-- Generic Announcement -- Posted On 15 Febuary 2008

Well EALA's two RTS teams and their FPS team have been quite busy over the last several months. We had the launch of Tiberium Wars and C&C TV last year, and now its expansion, Kane's Wrath, and Tiberium and Red Alert 3 are all on the way. Yep the near-future will have a lot we can look forward to.

On the local front, Assassin's new computer hardware should be fully assembled and operational soon, after a hardware failure last year. This means more time for CnC Source and Tiberian Sun: Rising from him. Also keep an eye on Tiberian Dawn, they've been working hard behind the scenes and you won't be disappointed with what they have in store.

As for me I'm still the head honcho of news. I've also been slowly adding files to the Download Database and images to the Gallery. I'd like to remind our viewing public that anyone with a registered (and validated) forum account can add their own images to the gallery or to their own personal sub-gallery, but these images will need to be approved by a staff member (no pr0nz!).

Finally, we're always open to applications for staffers to help with maintaining our content. If you think you have what it takes, drop us a line and we'll consider your application.

Until next time,
Keep Sourcin'!

-Mighty BOB!

Modding - C&C: Renovatio -- Posted On 1 May 2008 Have you ever wondered what happened between Red Alert and Tiberian Dawn? Despite what EA may say when they retcon the C&C canon, Westwood Pacific did have ideas for linking Red Alert 1, Red Alert 2, and even Yuri's Revenge to Tiberian Dawn and the rest of the Tiberian universe. One of those ideas, Renegade 2, was canceled by EA. Its spirit however, lives on in the form of C&C: Renovatio, a Tiberium Wars mod that depicts the fall of the Soviets and the Allies, and the rise of the Brotherhood and GDI. The mod will feature new campaigns, familiar units, new units, new upgrades, new music, and more. Check out some of the Scavenger faction's equipment such as the Refinery, Barracks, Flak Track, and Apocalypse Tank: For more info, screenshots, and to apply for staff positions if you'd like to help out, visit their ModDB Page and Forums over at Reneclips. -Mighty BOB! Comments (14)

Modding - Renegade-X Trailer -- Posted On 29 April 2008 Renegade-X, a mod for Unreal Tournament 3 that recreates C&C Renegade, has released a new trailer featuring a CG Tiberium meteor impact and in-game vehicle combat between Stealth Tanks, APCs, Humvees, and some MRLSes on 3 recreated maps. You can check out the trailer on Youtube in either standard or high quality here: Standard High Quality Or you can download a standard or high definition version by visiting the forum announcement. There is also a sexy new wallpaper that you can get by clicking the following image. -Mighty BOB! Comments (2)

Network - Are you picking this up? -- Posted On 25 April 2008 --- Are you picking this up? --- Today, we at Tiberian Dawn have come full circle. One year ago today, we began a project to bring this nearly 13 year old game back to life, with artistic and strategic improvements that the original Westwood creators simply could not have envisioned back then. When we started this, we knew well of the daunting tasks ahead of us, to ressurrect a game that not only brought back fond memories, but blended in new and interesting challenges to bring hardcore gamers into the fold. Today is a proud day for us, as we have met our first year in the Tiberian Dawn project. In celebration, we are releasing 4 game updates: This is good you say, but you would expect something a bit more erm... flashy, for our first full year? Not to worry. We at Tiberian Dawn, are proud to release our first official Full Motion Video: The Ion Cannon. The Ion Cannon Enjoy! We have many events coming up, so keep your eyes peeled! -Ðüüüδε007 Comments (0)

Tiberian News - Windows 2000 C&C3 Patch Updated -- Posted On 8 April 2008 Xenkan has updated his unofficial patch for Tiberium Wars that fixes Windows 2000 incompatibilities. It now supports both Tiberium Wars and Kane's Wrath. You can grab it here or here. They're both the same file but Kane's Wrath support is reason enough for me to make a new image and download in our Kane's Wrath section. -Mighty BOB! Comments (1)

Renegade - New Gallery Content -- Posted On 6 April 2008 In the coming weeks and months I will be adding old magazine scans from "back in the day" that review and preview all the old C&C games. This will happen as fast as I can locate and obtain these old magazines. If you, the viewing public, have any of these old articles and access to a color scanner it would be a great help for the C&C archives if you could contact me. For now I have just added the world exclusive first preview of C&C Renegade from the October 1999 issue of PC Gamer. The 9 page feature also includes a 2 page interview with Brett Sperry about the history and the (back then) future of Command & Conquer. Go check it out if some nostalgia suits your fancy. -Mighty BOB! Comments (10)

Network - APRIL 1 UPDATE -- Posted On 1 April 2008 Today the future of Tiberian Dawn has been announced, some of you may have heard rumors of this, but right now we can reveal what it is. The team have been has been busy working away on something big for the past few months, that is why there has been no news since December. This is so big in fact that I have only just been told about it. Heck I thought I was privy to everything that went on in this mod, apparently not, that is how big this thing is. I suppose that thought I was a weak link, an outsider still, well I don’t blame them, if I knew about this I would have gone running off to all the big news sites to show this off! What is it, well this is the future of the mod, this is what Tiberian Dawn will be like when we are finished. This is in fact the future of gaming. This is what WestWood wanted to make back with the original Command and Conquer. This is the future of the PC. Watch and behold my brothers, this is Tiberian Dawn! Tiberian Dawn: New Format Announced (p.s. if you have issues viewing, try IE) -Evo Comments (0)

