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Tiberium terminated

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted Sep 30, 2008 1:26 pm PT

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.

556 Comments

  • TKKTTONY

    Posted Sep 14, 2009 5:51 am PT

    Such a good game I was looking forward on playing it has been Cancelled. So sad... I thought it was something like Renegade but way better. Now they've cancelled it. Same goes for Haze.
    Haze and Tiberium were similar and I know a lot of FPS fans were looking forwards on playing it and it got cancelled. Disappointing news.

  • V_0_1_D

    Posted Aug 11, 2009 5:58 pm PT

    wtf, so they think they know what quality means, interesting
    i bet it would be better than C&C3

  • John_Stacy

    Posted Jul 28, 2009 12:51 pm PT

    EA is affected by the Global Crisis LOL! so sad

  • 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... !

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