Electronic Arts just confirmed that Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars is being developed for the Xbox 360.

"The Command & Conquer series finally makes its return to the console after seven years," said Mike Verdu, Executive Producer at EALA. "C&C 3 will help expand the RTS genre on the Xbox 360, building off of the foundation laid by the development of The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II. EA is evolving the console controls so that strategy gaming plays and feels native to the platform."

"C&C 3 is a perfect fit for the Xbox 360," said Mike Glosecki, Senior Producer at EALA. "Xbox 360 players will enjoy the action-packed online play and watching the epic Sci-Fi story of the game unfold as they play through the single player campaign."

Since the game is being developed by EA LA, who made The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II for the console, I suspect it will use the same or a very similar engine. Which, I think, worked quite well. Hopefully, they will polish it a bit for C&C, but overall I think this is good news.

Both the PC and 360 versions are supposed to hit next year. Brian Crecente

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