To date, the franchise has sold a total of more than 30 million units around the world. Last weekend, the publisher unveiled Command & Conquer: Generals 2 for a PC release in 2013, developed by its newly renamed BioWare Victory (previously Victory Games) studio.Ĭommand & Conquer has seen nearly 20 releases (including expansions) in the last two decades from Westwood Studios, EA Pacific, and EA Los Angeles. This is the second new title EA has in development for the long-running real-time strategy series. Previously named Phenomic Game Development before its EA acquisition in 2006, the German firm has also released titles like BattleForge and the SpellForce series. The developer behind Lord of Ultima, EA Phenomic, is also building Tiberium Alliances. It’s an approach the company took with other recent free-to-play browser releases like Lord of Ultima and Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online.
This new entry is meant to be a “portable MMO” with cross-platform accessibility on both web browsers and mobile devices.ĭue to begin its closed beta on December 15, the HTML5-powered game invites players to “foster strategic alliances as they fight against each other and hordes of mutant enemies.” It will integrate in-game social and news update feeds, allowing players to “strategize, react, and adapt on the spot.”ĮA points out to Gamasutra that Comand & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances is hosted on a standalone site, and is not a Facebook game. Tiberium Alliances will mark the first time the 21-year-old series will have a free-to-play or MMO adaptation, let alone any kind of non-retail release. Electronic Arts will take its Command & Conquer franchise into the free-to-play space with Tiberium Alliances, a massively multiplayer online real-time strategy title under development at its German studio EA Phenomic.