[CouldntResist]

I wonder what the "new genre" is.

version with announcer

[Davros]

he said a new genre for their studio, probably meaning bioware hasnt done a rts before

[Brad Grenz]

Lucky the game is actually being made by one of EA's veteran C&C teams then, huh?

[Silent_Buddha]

Yah, saw the trailer a while back. Almost got excited until I realized it probably won't appear on Steam, and hence I probably won't ever be playing it.

Hopefully they don't follow the footsteps of the last disastrous C&C outing.

Regards,
SB

[Demirug]

Originally Posted by Davros

he said a new genre for their studio, probably meaning bioware hasnt done a rts before

Exactly

Originally Posted by Brad Grenz

Lucky the game is actually being made by one of EA's veteran C&C teams then, huh?

It's the Team in LA. But I am not sure how many people from previous C&C games are still there.

Originally Posted by Silent_Buddha

Yah, saw the trailer a while back. Almost got excited until I realized it probably won't appear on Steam, and hence I probably won't ever be playing it.

Maybe Steam changes their rules again. If not there is no chance for this game on Steam.

Originally Posted by Silent_Buddha

Hopefully they don't follow the footsteps of the last disastrous C&C outing.

It's unlikely that they make the same mistakes again.

[Silent_Buddha]

Originally Posted by Demirug

Maybe Steam changes their rules again. If not there is no chance for this game on Steam.

Kingdoms of Amalur (EA Game) has gone on sale on Steam, including at least one DLC. From what I understand most of the bickering between Steam and EA revolved around how DLC was sold. So EA is entirely capable of selling on Steam, but just chooses not to.

It's unlikely that they make the same mistakes again.

I hope so. C&C was one of my favorite RTS franchises although the last few iterations (RA3, and the last one whose name shall not be mentioned) really tarnished it.

I'd certainly like the series to become relevant again.

Regards,
SB

[pjbliverpool]

Wow looks incredible! I love C&C and Generals was probably my favourite of the series. WIth graphics like this then this is an easy buy for me. First RTS since C&C3.

[Brad Grenz]

Kingdoms of Amalur (EA Game) has gone on sale on Steam, including at least one DLC. From what I understand most of the bickering between Steam and EA revolved around how DLC was sold. So EA is entirely capable of selling on Steam, but just chooses not to.

Reckoning is an EA Partners game and the contract specifically allowed 38 Studios to sell on Steam if they wanted. From now on any internally developed EA. Game is going to be Origin.

[trinibwoy]

I don't see any reason to support a Steam monopoly. It's convenient yes but it's still a monopoly. EA has every right to bring competition to the DDL space. Origin is trash now but hopefully it matures soonish.

Will be interesting to see how much Frostbite can actually do for an RTS. Last one that impressed me graphically was Company of Heroes.

[itsmydamnation]

Originally Posted by pjbliverpool

I love C&C and Generals was probably my favourite of the series.

im sorry but these are mutually exclusive

[Mize]

Origin is just terrible. Seems like it's updated daily...and you can get perma-banned from all your Origin titles for slamming EA in the Origin forums...or so say several sites.

[Malo]

Originally Posted by trinibwoy

I don't see any reason to support a Steam monopoly. It's convenient yes but it's still a monopoly. EA has every right to bring competition to the DDL space. Origin is trash now but hopefully it matures soonish.

It doesn't have to be a monopoly, but both companies should make sure their contracts are flexible enough to allow releases on both systems. EA created Origin and now automatically bar Steam from their releases.

[Demirug]

Originally Posted by Silent_Buddha

I hope so. C&C was one of my favorite RTS franchises although the last few iterations (RA3, and the last one whose name shall not be mentioned) really tarnished it.

I'd certainly like the series to become relevant again.

Regards,
SB

Shameless plug: alliances.commandandconquer.com. I think I still have some beta keys. It's only strategy not RTS. Something to play at hours when you cannot get your best APM.

Originally Posted by trinibwoy

Will be interesting to see how much Frostbite can actually do for an RTS. Last one that impressed me graphically was Company of Heroes.

The graphics engine is flexible. An RTS would require some changes on the netcode and the simulation part of the engine.

Originally Posted by Malo

It doesn't have to be a monopoly, but both companies should make sure their contracts are flexible enough to allow releases on both systems. EA created Origin and now automatically bar Steam from their releases.

No it was not related to Origin as EA still sell on other download platforms. The problem was that steam requires you to sell addons & DLCs only on steam in the case that the original game was sold on steam. It already started to increase customer support calls in the case of Sims were people were not able to activate the retails version of a addon on their steam version of the game.

[Silent_Buddha]

Originally Posted by Demirug

Shameless plug: alliances.commandandconquer.com. I think I still have some beta keys. It's only strategy not RTS. Something to play at hours when you cannot get your best APM.

Ooooh, potentially interesting, but that page doesn't tell me anything about the game.

Are you working on this one Demirug? Then again do I want to lose as much time into this as I did with Battleforge?

Regards,
SB

[Mize]

Originally Posted by Demirug

Shameless plug: alliances.commandandconquer.com. I think I still have some beta keys. It's only strategy not RTS.

As in turns based? Old fogies like me WANT.

[trinibwoy]

Originally Posted by Malo

It doesn't have to be a monopoly, but both companies should make sure their contracts are flexible enough to allow releases on both systems. EA created Origin and now automatically bar Steam from their releases.

EA hasn't banned Steam. It's the other way around. Not sure why everyone just assumes EA is at fault here.

[Davros]

Originally Posted by Demirug

1The problem was that steam requires you to sell addons & DLCs only on steam in the case that the original game was sold on steam.1

Its apparently steamworks thats the culprit

There's a catch, however: Once a publisher elects to use Steamworks in one of its titles, its customers must use Steam to play it - no exceptions. Publishers don't mind this, because it's easier for customers to purchase a publisher's other titles when the Steam client is installed and ready to go by default. But for competitors to Steam, like Direct2Drive and Impulse, Steamworks is the end of days.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/arti...-In-the-Making

[Mize]

Originally Posted by trinibwoy

EA hasn't banned Steam. It's the other way around. Not sure why everyone just assumes EA is at fault here.

EA has a bit of a track record that tends to bias people against them.

[Demirug]

Originally Posted by Silent_Buddha

Ooooh, potentially interesting, but that page doesn't tell me anything about the game.

It is a HTML5 browser MMO (1000s of players per game world) strategy game with a twist.

Originally Posted by Silent_Buddha

Are you working on this one Demirug? Then again do I want to lose as much time into this as I did with Battleforge?

Regards,
SB

Yes, I am the system engineer for it.

As I do not know how much time you have spend with Battleforge I cannot compare. In general this kind of games are played over a long period every day.

Originally Posted by Mize

As in turns based? Old fogies like me WANT.

Depends on your definition of turn. As said it is much more relaxed than an RTS as you can take your time to plan your moves.

[homerdog]

Yeah EA created Origin and then Valve decided to ban EA games from Steam of course it's not EA's fault. Lulz