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Command & Conquer 4 preemptively announced

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted Jul 8, 2009 11:10 am PT

EA UK's Twitter feed touts banner headline officially revealing long-rumored next installment in EALA RTS series.

This morning, the UK office of Electronic Arts posted a banner headline via its private Twitter feed, which is open only to members of the games press. The 105-character tweet speaks for itself: "EA_UK_PR New release: EA LOS ANGELES ANNOUNCES THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMAND & CONQUER 4 http://bit.ly/LOk6R." The compressed link, however, does not speak for anything, leading merely to the Electronic Arts press site where the most recent announcement is for the forthcoming Fight Night Round 4 downloadable content.

Kane will be leading the internal investigation of the preemptive tweet.

When contacted by GameSpot, EA reps declined to comment on the apparently preemptive tweet. However, the existence of C&C4 has been an open secret for weeks, following another apparent leak out of the UK. in June, British market research firm 2CV, which lists C&C publisher Electronic Arts among its clients, posted a customer survey that outlined the game in detail and featured a picture of C&C series villain Kane on the front underneath the EA logo.

The survey revealed that C&C4 will incorporate a class system akin to a role-playing game and "MMORPG-like player progression." The modes will be persistent in both the game's single-player and multiplayer modes, which include full campaign co-op and five-on-five competitive online play. The game will also apparently feature what the survey calls "the first mobile base in RTS games," the crawler.

For more details on all the C&C games leading up to C&C4, check out the video retrospective below.

95 Comments

  • cosmin_dark

    Posted Jul 15, 2009 7:49 am PT

    Yhea, thats what i'm talking about, cool games....!!!!

  • CogSoldier486

    Posted Jul 11, 2009 6:39 am PT

    I wish they still could have gone with Tiberium wars. i liked the thought of you get to fight in the game.

  • gamemaniac27

    Posted Jul 10, 2009 11:13 pm PT

    all C&C games are awesome. hope C&C 4 will be the best.

  • Killingspree303

    Posted Jul 10, 2009 6:19 pm PT

    If C&C 4 disappoints me, well, I can always return for another round of C&C 3: Tiberium Wars. That was the best C&C game EA have ever made.

  • Halloll

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 8:08 am PT

    and the night elves from warcraft 3 had mobile base in the form of walking trees. brag now EA.

  • Halloll

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 8:06 am PT

    EA turned Q&Q series into crap. the only thing they done right was generals and that's because it had nothing to do with Q&Q universe, EA just stamped it as a Q&Q to boost sale. and about mobile base in RTS games, didn't homeworld have that?

  • Mental_Gear

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 6:59 am PT

    I'm a PS3 owner, and I put Red Alert on my PSP and got addicted. I'm looking into RA3 on PS3 now, but I might not bother if this is in the works.

  • wahyudil

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 5:41 am PT

    if this is the last ... then I must play the previous game first ... sigh

  • instinctgamer54

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 5:40 am PT

    C&C generals is the only one i've played and i played only this because all the guns and the environments and all that stuff were not si-fi. generals was all modern warfare and thats why i liked it. Hopefully C&C4 wont have all that si-fi stuff

  • Bozanimal

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 5:25 am PT

    How is it a surprise or a leak that a sequel is being made to one of the most popular PC game franchises still in existence? It's not like we've learned about new units, a graphics engine, or any other details.

    I would go as far as to say I expect a sequel to be in the works at all times unless its predecessor failed horribly.

  • redalert2004

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 4:28 am PT

    I really like C&C games, i have them all PC and Psx but this last red alert 3 SUCKES, man i forçe miself to finish it.

  • lucky326

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 3:55 am PT

    I believe the Monolith in Dawn of War: Dark Crusade and Soulstorm was mobile.

  • Melty123

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 3:50 am PT

    I'd love to see how C&C 4 looks if and when it comes out.

  • firehawk998

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 3:28 am PT

    If this is the last C&C then the gameplay,ending and factions must be EPIC. Plus the idiotic DRM must be removed. Dont screw this one EA .

  • firehawk998

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 3:26 am PT

    If this is the last C&C then the gameplay,ending and factions must be EPIC. Plus the idiotic DRM must be removed. Dont screw this one EA .

  • firehawk998

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 3:24 am PT

    If this is the last C&C then the gameplay,ending and factions must be EPIC. Plus the idiotic DRM must be removed. Dont screw this one EA .

  • firehawk998

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 3:24 am PT

    If this is the last C&C then the gameplay,ending and factions must be EPIC. Plus the idiotic DRM must be removed. Dont screw this one EA .

  • weedman1985

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 2:55 am PT

    EA, stop making sequels to C&C and Red Alert. The series should have ended when Westwood fell apart. Make your own god damn franchises and stop turning good old games into cheap thrill, fan service whores.

  • im_back

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 2:28 am PT

    I would prefer they take their time with this one... Although I loved C&C 3, Red alert 3 was a shocker... it was fun sure, but it took everything that made it a C&C game and threw it out the window. A lot of you are asking for a new generals, and I would tend to agree. As much as I want to carry on with the GDI and NOD story, I think we all need a break

  • sigerzx

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 2:18 am PT

    Another generals please!!

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