Community - OMC4 Results (Finally) -- Posted On 18 March 2008 Do you folks remember this little thing a few months ago called Open Map Competition 4? It was this little contest where mappers were to make maps for Tiberium Wars and submit them to find out who would be top dog. Our very own Assassin was on the panel of judges and now the results are finally coming in! Well the results are finally coming in and you can finally see and download the maps that were submitted. This edition of the OMC saw a record number of submissions, of which 29 were valid according to the rules. The sheer number of maps, coupled with hardware problems from 2 of the judges, resulted in a 5 month judging period. So rejoice and be glad for the results are now here! This is finals week and I have projects that are due so I will be giving this more coverage this weekend when I will also add the OMC4 maps to our Downloads section. -Mighty BOB! Comments (3)

Modding - C&C Reborn Released -- Posted On 27 Febuary 2008 Today C&C Reborn released their first public version of the mod since the ancient bug-ridden 2003 version. If you're new to the C&C/Renegade community, C&C Reborn is a total conversion based on C&C Renegade's engine that turns it into Tiberian Sun with a few enhancements. It is also known to be like the Duke Nukem Forever of the C&C/Renegade community, but unlike DNF it is now finally out! This version is a public infantry-only beta featuring every infantry unit, a few structures, and a few maps. QUOTE RenEvo Software & Designs would like to announce that the Command & Conquer Reborn: Infantry Beta v.0.8.0.0 is now officially ready for download and into Public Beta! Current Supported Features: C&C Multiplayer Mode 14 GDI Characters GDI Ion Cannon Beacons 14 Nod Characters Nod Cluster Missle Beacons 3 Fully Light Mapped Infantry Maps LAN Server Support *WOL Server Support Level Editor Included All 3 maps from the release .lvl files are included *At the time of writing, WOL still requires a cd-key, this will change in the future, please see the Beta Server Support Forum for more details. ** Reborn Testers & Staff please un-install any previous versions of this software before installing the final build. Check out more Reborn Infantry Beta screenshots here (Reborn players! You can add your own screenshots if you have a validated forum account! Images will be invisible until approved by a staff member.) Head over to the C&C Reborn forums to get involved with the community, post bugs or screenshots, to get help if you need it, or just to shoot the breeze. You can also visit their ModDB page for more info, screenshots, and videos. -Mighty BOB! Comments (6)

Tiberian News - Tacitus Thursday & Zocom Spotlight -- Posted On 22 Febuary 2008 In this week's Tacitus Thursday Jim Vessella, Lead Producer on Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath, goes into detail describing the Global Conquest Mode. Here's a random paragraph: QUOTE (Jim Vessella) The customizable strike force system allows players to choose any combination of units when designing their armies. Players start by choosing the faction/sub-faction, then pick the specific units and quantities they'd like to have, and conclude by naming the strike force. Creating a portfolio of custom strike forces is a great way to ensure you're ready for all types of engagements. Also appearing this week is a spotlight for Zocom's Zone Raider, the Femme Fatale of the Zone Troopers, featuring information, screenshots, and concept art. Cost: $1300 Build Time: 13 seconds Built From: Barracks Prerequisites: Technology Center QUOTE Zone Raiders are armed with rocket-propelled sonic grenades to clear out encroaching tiberium, and shoulder-mounted missile launchers to deal with potential threats from above. They have the same abilities and upgrades as their male counterparts. Also WonderCon is this weekend so sayonara until Monday. -Mighty BOB! Comments (0)

Community - Evo-Gamer Frank Klepacki Interview -- Posted On 15 Febuary 2008 Our buddy Evo over at Evo-Gamer has secured an interview with music guru Frank Klepacki. Frank works for Petroglyph Games, most recently working on Universe at War: Earth Assault, and was recently nominated for the 5th annual Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Audio Awards. I was considering doing an interview myself yesterday but Evo beat me to the punchline. Here's a snippet: QUOTE Chris - The Universe at War soundtrack has been released for a free download, why did you go down the free route? (More info on the soundtrack. Frank - We wanted to do a formal release, but couldn’t seem to make any headway going through the proper channels, so we figured in the end that if die-hards will ultimately find a way to extract it from the game, might as well make it free so everyone could enjoy it. Okay I know you're all dying to know about this one, here's Frank's comment on Red Alert 3: QUOTE Chris - Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 has just been announced and I have already seen numerous fans clamouring for you to do the soundtrack, can you comment on this? Frank - The flood gates opened up on my fan mail right after that announcement. Regarding RA3, I’ve heard about it just as you have, so I’ve not been contacted. Ultimately EA would have to ask Petroglyph to use me on it, and then it would be up to Petroglyph to allow it. If those things align, you better believe I would score that game, no question! Read the full 15-question interview right here! -Mighty BOB! Comments (3)