they dropped something that was going to take too much time to make a profit out of and used it as an excuse to lay off sum ppl at the same time..how long they spend on spore? their swansong game. regardless of gamespot review..the game was shallow and shudnt have take as long as it did to make
    they sicken me

  • p00phead

    Posted Oct 3, 2008 8:19 pm PT

    I was looking forward to this

  • steve770

    Posted Oct 3, 2008 3:23 pm PT

    If I ever heard a bunch of crap this is it. EA is telling us that TIBERIUM was not meeting their "high quality standards." What the heck, they're making the game. Improve your standards and make the game. Am I missing something here? Come on EA get serious. A Pox on EA.

  • elcamote

    Posted Oct 3, 2008 12:48 pm PT

    quality??? sense when EA cares for that most of their games sux.

  • commander1122

    Posted Oct 3, 2008 10:08 am PT

    EA need more time to find more company and parentship with them....and copy & paste...

  • kaziechameleon

    Posted Oct 3, 2008 6:30 am PT

    quality control, good to see that they might fix the silly control scheme of red alert 3 (joke) but seriously the second that EA makes a game out side of the generals engine i'll be interested.

  • kaziechameleon

    Posted Oct 3, 2008 6:30 am PT

    quality control, good to see that they might fix the silly control scheme of red alert 3 (joke) but seriously the second that EA makes a game out side of the generals engine i'll be interested.

  • btrex

    Posted Oct 3, 2008 3:56 am PT

    Let me Guess. This would be, pardon me CENEGA for borrowing a title, the Aftershock of NFS Prostreet huh

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