Gathering of Tweakers

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Having said that, we have a MAJOR announcement to make and we are making it exclusively to our long time C&C fans. This announcement is not going out to the press and it won't appear on the EA website or anywhere else online. We are very proud to announce that the team that brought you Command & Conquer™ Red Alert 2™, Command & Conquer™ Yuri's Revenge™, and Command & Conquer™ Generals has officially started work on our next project set in the Red Alert universe!

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Hi everyone,

I hope everyone is enjoying one of the best years ever for PC gaming.

On the eve of one of our own major releases, The Lord of the
Rings(TM), The Battle for Middle-earth(TM), the one thing we've grown
to understand is how important the community - our most loyal
supporters - is for industry. This started back in our days at
Westwood where the community for our games has always been a big
priority. We understand that you are the most important and
influential group for us and we are constantly amazed at the amount of
talent used to create quality assets and mods.

Having said that, we have a MAJOR announcement to make and we are
making it exclusively to our long time C&C fans. This announcement is
not going out to the press and it won't appear on the EA website or
anywhere else online. We are very proud to announce that the team
that brought you Command & Conquer(TM) Red Alert 2(TM), Command &
Conquer(TM) Yuri's Revenge(TM), and Command & Conquer(TM) Generals has
officially started work on our next project set in the Red Alert
universe!

As I mentioned, we're very proud to ship what we feel is one of the
best RTS games ever released. Most of you have probably heard of The
Lord of the Rings(TM), The Battle for Middle-earth(TM) which hits
stores this week. We've introduced some really innovative features and
gameplay mechanics, which you should definitely check out when you
get a chance. You will also see a major enhancement to the Sage
graphics engine we originally created for Command & Conquer Generals.
Expect us to leverage and continue to evolve this powerful engine as
we start work on our new Command & Conquer game.

Thanks again for all your support over the years. This entire team is
incredibly excited to work on the next Command & Conquer chapter.
Look for an official announcement soon and have a wonderful holiday.

Mark Skaggs
VP and Executive Producer
Electronic Arts

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mduijvendijk schreef op dinsdag 07 december 2004 @ 07:31:
Vanmorgen ontving ik een mailtje van EA over de volgende Command & Conquer
een deel van het mailtje:

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spyros schreef op dinsdag 07 december 2004 @ 07:39:
maar ik vind het wel goed dat de C&C reeks niet stil staat...
is volgens mij wel de meest succesvolle rts reeks aller tijde

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greatgonzo schreef op dinsdag 07 december 2004 @ 07:43:
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volgens mij is warcraft/starcraft toen ook wel erg hard gegaan, maar voor de C&C reeks zijn wel meer titels uit gebracht. Weet de verkoopcijfers zo snel niet

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the one thing we've grown to understand is how important the community - our most loyal supporters - is for industry. This started back in our days at
Westwood where the community for our games has always been a big
priority. We understand that you are the most important and
influential group for us and we are constantly amazed at the amount of
talent used to create quality assets and mods.

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Thanks again for all your support over the years. This entire team is
incredibly excited to work on the next Command & Conquer chapter.
Look for an official announcement soon and have a wonderful holiday.

anandus wijzigde dit bericht 07-12-2004 08:46 (5%)

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Hi everyone,
I hope everyone is enjoying one of the best years ever for PC gaming.

On the eve of one of our own major releases, The Lord of the Rings™, The Battle for Middle-earth™, the one thing we've grown to understand is how important the community - our most loyal supporters - is for industry. This started back in our days at Westwood where the community for our games has always been a big priority. We understand that you are the most important and influential group for us and we are constantly amazed at the amount of talent used to create quality assets and mods.

Having said that, we have a MAJOR announcement to make and we are making it exclusively to our long time C&C fans. This announcement is not going out to the press and it won't appear on the EA website or anywhere else online. We are very proud to announce that the team that brought you Command & Conquer™ Red Alert 2™, Command & Conquer™ Yuri's Revenge™, and Command & Conquer™ Generals has officially started work on our next project set in the Red Alert universe!

As I mentioned, we're very proud to ship what we feel is one of the best RTS games ever released. Most of you have probably heard of The Lord of the Rings™, The Battle for Middle-earth™ which hits stores this week. We've introduced some really innovative features and gameplay mechanics, which you should definitely check out when you get a chance. You will also see a major enhancement to the Sage graphics engine we originally created for Command & Conquer Generals. Expect us to leverage and continue to evolve this powerful engine as we start work on our new Command & Conquer game.

Thanks again for all your support over the years. This entire team is incredibly excited to work on the next Command & Conquer chapter. Look for an official announcement soon and have a wonderful holiday.


Mark Skaggs
VP and Executive Producer
Electronic Arts

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Fuelke schreef op dinsdag 07 december 2004 @ 09:09:
Beide topics heb ik gemerged met elkaar, ondanks de magere openingspost, maar dat komt natuurlijk doordat er nog maar weinig info is. Indien er meer info beschikbaar komt, kan er best een nieuw topic gemaakt worden, maar tot dan kunnen jullie hier verder.

* anandus vond het al zo raar, dacht dat ik dubbel zag

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Incidentally, for those thinking this is a hoax, there are two knocks against that theory: first, I received this via an e-mail address that is not known by anyone in the C&C community aside from EA (it's the address I used to register for Westwood Online oh-so-many years ago). Second, it's got almost exactly the same header file information as an e-mail I got back in March that was promoting Generals for EA - same e-mail address sender, same mailserver, same Return-Path, same Received routing table, same Message-ID domain. See the similarities in the graphics yourself:

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PWM schreef op dinsdag 07 december 2004 @ 09:17:
Als ze het maar een beetje oude stijl laten. Geen stoere 3-D vliegende camera. Gewoon een fixed vogelvlucht view

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xXPLAPXx schreef op dinsdag 07 december 2004 @ 09:50:
Goed nieuws.. Dat BFME kan me gestolen worden.. Nou maar hopen dat ze het niet verpesten.. En mja.. support support support.. kan het niet vaak genoeg zeggen

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HolyCorn schreef op dinsdag 07 december 2004 @ 09:55:
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Ja EA kennende zit dat met de support wel goed