FPS Command & Conquer: Tiberium Revealed

The classic strategy series is coming back to the first-person shooter arena for another go with EALA's Tiberium.

December 12, 2007 1:33 AM

Electronic Arts is taking another stab at the FPS market with Command & Conquer. The cover story on the upcoming January issue of Game Informer magazine has word of Command & Conquer: Tiberium, likely in development by EA Los Angeles based on past evidence. You play as Ricardo Vega, a GDI field commander dragged out of retirement to stop the latest Nod master plan. Here are a few of the details:

Will ship on PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360
Set 11 years after the third Tiberium war
Squad-based action
Squads are called R.A.I.D. (Rapid Assault and Intercept Deployment)
Known squad types are infantry, missile infantry, Titan and Orca
Missions are around the "Mediterranean Red Zone"
Special powers such as "Orbital Slug" are available

Command & Conquer previously took to the first-person perspective with franchise creator Westwood Studios' Command & Conquer: Renegade, released for PC in 2002 to mixed reception.

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