Fans of real time strategy games have a special place in their hearts for the Command and Conquer series. The first game in the series was one of the earliest RTS games, and it set the standard against which all other RTS games were compared. To celebrate the game turning 25 years old a remastered collection of Command and Conquer will be released on June 5th.
Command and Conquer Remastered Collection will be available on both Steam and EA's Origin. The remastered addition will include both Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn and Command & Conquer: Red Alert. It will also include all three expansion packs: Covert Ops, Counterstrike, and The Aftermath. As of now it's unclear if there will be any tie ins to the mobile edition of Command and Conquer.
Command and Conquer has very passionate fans, who at one point were running servers free of charge to keep the game alive. The remaster has been designed with those fans in mind. The game will have rebuilt graphics that support 4k resolution. The soundtrack will be remastered, the UI revamped, and the controls updated. There will be also be new features, like a map editor, and a multiplayer that has been rebuilt to support custom games. Finally there will be Elo-based matchmaking, leaderboards, and replays.
Many gamers tend to think of EA games as a studio where the bottom line is everything. As evidence they point to the shocking number of Studios EA has acquired and closed, including Westwood Studios, the original developers of Command and Conquer. However this game is being described as a "passion project" for EA. It's even gone so far as to partner up with Petroglyph Games, a studio made up of former members of the original Westwood Studios. This means that the original creative team will once again be at the helm of Command and Conquer.
It looks like EA is taking all of the right steps for remastering a game. It's keeping the core gameplay that fans fell in love with all those years ago, while making all sorts of improvements, like using AI to update the cutscenes. Command and Conquer Remastered Collection is looking like a must have for both fans of the original games, and for new comers to the RTS genre alike.
Command and Conquer Remastered Collection will be available June 5th on Steam and Origin