Command & Conquer 4 subtitled 'Tiberian Twilight'

by Justin McElroy { Aug 26th 2009 at 5:15PM }

Here at Joystiq, we endeavor to have something for everyone.

For example, we thought you real-time strategy fans would be interested to hear that the fourth installment of Command and Conquer had been subtitled "Tiberian Twilight," presumably because it supposedly brings the Tiberium story arc to a close. EA says more than 15,000 fans voted to select the name.

For you non-strategy fans, we've provided the following zingers on the subtitle.

"Tiberium Twilight? That series should have been put to bed years ago."
"Tiberium Twilight? Is that because it'll put us right to sleep?"
"Tiberium Twilight? As if it wasn't bad enough, now they're adding vampires that sparkle in the sunlight?"
"Tiberium Twilight? Wouldn't 'The Newest Command and Conquer Until Around Six Months From Now When We Release Another' have been more accurate?"

For you who can't be troubled to feel one way or the other, we put a video of a kid getting hit by a giant slingshot after the break. Don't ever let it be said we're not inclusive.

Tags: command-and-conquer, command-and-conquer-4, command-and-conquer-4-tiberium-twilight, ea, false

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jawmuncher @ Aug 26th 2009 5:23PM

Besides playable Nod and GDI campaigns.
There will also be a third campaign based off vampires.

Skaz @ Aug 27th 2009 7:38AM

And there will be a night/day system where their skin glistens when it's twilight?

arkweld @ Aug 26th 2009 5:23PM

Tiberian or Tiberium?

Stonesand @ Aug 26th 2009 5:29PM

Who cares - kid gets hit with slingshot!

DeepFriedSushi @ Aug 26th 2009 5:31PM

they screwed up at some point and now they use them interchangeably.

MarkHawk @ Aug 26th 2009 5:36PM

Should be Tiberian.

XGM @ Aug 26th 2009 5:40PM

Westwood used Tiberian (Tiberian Dawn and Tiberian Sun).
EA used Tiberium Wars.

arkweld @ Aug 26th 2009 5:51PM

I mean the post.

Joystiq have four "zingers" about the subtitle that all use "Tiberium" when the subtitle is "Tiberian."

Alphathon @ Aug 31st 2009 12:19PM

@DeepFriedSushi
"they screwed up at some point and now they use them interchangeably."

Tiberium is the substance, Tiberian is a descriptive term, like fishy when compared to fish. As far as titles go, it should probably be Tiberian, but it doesn't really matter. Besides, AFAIK westwood never officially called the original C&C Tiberian Dawn, it's just what it's usually called in the community (presumably due to Tiberian Sun and to differentiate it from RA, and Gens if you count that as C&C - I don't, but it's still a great game). I might be wrong though.

Sorry if I'm rambling a bit, I'm feeling a little ill, so I'm not what you might call lucid. *hopes it isn't swine flu*

Captain Planet [Planeteer | Power of Captain Planet] @ Aug 26th 2009 5:31PM

I hope Robert Pattinson will be in it. He's so dreamy!!

MarkHawk @ Aug 26th 2009 5:35PM

It's also been confirmed that Paramore is Doing the intro song to game along with a music video.

Duke @ Aug 26th 2009 5:37PM

"Tiberium Twilight? Wouldn't 'The Newest Command and Conquer Until Around Six Months From Now When We Release Another' have been more accurate?"

Thank you - I can't keep track of them anymore.

Captain Planet [Planeteer | Power of Captain Planet] @ Aug 26th 2009 5:51PM

Uhhhhh...

1995 - Command & Conquer
1996 - Command & Conquer: Red Alert
1999 - Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
2000 - Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
2002 - Command & Conquer: Renegade
2003 - Command & Conquer: Generals
2007 - Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
2008 - Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
2010 - Command & Conquer 4: Tiberium Twilight

You must be referring to the expansion packs that are released about 6-8 months after the initial release per game.

MuToiD_MaN @ Aug 26th 2009 5:49PM

It's the adjective not a noun, EAdiots.

arkweld @ Aug 26th 2009 5:53PM

still works though.

It's a twilight that has been caused by tiberium.

Alphathon @ Aug 31st 2009 12:21PM

Yeah, it should really be Tiberian, but honestly it doesn't matter that much

Mechanical @ Aug 26th 2009 5:59PM

Oh God, I can already hear the old Westwood-worshiping slack-jaws in an uproar over this.

Bearxor @ Aug 26th 2009 8:31PM

Why? Us old C&C fans always thought the third one was going to be name Tiberian Twilight. I'm glad it wasn't since it wasn't the end. It's a fitting name since the first two games in the series were named Tiberian Dawn and Tiberian Sun.

Mechanical @ Aug 26th 2009 9:48PM

Well, I was singling out the brain-dead ones. I used to be in the C&C modding community. It's what I remember best when I left: Absolute hatred for anything to do with EA, regardless of prior community opinion. Maybe they've gotten better since C&C 3 was announced, though.

-Vexx- @ Aug 26th 2009 6:59PM

>_>

Twilight...

WiredKnight @ Aug 26th 2009 9:18PM

I wish I could downvote the whole post just for #3. I appreciate a good joke as much as the next person, but this time you've gone too far.

Sweetjohnnycage @ Aug 26th 2009 11:37PM

Am I the only one who thought Tiberium Wars looked promising? I'm not an RTS fan, aside from Age of Empires 1 & 2, so idk anything about C&C. I thought the gameplay of the alpha looked awesome and the weapons were very cool.

Alphathon @ Aug 31st 2009 12:28PM

What do you meen looked promising? Did you think it looked good but never play it or something? Or are you maybe talking about C&C4? If you did meen C&C4 then I dunno. It basically looks like a Minor graphics upgrade to C&C3 with dumbed down gameplay, but then they havn't shown much yet