EA Cancels Command & Conquer 2013 - Closes game studio

[Brawler]

And another Command & Conquer game bites the dust: EA has just axed the latest in the longrunning strategy series, the company announced today.

"Your feedback from the alpha trial is clear: We are not making the game you want to play," a rep for developer Victory Games wrote in a blog post published this afternoon. "That is why, after much difficult deliberation, we have decided to cease production of this version of the game." P

Originally announced as Command & Conquer: Generals 2 at the 2011 Spike VGAs, this incarnation of Command & Conquer was to be a free-to-play game for PC. It entered alpha during the summer.P

On top of the cancellation, as spotted by Polygon, employees of Victory Games are tweeting that EA has shut the studio down. Victory Games, an LA-based studio that has been working on this new Command & Conquer game for three years now, has not released any other games.

http://kotaku.com/ea-cancels-command-conquer-1454179860
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/10/29/command-and-conquer-canceled-victory-studios-closed/

WAT. F U EA

 

[DominionZA]

Today has just become a very sad day for me

 

[HavocXphere]

meh they've been making nothing but crap recently with the last few rounds of C&C anyway...

 

[Brawler]

I agree but this one looked promising from the videos. Apparently the alpha testers disagreed though.

 

[DominionZA]

I agree but this one looked promising from the videos. Apparently the alpha testers disagreed though.

I played the alpha and it did not do for me what Zero Hour and Generals did. Complete addict. I was hoping it was just because it was an alpha and thing would change. Now nothing

 

[PhreeMe]

I played the alpha and it did not do for me what Zero Hour and Generals did. Complete addict. I was hoping it was just because it was an alpha and thing would change. Now nothing

I played too. I actually thought it was heading in the right direction.
The Generals were not all balanced and the gameplay didn't feel 'rewarding', but it was the Alpha. The overall direction of general progression, power unlocks etc made me feel that as the game developed further, it would become more of the gem I wanted it to be.

Sad day for me.... was looking forward to the next CnC.