Domains point to next game being called Command & Conquer Alliances [Updated]

There has been much talk on the net about the next Command & Conquer title, which is rumored to be the new Bioware game that will be revealed at the Spike TV Video Game Awards on December 10.

Well, whether the Bioware game is Command & Conquer or not, it looks like the title for the next video game in the franchise will be Command & Conquer: Alliances, according to several new domain name registrations made by Electronic Arts this week.

On December 2, Electronic Arts Inc. registered over a dozen Command & Conquer domains with ‘Alliances’ included in each name, like commandandconqueralliances.com and commandandconquer-alliances.com. 

The domains covered the different series such as Red Alert and Tiberium.

Following is the list of domains:

alliances-commandandconquer.com
alliancescommandandconquer.com
candcalliances.com
candctiberiumalliances.com
commandandconquer-alliances.com
commandandconqueralliance.com
commandandconqueralliances.com
commandandconquertiberiumalliances.com
generalsalliance.com
generalsalliances.com
redalertalliance.com
redalertalliances.com
tiberianalliances.com
tiberiumalliance.com
tiberiumalliances.com

Here’s a look at the WHOIS record for commandandconqueralliances.com.

[Update 2 on December 15, 2011:  EA announced Command and Conquer Tiberium Alliances today, an all new free-to-play, massively multiplayer online (MMO) strategy game set in the Command & Conquer Tiberium universe.  “In the quest for world domination, players must choose their friends wisely and foster strategic alliances as they fight against each other and hordes of mutant enemies. Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances is the first truly portable MMO game with cross-platform accessibility on web browsers and mobile devices. Gamers can get in on the epic battle for world supremacy by signing up for the closed beta at www.tiberiumalliances.com. The closed beta starts on December 15, 2011.”]

[Update 1 on December 10, 2011:  During the 2011 Spike TV Video Game Awards it was announced that Command and Conquer: Generals 2 would be the next installment and would be released sometime in 2013.  Here’s a peek of the video game.]

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