{"id":62610,"date":"2014-03-17T09:22:06","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T07:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=62610"},"modified":"2014-03-17T11:50:39","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T09:50:39","slug":"new-rts-from-makers-of-command-and-conquer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/62610-new-rts-from-makers-of-command-and-conquer","title":{"rendered":"New RTS from makers of Command and Conquer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Petroglyph has announced that it&#8217;s working on a new real-time strategy game, titled Grey Goo, that will &#8220;blend established\u00a0gameplay mechanics with modern design and tools&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Grey Goo will draw\u00a0on the best aspects of base building, unit management, and all-out war according to its developers, and promises\u00a0to remove the frustration often associated with the genre while focusing on tactical systems based on classic RTS gameplay.<\/p>\n<p>Petroglyph was formed by ex-Westwood Studios &#8211; the makers of the Command and Conquer series &#8211; \u00a0employees who left the company after it was shut down by Electronic Arts in 2003.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The game will feature three factions: The Beta, Human, and Goo, each with its own strategies and units.\u00a0Grey Goo\u2019s AI is said to be based on real-world Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) concepts, and will make every match unique.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe have a rich, lengthy background as RTS developers, dating all the way back to our time on the original Command and Conquer\u00a0at Westwood Studios,\u201d said executive producer at Petroglyph, Ted Morris.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe want to bring back some of what made those traditional RTS games great while addressing all the lessons we&#8217;ve learned along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grey Goo will release on PC via Steam later this year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YhSNhoY-Rlk?rel=0\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/command-conquer-creators-announce-new-rts-grey-goo\/1100-6418342\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gamespot<\/a><\/h6>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/62569-top-porn-categories-on-console-platforms.html\">Top porn categories on console platforms<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/62499-game-trilogies-that-need-the-next-gen-treatment.html\">Game trilogies that need the next-gen treatment<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/videos\/62583-best-gaming-videos-of-the-week-watch-them-now.html\">Best gaming videos of the week: watch them now!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s hope the gameplay is not as sticky as the title<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":62611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31,3495,3864,12131,12132,6747,6561],"class_list":["post-62610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-active","tag-command-and-conquer","tag-gaming-news","tag-grey-goo","tag-petroglyph","tag-rts","tag-westwood-studios"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62625,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62610\/revisions\/62625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}