The future Earth of the Command & Conquer series is about to get a big ol' dose of finer detail. EA and Del Rey have announced that a novel based off of the latest game in the popular RTS series will be coming to a fine U.S. purveyor of the printed word near you on May 11th. The UK and Germany should be seeing the book a few months later.

Written by Keith R. A. DeCandido, who has written novels for everything from Andromeda to Doctor Who to Star Trek, the novel will follow the storyline of Tiberium Wars closely, fleshing out the story seen in the game.

Nothing can give life to a gaming universe better than a good novel, or at the very least one that doesn't suck completely. Having read some of DeCandido's previous work, I'd say we're in for a good read. Personally I just want to find out if Billy Dee finally makes hot lovin' with the girl from House. You can't tell me that wouldn't be totally hot. Michael Fahey

EA AND DEL REY ANNOUNCE NOVEL BASED ON POPULAR COMMAND & CONQUER GAME SERIES
Gaming Universe Expands to New Forms of Media

CHERTSEY, UK - April 26, 2007 - Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Del Rey, an imprint of Ballantine Books at the Random House Publishing Group, announced today that Del Rey will publish a novel based on the critically-acclaimed Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars computer and videogame on 29th May 2007 in the US and Canada. The novel will release in the U.K. and Germany in the months following. The game is available now for the PC and will be in stores 11th May 2007 for the Xbox 360 videogame and entertainment system.

In COMMAND & CONQUER: TIBERIUM WARS , the novel by Keith R. A. DeCandido, the year is 2047 and the stakes could not be higher. Tiberium—a self-replicating alien substance that has infected the Earth—is spreading like a radioactive ice age. The Global Defense Initiative, a high-tech alliance of the world's most advanced nations, is fighting to contain Tiberium, but Kane, the megalomaniacal leader of the Brotherhood of Nod has other plans for Earth. Kane's secret society turned superpower is bent on using Tiberium to take control and transform humanity into his twisted vision of the future. In the midst of battles throughout the world, a third alien race emerges, and all-out war rages over Tiberium. The fate of the planet rests in the balance.

"We're excited to expand the Command & Conquer franchise to a new form of media and offer a depth to the underlying fiction of the game series like never before," said Patrick O'Brien, VP of Business Affairs at EA. "Keith DeCandido wrote a great story, and we're pleased to have partnered with him and Del Rey."

Del Rey editor Keith Clayton said, "Command & Conquer remains one of the most popular and well-reviewed gaming franchises, and we're thrilled to have the opportunity to work on an original story set in EA's Tiberium Universe."

For further information on the novel, COMMAND & CONQUER: TIBERIUM WARS, visit www.delreybooks.com.
For information on Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars or the Command & Conquer series, visit www.CommandAndConquer.EA.com.

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