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   Much like Tomb Raider: Legend revived Lara's classic action-adventures in a most pleasantly surprising way last year, this month we might just witness the revival of another fallen (sub-)series, with the release of Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars on the PC. I must admit that the recent C&C 3 demo turned out to be *way* better than I expected, and if that's anything to go by, then Electronic Arts will probably want to "capitalize" on their franchise a bit longer...

   One way to do that - other than the inevitable C&C 3 expansion(s) / downloadable content - would be to take the Command & Conquer universe and use it in another kind of game. You know, like they did with Renegade five years ago. That didn't turn out so bad, did it? So why not make another one?

   We're obviously not asking this question just for the sake of it, but because this rumour actually surfaced over the weekend, on a certain Media Feet blog (keep in mind that they have barely begun posting one week ago...). The blog claims that an EALA employee told them that EA's Los Angeles studio is considering developing a new C&C shooter for the PC, using the Crytek 2 (Crysis) engine:
"In a recent internal meeting at EALA on February 23rd, 2007, it was announced to the project team leaders of all EALA projects that the Crysis engine would be moving in-house in the very near future. Speculation began to arise internally about a Command and Conquer Renegade sequel seeing that the EALA studio is primarily known for RTS titles and Crysis is a next generation FPS engine. After discussing this with an EALA employee who wishes to not be named, it was stated that there is an extremely high chance that Electronic Arts’ LA studio will be developing a new FPS Command and Conquer title for the PC. It is not known if the title will be a true sequel to Renegade or a new stand alone IP however EA is very serious about exploring the options of the Crysis engine with current IPs."    If we were to disregard how unreliable this source is (for now), it would sure be great to get a C&C: Renegade 2 sequel, with the same quality multiplayer gameplay, and hopefully a much better single-player experience. As for the graphics... well, anything that looks even remotely as good as Crysis would be fine by me.