BioWare announces Command and Conquer: Generals 2 [Update: First screens!]

by Arthur Gies on Dec 10th 2011 10:44PM

The hand-wringing tweets and posts about the possible direction for BioWare's unannounced game have proven all for naught, as EA and BioWare announced the Frostbite 2.0 powered Command and Conquer: Generals 2 at tonight's VGAs. The game is set to be released in 2013.

Update: We've got the official PR from Electronic Arts, found at the Source link below. Most notable is this line: "Command & Conquer Generals 2 is being developed by a new BioWare studio, BioWare Victory, and is coming exclusively to the PC in 2013." So Victory Games is now BioWare Victory and its plans for a PC-exclusive C&C game are still in place. Wow!

Command & Conquer: Generals 2

Source: Electronic Arts

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Reader Comments (84)

make it work on consoles.

@(Unverified) Halo Wars worked with a 360 controller, so I don't see why not.

@Tommy758

Yea, the only problem is that Halo: Wars had no depth at all compared to PC RTSs.

They either have to make two different versions or release it exclusively for PC. Hopefully EA's plan is to do one these.

If EA's releases a Command and Conquer like Halo Wars onto the PC community, expect A LOT OF HATE and Little Sales from the PC world.

@xiLeShadow

Command and Conquer: Generals 2 is a PC Exclusive!

YES! Uses DX10/DX11 not DX9.

Command and Conquer can be brought back to life. Maybe!

Can't Wait Now!!

@xiLeShadow

Source: http://www.dsogaming.com/news/command-conquer-generals-2-is-a-reality-triple-a-pc-exclusive-from-bioware/

@(Unverified) I dont see why people have a problem with this coming to consoles...it reminds me of the www.ps3/360fanboy.com days where a game would be announced for one console then the whoooole discussion would be ppl flaming about how they hope it doesn't go on the opposite :( (remember when FF13 was announced for xbox and ppl started crying like omg come on, or when saints was announced for p3, it doesnt hinder the original in any kind so whats the problem.

@Vampettrelli

Console to Console is not even a big change, in fact there can be no change what so ever. The controllers are almost the same, no radical differences.

PC to Console is much much different.

Playing an RTS, a good in-depth one, on Console is a no no. Not unless you play with a Keyboard and Mouse. Which the majority of console gamers can't and won't.

@(Unverified)
It *Could* happen on the PS3 since it has KB/M support, no one uses it though. Gotta settle for red alert 3.

@xiLeShadow
i used keyboard mouse wit UT, im a really big fan of RTS and im pretty pissed i cant play the one i love most

@xiLeShadow You did play C&C4: Tiberian Twilight, right? It was PC exclusive and still ended up being shallow as hell. Not that it was a bad game, but it was even more shallow than Halo Wars.

@asdfkeyboardman

I didn't play that crap. Just because its a PC-exclusive doesn't mean it can't be a bad game.

The game was boring and shallow and guess what the PC community gave in return? A lot of hate and poor sales.

This is why I'm hoping they bring back C&C, properly. The No-Compromise with Console hardware and controls is a good start, but not the end.

I hope you can romance the tank.

YES YES! Please let it be good!

Every unit is romancable.

@Diet Kane You, my dear sir, win the internet! :D

I normally get RTS games on PC. But if they can manage to do this right on Consoles via Kinect, Move and the Wii U Controller.....I will TOTALLY get it on one of those as well as PC. 2013 is far enough away that I'm more than sure they can get that working really well on each console

@Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi

This can work on consoles if Kinect/Move was implemented correctly. But I agree, for me, RTS games are usually a PC genre & should stay that way

@Prboi

I think that the Wii U controller could make for some GREAT RTS game experiences. Shit I would get one just for RTS games if they get enough of them.

@Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi

" normally get RTS games on PC. But if they can manage to do this right on Consoles via Kinect,"

With Kinect officially being released for the PC soon, it would be amazing to play with the KB + M and Kinect at the same time.

@Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi

Dunno why your comment got downvoted. But I think it would be pretty cool if the Move, Kinect, or Wii U got some RTS love as long as they are implemented properly. It would certainly at least beat controller-based RTS' and hopefully be closer to on par with a mouse-and-keyboard.

So this is a strategy game?

A Generals sequel? I'm surprised... and don't really know what else to say about that.

I don't understand why BioWare Is attached to this game, I love BioWare but unless they make it BioWare Style Game it will just be slapping a successful label dev on this game.

@jontoxic
It's EA. Of course they're just slapping it on there because it's a successful name. Bioware is no longer merely a studio, it's a brand, because it's almost indisputably their best studio.

Ak-47s For Everyone!

@antv Thank you for the new shoes!

@antv Prepare to tell your 3 eye grandchildren of your defeat this day - Dr. Thrax
Sonic boom Baby! haha, you wanna see it again? - Gen. Granger
Your weakness became obvious when I scanned your tactics! - guess who?

@antv
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

PS3 & XBOX Please :) Im not really a PC gamer and i love C&C games, i really hope i get to play it on one of my systems

@Vampettrelli
w8, i get downvoted because i want to play the game and cant afford a gaming computer? Sorry my financial situation offends u guys.

@Vampettrelli
Yeah, I don't see the reasoning for your being downgraded into nothing, and I think it would be fine if they ported it to consoles. Obviously it would be dumbed down, but people like you would still have SOMETHING.

Why all these PC fanboys feel the need to completely obliterate anybody that wants a PC game on a console, I don't really understand. Exclusivity is stupid really. I mean, if the game is developed for PC first, and then ported to console, everyone is happy, right?

@Warlock234

"Obviously it would be dumbed down, but people like you would still have SOMETHING. "

And that's the problem. A PC game stops being a PC game when core gameplay mechanics and scaled are reduced in order to operate within the confines of older hardware. A great example is Supreme Commander 2. The tech tree was simplified, the resource economy was completely removed, the unit cap was reduced to roughly 1/4 of what it was in the first game, there were fewer unit types, and naval units were all but removed from the game due to how small the maps were. This was all done in order to run well on the 360 because even a high end PC can dip below 30 FPS when there are thousands of units duking (not figuring in artillery launches, or nuclear warheads) it out on a 81x81km map. Was it a decent RTS? Yeah. Was it a good Supreme Commander game? No, it was rubbish.

also, is this what happened to commander mode in battlefield 3?

Awesomeness. Good start. Now just waiting for the eventual jade empire 2 using frostbyte 2. :)

@(Unverified)

I didn't realize I wanted that until right now.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

2013? Just in time for the Xbox Next! Assuming it comes out that year of course.

o_o

I just....what.

yESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Man, the bioware name doesn't mean shit these days.

Brand dissemination sucks.

Please let this game stay away from consoles! Far......far away!

@Grayfox9430

You're joking right?

@Grayfox9430 Um excuse me, Tiberian wars was awsome, and i dont have a PC that can handle the game, so id like to see this on consoles,

Or just make a keyboard u can use on ur 360...

@BG GRZZ

Or they could keep it on PC where it belongs :)

@Grayfox9430
Or i could have a turn

@Grayfox9430

But the original was on just about every console under the sun at the time...

If this is an RTS than Bioware as a brand has now ceased to have all meaning. I love Bioware, it's one of the few studios I can come close to admitting being a fanboi of. That's why I try and just reserve my judgment as I know it's biased but EA has used the brand over and over and it's getting to the point of saturation. As I said, ceased to have meaning. I hope it's a good game for Bioware's sake.

@commonperson

"If this is an RTS than Bioware as a brand has now ceased to have all meaning."

You do realize developers do branch out into other genres from time to time, right? They shouldn't be restricted to JUST making RPGs.

@jackal It's a different developer that has been renamed Bioware Victory. It's really nothing but a brand-name for a set of EA devs now.

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Command & Conquer: Generals 2

BioWare announces Command and Conquer: Generals 2 [Update: First screens!]

Command & Conquer: Generals 2

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