



He adds, “We know you have a lot more questions about the new Command & Conquer and you may be wondering why we are so silent about it. The idea is to give both the developer and the fans the time that they need to get all the information on the game and then offer feedback which can help make it better ahead of the original launch.ĮA_CIRE says on the official forums of Generals 2 that, “As planned right now, the Beta will start in the first half of 2013, and will be the longest running beta phase in franchise history.” In the meantime, you can watch the just-released gameplay trailer from Gamescom 2012 below.BioWare Victory, the team inside Electronic Arts in charge of the Command & Conquer franchise, says that it plans to introduce the longest beta stage for any title linked to the series for the upcoming Generals 2. "For nearly two decades, this franchise has existed as something you buy now we are creating a destination where our fans will be able to access the entire Command and Conquer universe, starting with Generals and continuing with Red Alert, Tiberium and beyond," said Jon Van Caneghem, vice president and general manager at EA.Ĭommand and Conquer is accepting beta applications at the game's website in advance of its 2013 release.

While it will remain a strategy game powered by DICE's Frostbite 2 engine, General 2's single-player missions may have been lost in the free-to-play transition in favor of multiplayer, according to a report from IGN. The existing portion of Generals 2, which is under development at BioWare Victory, will continue on as part of a "new digital experience" for the long-running franchise. Command and Conquer Generals 2, the PC-exclusive real-time strategy game announced at the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards, is being transformed into a free-to-play digital platform, Electronic Arts revealed today at Gamescom.
