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[Blodo]

Look what I picked up. I don't know about you guys but I think it would be insanely cool if EA really did pick up the renegade franchise again, but make it right this time. They sort of got it right with cnc3, the only thing that can bug someone to hell about it is the tacky balance, so I suppose there is still hope. What do you guys think?

[Soul]

It's possible, but I wouldn't get my hopes up.

[svenkill]

I heard about this too. Not sure exactly what to make of it. They just better not botch up the FPS genre again. Don't get me wrong, Renegade was pretty sweet, but never really reached its full potential.

[Blodo]

Yeah I know what you mean, Renegade was pretty rushed. What I'm saying though is that apart from the abysmal balance CnC3 actually turned out quite good, and if they keep up the work Renegade 2 might be something worth writing about as well.

If of course that is what they are working on.

[Daz]

What's the chance's it's just a case of EA have bought out that Crysis mod and made it stand alone?

[svenkill]

If EA got a hold of the Crysis engine, that would make a sick Renegade 2 game!

[Daz]

I think I read they'd bought it. Or bought it to use for a game anyway.

[svenkill]

Really? Wow, this might actually be something I will be looking forward too.

[Daz]

Gamespot did some digging (or someone came to them).
Apparently a source who knows what's going on inside EA had confirmed it is a Renegade/Battlefield style FPS in the C&C universe.

It'd be very very very easy to use the Battlefield 2 engine as mods have managed getting "building" working in that to some extent (spawning objects at your location at your command in Project Reality, and I believe there's a sandbox mod that features it heavily).
But that wouldn't be very next gen.

Edit:

Earlier this week, Electronic Arts posted a job listing for its Los Angeles studio. The position in question is a sound designer to work on "a next-generation first person shooter game" from "a widely recognized leading sci-fi franchise." Though EA owns the rights to the sci-fi series Syndicate, Wing Commander, and System Shock, EALA is most famous for one sci-fi series in particular--Command and Conquer.

The job listing lead to speculation of a remake or sequel to the 2002 shooter Command & Conquer: Renegade. While the possibility seemed likely, today GameSpot received direct confirmation from a source with knowledge of EALA's development resource allocation that work on a multiplatform C&C FPS is well underway.

Though the source, who spoke under condition of anonymity, wouldn't go into much detail, the project is indeed a "Renegade/Battlefield-style FPS." No information on a title, release date, or specific platforms was provided, but games from EALA's World War II FPS series Medal of Honor have been released for the PC, Wii, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. The most recent C&C game, Command and Conquer: Tiberium Wars, was a bestseller on both the 360 and PC.

Edited by Daz, 23 September 2007 - 10:01 AM.

[Niall0]

Ya it would be cool if it was done right, I just bought tfd and im liking the original renegade more than i thought i would.

[ambershee]

If EA got a hold of the Crysis engine, that would make a sick Renegade 2 game!

Do your research - EA bought Crytek not long after the release of Far Cry, they have CryEngine.

All subsequent Far Cry games were developed in house on a different engine by Ubisoft, and they were all awful.

[Boomerang Python]

think its actually been confirmed by an EA official btw, but they havent made the big announcement yet.., maybe in future battlecasts?