No Ground Control III planned

By Ellie Gibson Published 4 July, 2005

New strategy title on way instead.

Rumours of a third instalment of Ground Control have been flatly denied by series developer Massive Entertainment, who instead revealed some new info on its next game.

The new title promises to have a "heavy focus on action and tactics," with "very strong multiplayer support" as well as a fully-fledged single player campaign.

"While we love the Ground Control series and have truly enjoyed creating the world and characters that exist in the franchise, we would like to take strategy in a new direction," said a spokeman for Massive.

The studio is going to set about "exploring new settings and environments that we're confident will be just as interesting and exciting for our fans to explore."

Massive has yet to announce a title for the game, but it's being billed as the studio's biggest project to date with "a huge budget" and "fantastic support from the publisher" (not yet named, but likely to be Sierra/Vivendi). It's being built using the GC2 engine, which is being "developed and re-written in detail."

More information is expected in the next few months - we'll keep you posted.

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Comments (6) Latest comment 7 years ago

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  • UncleLou #1 7 years ago

    Hardly surprising. GC II had a price-cut in the very week it was released.

    Then it was in the real bargain bin just a few weeks later. It can't have sold very well at all.

    This is probably where developers and publishers tear their hearts out. The game got good reviews, it was the long-awaited (or so I would have thought) sequel to a "classic", graphics were good, there were no similar games released at the same time, and still noone bought it. Including me, i have to admit.

  • davidstop #2 7 years ago

    Maybe a film license would have spiced it up a bit.

  • ave #3 7 years ago

    I thought GCII was a cracking game, pity it didnt sell.

  • TheRealBadabing #4 7 years ago

    GCII basically took all the gameplay that made the original so good and dumped it. Ended up being another C&C Generals clone, so I am not disappointed by this in the slightest.

    The original is still one of the best tactical RTS's in recent times.

  • Dragul #5 7 years ago

    GC 1 and Dark Conspiracy were great but GC 2 really sucked it had nothing to do with the original. Too mutch C&C... really a shame. And here in Portugal it on the second week its was already at 29.99€ when new games sell a 45.99€ and up.

    If you get a good formula don't fuck it up, innovate it, don't fuck it up

  • ave #6 7 years ago

    I never played GC1, downloaded it from fileplanet but wasnt assed.