wraggster
August 20th, 2012, 22:31
Command & Conquer Generals 2 will launch without any form of single-player campaign, Bioware Victory general manager John Van Caneghem has revealed.
http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/screenshot_273616_thumb_wide300.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?mode=article&id=273616)Going against the grain, the game will instead fully focus on "co-operative and competitive" skirmishes online, Van Caneghem told our colleagues at PC Gamer (http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/08/20/cc-generals-2-to-have-e-sports-features-no-single-player-campaign-on-launch/).Van Caneghem reasoned the decision as part of an effort to "get back to the roots of what made Command & Conquer great."
the online-only, free-to-play title provides the developer with the opportunity to be more experimental, explained Van Caneghem.
"As a live service I think the exciting part is you can try things," he said. "You can see what the community wants, you can give it a shot, you can put it up for a weekend and see how it goes, develop towards what the fans like."
And while he didn't rule out the possibility that a single-player campaign could be added at a later date, he did say that "it is something we haven't announced yet how we're going to do it."
EA's confirmed just last week that Command & Conquer Generals 2 had been transformed in to a free-to-play title (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/363277/command-conquer-generals-2-to-be-free-to-play/) set for release in 2013.
Originally announced in December 2011 by new studio BioWare Victory (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=329195), the new C&C is powered by the Frostbite 2 engine and has started closed beta sign up atwww.CommandandConquer.com/free (http://www.commandandconquer.com/free).
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/364047/command-conquer-generals-2-has-no-single-player-campaign/
http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/screenshot_273616_thumb_wide300.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?mode=article&id=273616)Going against the grain, the game will instead fully focus on "co-operative and competitive" skirmishes online, Van Caneghem told our colleagues at PC Gamer (http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/08/20/cc-generals-2-to-have-e-sports-features-no-single-player-campaign-on-launch/).Van Caneghem reasoned the decision as part of an effort to "get back to the roots of what made Command & Conquer great."
the online-only, free-to-play title provides the developer with the opportunity to be more experimental, explained Van Caneghem.
"As a live service I think the exciting part is you can try things," he said. "You can see what the community wants, you can give it a shot, you can put it up for a weekend and see how it goes, develop towards what the fans like."
And while he didn't rule out the possibility that a single-player campaign could be added at a later date, he did say that "it is something we haven't announced yet how we're going to do it."
EA's confirmed just last week that Command & Conquer Generals 2 had been transformed in to a free-to-play title (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/363277/command-conquer-generals-2-to-be-free-to-play/) set for release in 2013.
Originally announced in December 2011 by new studio BioWare Victory (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=329195), the new C&C is powered by the Frostbite 2 engine and has started closed beta sign up atwww.CommandandConquer.com/free (http://www.commandandconquer.com/free).
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/364047/command-conquer-generals-2-has-no-single-player-campaign/