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Fans of classic real-time strategy games (RTS) are in for a real treat, and information technology's coming from an unusual source: Electronic Arts. After hinting at a new Command & Conquer projection several weeks agone, the company has now revealed that a squad of developers from the original 90s games take come together to create a remastered 4K version of the beginning ii games in the serial. In the not-too-distant hereafter, you lot'll be able to get a single package with both Command & Conquer and the followup Command & Conquer: Cherry Alarm. Best of all, EA promises no microtransactions. Yeah, you're correct to exist shocked.

Released in 1995, Control & Conquer was ane of the first games nosotros'd recognize as an RTS today. It predates even StarCraft, which didn't launch until 1998. Information technology had the classic top-down camera view, multi-tiered unit production, resource gather, and well-balanced combat. The gameplay was heavily influenced by the recent Gulf War as the Global Defense force Initiative (GDI) fought against the sinister Brotherhood of Nod. The story mode included full-motion video cutscenes, which were almost unheard of at the time, as well as an online multiplayer mode.

Just a year later, Westwood Studios released Control & Conquer: Red Alarm. This game has similar mechanics and graphics, but the setting and units were all new. It was a prequel to the outset game, taking place in an alternate history version of World War II. In this title, you could fight every bit the Allies or Soviets for command over mainland Europe. Again, the story manner included video cutscenes. The online and skirmish components of this game were even ameliorate than the last game, too. I personally spent a good clamper of my teenage years playing Red Alert.

EA is working with small development studio Petroglyph games to make the remasters happen. Petroglyph was founded by old developers and designers from Westwood who worked on the C&C games. The release will include both main games along with all the expansions. The Petroglyph team has even brought back original composer Frank Klepacki, who created iconic tracks like Hell March .

Electronic Arts bought Westwood Studios in 1998, and Command & Conquer was never the aforementioned. In recent years, EA has used the Command & Conquer IP to create MMOs and mobile games that didn't feel similar the rest of the serial. The original source material from the 90s is good — information technology just doesn't look very pretty by today's standards. A remastered version could be exactly what Control & Conquer fans have wanted for the last 20 years, as long as they keep the goofy cutscenes. Unfortunately, EA has clarified that work on the games has not started still. Information technology might be a while.

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