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— Friday, January 12, 2007 —

Posted By: Mike at 9:02:39 PM ET

C&C 3 Preview at IGN

IGN PC has posted a new preview of Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. The preview delves into the alien faction and into some of the multiplayer tactics that will likely be present in C&C 3.
Outside of their look, the aliens bring other differences to the table compared to GDI and NOD. The most important of these differences is likely how they deal with economy. Not only are they granted a bonus that means they're granted more credit for tiberium collected than the other factions, but they also don't need to build silos to hold the stuff. This allows the aliens to build up huge amounts of money at a time to build up their forces. The balance to this is apparently in the armor values of early units. The aliens have the ability to pump out basic units at an incredible rate, but compared to other basic units on the field, they're weak and can easily fall to a well built group of enemies.
Along with the preview, they've also unveiled three new screenshots.  Be sure to check it out!

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