Developed as the prequel to the original, the Red Alert series was spun off into a separate, lighthearted and comic series, while the original game and its sequels became known as the 'Tiberium' series, retaining its science fiction and serious tone. Highly successful, it was followed by Command & Conquer: Red Alert in 1996 which is set in an alternate universe where the Soviet Union wages war with the Allies. A global war ensues between the UN-formed Global Defense Initiative to contain it and the cult quasi-state revolutionary Brotherhood of Nod, led by the enigmatic Kane, which seeks to harness it. The plot is set sometime in the near future where the Earth becomes contaminated by a mysterious substance known as Tiberium. Ĭommand & Conquer was released worldwide by Westwood in 1995. The magazine stated that it would have 'new terrain and enemies', and that 'the design team is serious about doing a multi-player version'. The studio and some of its members were absorbed into EA Los Angeles, which continued development on the series.Īfter Westwood Studios developed the critically acclaimed Dune II, Computer Gaming World reported in 1993 that the company would not use the Dune license for Westwood's next strategy game 'mostly because the programmers are tired of sand'. Westwood Studios was taken over by Electronic Arts in 1998 and closed down in 2003. This includes full-motion video cutscenes with an ensemble cast to progress the story, as opposed to digitally in-game rendered cutscenes. The first game was one of the earliest of the RTS genre, itself based on Westwood Studios' influential strategy game Dune II and introducing trademarks followed in the rest of the series. Apple Mac, Nintendo 64, PlayStation PlayStation 4, PC ( MS-DOS, Windows), Sega Saturn, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Android, iOSĬommand & Conquer ( C&C) is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game franchise, first developed by Westwood Studios.

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