Masterfade Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 It's also noted that Might and Magic creator Jon Van Caneghem, who recently "transitioned out" of his role as president of Trion World Networks, has joined EA to lead the Command and Conquer brand with "a new digital model that is going to re-ignite the fan base for this franchise." http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/26120/E...neghem_Hire.php When I first read the headline I thought EA had decided to become a RPG empire and launch a first person RPG line and "spiritual successor" to Might & Magic. A shame EA got JVC to work on the next C&C instead, but in the end that's not entirely surprising given Might & Magic is mostly known for the strategy spin-off HoMM series nowadays. Still, Might & Magic III was my introductory course to CRPG, and I even consider M&M VIII to be a good game. A new RPG by Van Caneghem in the future would be wonderful news so I hope EA will eventually let him to do things he's best known for. Besides, Bethesda needs some competition in the first person RPG genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoch Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I can still hum the main theme to M&M: Secret of the Inner Sanctum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deraldin Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Screw you EA! Get this RPG crap out of my C&C! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 M&M 3 was a great game. Though I always needed to cheat, and once I met dragons I was teh suck. I loved what they did with the strategy guide to code the cheats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowtrain Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 When did JVC leave the M&M series? Did he work on it until the end? Because it became a embarassment in the last couple games. Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Weird I thought all the C&C team were going to be laid off after the game's release. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 The team itself may still be getting laid off, while JVC begins preliminary work on plans for what to do with the franchise in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masterfade Posted November 18, 2009 Author Share Posted November 18, 2009 Given the talk of "new digital model" and EA's recent fascination with social gaming, I wonder if C&C is going to be turned into a Facebook game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meshugger Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Given the talk of "new digital model" and EA's recent fascination with social gaming, I wonder if C&C is going to be turned into a Facebook game. That wouldn't actually be a stupid idea. Yes, I am serious about this, it has some potential, if done correctly. Facebook is blocked at my workingplace though. "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humanoid Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Command and Conquer ....Might and Magic. That's a simple enough substitution. Though I'd probably skip the main franchise and go for the Heroes of Command and Conquer spinoff. If C&C went turnbased I might buy a game from that franchise for the first time ever. Hex-based for bonus credits! L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masterfade Posted November 27, 2009 Author Share Posted November 27, 2009 (edited) Gamasutra has a new interview with JVC, here's some quote And this connectivity will make the C&C brand accessible to more people, too: "What you're seeing with all the social gamers on Facebook... they are actually already playing strategy games whether they know it or not," he says. "Taking a franchise like Command and Conquer and expanding it to a wider audience is part of the strategy." http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/26182/I...nd__Conquer.php So Command and Conquer Facebook edition confirmed? Edited November 27, 2009 by Masterfade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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