Tiberium Cancelled

[Spawndemon]

Electronic Arts has announced today that they have cancelled the development of their FPS C&C game Tiberium. Take a look:

Publisher Electronic Arts has cancelled Tiberium, its Command & Conquer first-person shooter. The cancellation was made because EA thought it would "not be able to deliver this product to an appropriate level of quality," wrote Electronic Arts Executive Producer Mike Verdu in a memo sent to Kotaku.

"The game had fundamental design challenges from the start. We fought to correct the issues, but we were not successful; the game just isn't coming together well enough to meet our own quality expectations as well as those of our consumers," wrote Verdu.

As a result of Tiberium's cancellation, the game's team members are being released. EA is currently trying to reallocate individuals to other sectors within the company.

"This is the right move for the studio and the company, but it's particularly hard for me because of the impact it will have on our people. Many individuals contributed their time and talents to this game. I spent time in the trenches with them and I was continually impressed by their work," wrote Verdu.

Prior to the cancellation announcement, Tiberium encountered a heavy delay from its original 2008 release to a then to-be-announced 2010 fiscal year release.

Source: IGN

[Lt.Hanley]

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I heard the rumor now its official.

[FPS[SONIC]]

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It looked promising... but in today's financial climate companies are making hard decisions in order to stay solvent.

I sure hope EA realizes that if they could deliver on BF3 that all the pent-up demand will surely deliver a Grand Slam -- if the product is tight. Most every gamer I know is waiting for that title to get back into gaming...

[AllFoamNoBeer]

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It never looked promising to me. The concept was difficult and the game level design was... drab.

I am actually happy EA cancelled it, instead of tainting their already rocky reputation, they've made a smart decision.

[Eagle101]

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I agree with Vika.

[Idaeus]

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It always feels weird when a game is cancelled. THe pictures are there and some of the hype but the game doesn't exist...

[iQue]

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I thought it looked pretty good but yeah it was a mystery how they were going to make it work. And now it's cancelled... :S

[CptainCrunch]

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I thought the concept was pretty good as well. I liked the ideas behind it.

I kinda wish totaltiberium was still up because I posted something about it being quiet all of a sudden and if they were going to cancel the game.

Of course, I didnt think they were really going to cancel the game.

Crunch

[Spawndemon]

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I thought the concept was pretty good as well. I liked the ideas behind it.

I kinda wish totaltiberium was still up because I posted something about it being quiet all of a sudden and if they were going to cancel the game.

Of course, I didnt think they were really going to cancel the game.

Crunch

It's a good thing we closed the site down. :p

TGN has the ability to see the future. :|:

[FPS[SONIC]]

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Meh, it's all been a "false flag operation" for the development of BF3. :awes

[MrKLM]

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Hear what some of the Tiberium developers have to say about EALA.

http://www.totalgamingnetwork.com/main/showthread.php?t=177249