For years, C&C fans have referred to the closing chapter of the Tiberian saga as “Tiberian Twilight”. No, I mean literally. Nearly a decade. Back in April 2000, PlanetCNC.com’s Tiberian Twilight page said the following:
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberian Twilight will be the third game in the C&C trilogy. Westwood hasn’t given any official word on the game yet…
So it came as a surprise almost a month ago when EA announced a “Name the Game” contest for C&C4. I’ll quote the PlanetCNC post:
The final winner will be chosen based on three criteria:
- Creativity
- Originality
- Relevance to the plot
It would seem that the first two criteria effectively eliminate the possibility of Tiberian Twilight being chosen…
I submitted a pair of entries. I forget what they were; it’s not really relevant. Imagine my surprise when today I see the following picture on the official CommandCom blog of the unveiling of the new name:
Notice anything about that picture? Maybe the title of the game?
Yeah. It’s the one that was essentially disqualified from the contest. EA, what was the point of having the contest in the first place if you were just going to use the name you basically said you weren’t going to use?
What was the point of promising a reward for choosing a unique, creative name and having it chosen for the game, if you weren’t going to choose anyone’s entry anyway?
I feel vaguely insulted.