EA announced Tiberium today, the next step in their unstoppable plan to make the Command & Conquer backstory make a bit more sense. Tiberium is the end result of two years of pre-production work, and the setup story already has us picturing Kane sending us angry video messages:
For eleven years, an alien tower has stood dormant, looming like an unholy mountain over a wasteland once known as the Mediterranean Sea. The tower was thought to be a relic of the Third Tiberium War; a devastating war fought for control over Tiberium crystal. It is not a relic. It is not dormant. Deep within the tower, plans are in motion for an alien invasion. This is where the Tiberium adventure begins. Players step into the shoes of Forward Battle Commander Ricardo Vega and will assemble an assortment of elite squads to combat the global crisis. Armed with an intense arsenal of weapons including a transforming personal weapon system, multi-launch homing missiles, capital ship bombardments and tactical ion cannon strikes, Vega will lead the fight from the front lines.
EA alludes to this being a "unique blend of first-person shooting and tactical squad combat." Players will gain access to "...multiple infantry, armor, and air squads as the fight escalates. In Tiberium, Vega is the most powerful presence on the battlefield, and the squads are his most decisive weapon." While we're excited to see EA take the C&C franchise a new direction, we're a bit uncertain about what type of game they're actually describing. It sounds a bit like a cross between Rainbow Six: Vegas' first-person tactical command and Endwar's scale, but set in the Command & Conquer universe... which sounds pretty jazzy, really.
