EA has announced that an add-on pack for their successful real-time strategy game, Command & Conquer 3 will be released early next year. The news was confirmed by Jim Vasella, the producer of EA's community Battlecast Primetime show, who confirmed that the expansion will be entitled Kane's Wrath and will include a global domination meta-game and 24 new multiplayer maps.

In EA's first Command & Conquer 3 community show, Vasella explained full details of the new add-on:

"Kane's Wrath is all about Kane and the rise of Nod following the second Tiberium war, taking the player also through the third Tiberium war and beyond in the storyline.

"The game and campaign will feature our high definition cinematics once again and of course feature Joe Kucan reprising his role as Kane. And we'll also be introducing a few new characters for him to mingle with.

"One of the core features of this game is the global domination meta-game. Imagine a game like Risk but on steroids, supporting the C&C fiction with Ion Cannons, nukes, Mammoth tanks as you move your armies around the entire world. When armies collide, you'll jump down into that fast and fluid C&C gameplay that you know and love.

"When you come out, those units and armies will persist, allowing for a longer more global campaign.

"And if it is new units and faction content you desire, we're not going to disappoint. We'll have new units, upgrades, powers and structures for each of the core factions and each faction will also have two sub-factions. These sub-factions will also come with their own modified units, unique powers and upgrades and each one will cater to a specific play style allowing players to really find the side that's best for them".

BattleCast PrimeTime, is a program that offers a sportscast look and feel for featured fan multiplayer matches, including expert commentary.

Check out the first show: here