Electronic Arts cancels Tiberium
Following the decision to push back the release of the squad-based shooter Tiberium into 2009, Electronic Arts has today announced that all work on the game has been completely terminated.
The reason for the game getting the axe? Mark Verdu, please take over:
“It is with a heavy heart that I announce the end to all work on ‘Tiberium,’ effective immediately. The game had fundamental design challenges from the start.”
While fans of the Command & Conquer universe, which the game was based around, surely won’t take this sad news lightly, it’s a good move by EA when you take into account the company’s new-found principle of churning out high-quality titles.
What do you think?
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I hope it comes back renamed Diarrheaum
The real problem started with them placing Chris Plummer in charge. The dude had no idea how to make a video game and had mostly marketing experience - no actual game dev experience other then a few nightmare projects at EALA. He didn’t listen to any of the more experienced staff and changed his mind every few months, causing the team to churn and burn things over and over. The project ended up costing as much as a Hollywood movie and wasting years of people’s time. You simply cannot succeed when the guy at the head of the project has no idea what he’s making, and no idea how to really do it. I’m amazed they let him churn and burn for 4 years on it. Sad… there were some great ideas in the game and some great people on the team.
Kinda scary reading his gush over how it all starts with Tiberium. http://play.tm/interview/16639/ea-producer-chris-plummer-talks-tiberium/
What a loser and a shame