EA cancels Command & Conquer, closes development studio

PG:Electronic Arts has canceled its in-development free-to-play Command & Conquer game, according to a statement posted to the game's official website today and, according to employees of the studio, laid off the development team at Los Angeles-based Victory Games.

[NYC_Gamer]

EA just murders franchises and studios like its nothing

[pompombrum]

In this case though, it's probably for the best. They've butchered the C&C name enough already without degrading it further.

[Anthotis]

EA living up to their terrible reputation.

[SolidStoner]

I loved C&C generals so much.... damn.. I was dreaming return of it on ps4 or at least on PC.. but damn.. that sucks! I hate EA even more now!

[Pintheshadows]

Command and Conquer 4 may have been the last nail in the coffin but this is a huge huge shame. Another classic franchise dead in the water.

I don't think EA sees a profit in C&C so I don't know if we'll see anymore titles in the series at all.

[Thisisjuju]

This C&C sounded like a bit of a cash in/pay to win. So while its kind of sad maybe its for the best that this C&C wont see the light of day.

Whatever happened to all the Westwood studios talent EA acquired?

[ritsuka666]

Man,i miss Westwood...R.I.P C&C franchise.

[Letros]

"Your feedback from the alpha trial is clear: We are not making the game you want to play," reads a statement posted to the game's website. "That is why, after much difficult deliberation, we have decided to cease production of this version of the game.

So in summary, they refuse to make the game their fans want, typical EA.

[Raf1k1]

At least for once they actually cancelled it due to player feedback which is a heck of a lot better than going ahead and giving us what we didn't want.

[Letros]

So, why not MAKE what we want?

[Raf1k1]

I know I think the same. If they could make what we wanted in the first place they wouldn't need to cancel and the game would sell well.

Unfortunately the big wigs in their fancy suits don't always think straight.

[OrangePowerz]

Wasn`t that game developed by Bioware or was that another C&C?

[Psychotica]

Who didn't see that coming other than EA? It was a terrible idea, they should of just made a sequel to what was done before.

[GentlemenRUs]

EA = M$ v2.0

It's all about the money... http://www.youtube.com/watc...

EDIT: They only canned it because it was a F2P.

[mydyingparadiselost]

Thank god this is cancelled, I couldn't take the eventual 3 months of 'EA C & C servers fail' 'EA pay to conquer scheme' 'EA eats own vomit, vomits again and sells as a $20 upgrade' 'Poo flinging EA tosses turd, lands on C&C fans'
All of this can be avoided now..... until the next EA money grab.....

[Pintheshadows]

EA would of closed the servers in a short time frame knowing them as well as they are the least likely company to understand the F2P model. SWTOR just drills that point home for me. EA doesn't get F2P.

[mydyingparadiselost]

I bet it's that whole 'free' part that they just can't grasp the concept of. 'EA make game, human play game for free!?!? EA ANGRY, SMASH CONQUER'

[DeadlyFire]

I am kinda happy about this. EA clearly were going in the wrong direction with C&C.

They still seem to be trying to build another C&C though so we will see how that works out in a year or so.

[MilkMan]

See, I told you God existed and ya'll doubted me.

[TheDevKit]

Uh, I don't think this is satisfactory proof for the existence of a God?

[MilkMan]

No? Bummer. :(

[Mikeyy]

A price of my childhood just died.

I wasn't following the new c & c closely but if it was following in 4s footsteps it was doomed from the start. 4 was awefull .

EA needs to sell the franchise to somebody that actually cares about it. They better not just sit on it and do nothing.

[Omran]

I missed Red Alert 2 days
i have the game but wish
they make another one !!

EA Ruined the series with
the crap red alert 3 !

[SoulSercher620]

When will EA ever make a proper sequel to C&C Generals? I loved the hell out of that game.

[ATi_Elite]

Good Job EA way to kill a game lots of people were looking forward to.

First you Butchered the C&C franchise
then you butcher a Potentially Brilliant game that would of benefited so much being on the Frostbite 3 engine.

How about you cancel Madden and go get a PROPER team to make C&C the way the GAMERS wanted. Hell they gave you Feedback on what to correct.

Now I'm MAD I didn't get into the Beta. Release the Source Code and let the Modders correct and finish it.

[cm_]

I actually had a lot of hope for this c&c, wasn't this supposed to be the one where they worked with the audience closer to make it what we want? iirc this was them going back to their roots and looking at what makes a great c&c game. this sounded like everything I wanted for them to make it like, and ea cancel it... marvelous.