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Issue 50 - October 21, 1999

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Westwood Reveal Tiberian Sun Expansion page 2 of 2

Limpet Drone: This can be used by both sides and is a sneaky little monkey. You hide it underground and wait for someone (hopefully not you) to drive over it. Once someone does, it slows the unit down to a crawl. Get to a mobile repair vehicle or a repair pad to get rid of it. While it's attached to your opponent, it will also let you see exactly where he and his buddies are. Very nice.

Mobile War Factory: Just like Americans, we're always looking to do something on the run. The mobile war factory will be available to both sides and will give you the ability to crank out units anywhere on the map, with one caveat - you won't be able to build at your original base while it's deployed.

Mobile Stealth Generator: Keep your boys real quiet-like, and your enemy will never know what hit them. It just can't keep things cloaked while it's on the move. For both sides.

Juggernaut: A three-barrelled artillery for GDI that walks around, then plants a third leg when it's ready to fire. More of a saturation weapon than a gun with pinpoint accuracy, but we're willing to bet you won't let that stop you from using it.

Jumpjets: No, these aren't new, but they've now got a nifty new ability. When they fly over cloaked structures or units, any hidden enemies will be revealed.

Westwood will also include a new twist on Internet multiplayer in Firestorm with something called "World Domination". It's a kind of multiplay ladder, with a pseudo-persistent world that lets the GDI and NOD forces fight over the real world. The map will be split into pieces that don't really follow any actual borders, and thousands of players will fight the good fight, trying to grab real estate from the other side. Once one side wins over the world, the whole happy process begins anew.

And just because this is an expansion pack, don't think Westwood are doing it on the cheap - they're spending the next couple of days in the company's in-house studio, wrapping up filming for between-mission cut-scenes. In other words, there are no crappy text messages here. We saw a bit of filming for a Slavic briefing, and the acting remains as strong as in Tiberian Sun.

Westwood expect the game to ship in February for under $30 (Ł20).

Courtesy of IGN.com

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