• Tiberian Sun may not actually feature 8 player multiplayer games as this will result in a very slow game.
• The online ranking/ladder system will include a single player ladder and a clan ladder (for clans of 2/3/4 - they haven't yet decided!)
• The game will not support direct IP games as Westwood Online will be much easier to use.
• If you get disconnected while you play, it will be classified as your loss, (get a better ISP if this happens to often to play a decent game!)
• The Red Alert Patch will be released in the next 2 weeks.

Kaspm: In an interview with Erik he said hes favorite unit in TS was a Ghostalker. What is this unit and what does it do?
Rade: Ghostalker is one of the Forgotten. He's a heavy weapons/demolitions expert.

Kaspm: Will the tiberium regrow after being blown up?
Rade: Depends. Some patches of tiberium will not grow back if you destroy all of it. If there is a tiberium tree nearby it will regrow (unless you destroy the tree)

adde2: Can You tell us more about what the aliens are going to do, or is that a secret that You can't reveal?
Erik: I can't tell you much about the aliens. You will just have to play through the story on both sides to see what's going on. I'm sure TS will create more questions than it answers. :)

adde2: Will there be many shortkeys/hotkeys?
Erik: There are a number of new hotkeys and shortcuts, all of which are customizable. (You can assign them to any key.)

Well, as our updated preview next week will show, build queues and waypoints WILL be in C&C2. The build we saw today had them working really well. As to how the game will be, who knows for sure? The 3D terrain is very nice, and the different elevation levels really plays a part in the game. Lots of the terrain is "deformable," i.e., you can blow it up. Some very nifty units too. Of course, at its heart, it's still a standard RTS--but with really good FMV cutscenes!

"Originally scheduled for release before Christmas it has now slipped, one last time ­ allegedly, to the beginning of April. In the meantime, Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer's Las Vegas-based creator, has been snapped up from Virgin Interactive by Electronic Arts as part of a $200 million deal which has certainly had some bearing on the timing of the launch. We recently spoke to Westwood co-founder and vice-president, Louis Castle, who maintains that the move to Electronic Arts has allowed more time to refine the product. 'With Virgin we could have found ourselves under pressure to release products like Lands Of Lore III and Tiberian Sun earlier, but Electronic Arts is giving us the extra time we need to release the products as we want them to be'."

SoulKrusher: Is there a way to turn off tiberium creatures (viceroids) in multiplayer? If you can, can you set them on low, medium or high? (like sandworms on Dune 2000).
Erik: Yes, you can turn them on/off, but no you can't set the number. (There are other factors that dicate the number.)

SoulKrusher: What is the current status on the scavenger? Will it make it in the game as of now?
Erik: Currently cut. :(

CGT: On ice....will infantry slip and fall on it?
Rade: That would be a pretty funny thing to see, but no, they won't slip and fall on ice in the game.
CGT: In a resent Preview it was stated that TS will come out early in Germany than in the US to keep the German market from being flooded with ilegal copys of TS is this true?
Rade: It is usually a simultaneous release in the US and foreign markets. If it gets released in Germany or France earlier, it will only be by a day or so.
CGT: Ok thanks!
Rade: No problem. Some people think that TS will ship in Europe a month or so before the US. That's just wrong and I don't want anyone to freak out or something and start a riot over at the office.

Caught in the middle of the struggle are the last remnants of the free people of Earth. Mutated and still inhabiting the infected regions of the planet are a faction of people called the Forgotten. Hunted by Nod to supply bodies for Kane's hideous experiments and all but ignored by the overworked forces of GDI, the Forgotten are the neglected untouchables of the modern world. They know what dark fate awaits them, as Tiberium continues to carry them further and further down the path of mutation and into insanity, but they haven't lost their pride or their will to live. How the player reacts to the Forgotten, as either Nod or GDI, will have some effect on how the story unfolds.

Hypertank: Is the formation feature coming back? How is the speed moderated?
Erik: No, the new findpath routines take care of a lot of that. You'll see.

Hypertank: When FOW [Fog of war] is enabled, is the sight always circular?
Erik: It's more of an ellipsoid. (Isometric perspective does that.) The FOW (as it were) is different than most. It comes back slowly. Your units don't INSTANTLY forget what they saw. There are some terrain hinderances, you'll see.

Hypertank: Oh maybe like an accelerated "Shroud regrows" feature but calculated for each unit separately?
Erik: No, not on a unit by unit basis.

Hypertank: Will the veteran units cost more to repair if they have more hitpoints?
Erik: Yes. It's all based on strength.