Third Faction is officially named - SCRIN

It is official. Lates yesterday XC Valdez decoded an encrypted message from the third faction stating"



"Message from the Scrin we are coming"


This answers a long awaited question. What in the hell is the new alien race going to be called. Valdez cracked the code within hours to everyones surprise. To view the image with the encrypted Scrin code click here.




The code broken down by Valdez:



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http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q279/XC_Valdez/Symbols.png

Our congrats to Valdez for figuring out the code and winning himself some Command and Conquer 3 loot. We fear the next message will read "We have arrived."

New Command and Conquer 3 Secrets from EA!

EA did not disappoint in the latest Command and Conquer 3 newsletter. For all you CNC3 gamers I will keep it simple and give you the quick facts you need.

• Users can enter in the CNC3 Wallpaper competition to have their wallpaper forever in the Kane edition of the game. Learn more here.
  
  
• There is a new coded message out from the third faction. View and discuss the new Alien Message Here.
  
  
• There will be an all new release of the official Command and Conquer 3 website in February. Rumor has it they are trying to keep up with the fan sites! Just kidding EA you know we love you, thats why our fansites kick so much *ss.
  
  
• Official Fansite Kit released!!! with never before seen goodies. (Downloading as I type this) We can't tell you how happy we are about this!!! THANK YOU EA. Hmmm that means more work for me! (You saw it here first! - Check out the latest never before seen Command and Conquer 3 graphics and artwork)
  
  
• The art of balance. Lead balance designer Greg Black has a new article out about just how hard it was to balance this game with three factions. Read the full article here.
  

And as always come check out our beloved Command and Conquer 3 fansite.

Why CNC3 Kicks So Much A*S - New Details & Videos

Four great new videos were released on Gamespot including a video from their developer talking about some kick a*s features of the game. The latest videos have a lot of sexy hot Alien penetration action. Seriously they are not holding back on anything so far; read below to learn about features that you will wish other mutli player games had.

Cool Facts:

Stances:

- Each unit has 4 different stances from aggressive to passive (hold fire)

- You can set these stances not from only the units but from the buildings that create these units. So you can have your boys all amped up right out the door.

Directional Fire:
Most units will have more armor up front and less armor to the sides and even less to the rear. This introduces the logic that you want your units to face incoming fire versus take it in the rear and get killed faster. The cool aspect to CNC3 is that you can order your units to face a direction and then backup while firing. More realistic and it should serve to look pretty slick in the game. The flip side is that you will position your units accordingly when taking up defensive postures against an attack.

Aliens:
- They do not need silos. NO CAPS ON THEIR MONEY
- They also get more money per Tiberium Charge than NOD and GDI
- They can reseed any Tiberium Field that they want so they will never run out of Tiberium
- They build units and vehicles at a much faster rate than GDI and NOD allowing them to overwhealm their enemy.

Who will Play Alien:
- The more "hardcore rusher aggressive player" will flock to Alien

New Features:
- EA is making some moves to open up RTS more as a sport. The game will allow spectators and observers to really enjoy watching other people play. They even have it so people can act as commentators calling out the game highlights play by play. The better commentators can gain popularity over time or at least it was implied there was a system in place to track this.

- Voice over IP will be tied into the game.
- Use of something like a "Telestrator" will be available for commentators.
- Free spectator client will be available for download.

View the videos:
View the new Command and Conquer 3 Videos from Gamespot as well as others.

Screenshots:
View some of the new Alien CNC3 screenshots.