

2.4 Connection to Command & Conquer: Red AlertĬommand & Conquer involves players operating as one of two playable factions on a map - the Global Defense Initiative (GDI), and the Brotherhood of Nod - developing bases, gathering resources and using them to produce troops, and then defeating their opponents by eliminating their army and either destroying or capturing their base.
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To mark the 12th anniversary of the franchise, Electronic Arts, the current publisher and owner of the series, released the game for free in 2007. The game was the first in the Command & Conquer series, which sold 30 million copies by 2009. It has been cited as the title that defined and popularized the real-time strategy genre. The Nintendo 64 port was developed by Looking Glass Studios.Ĭommand & Conquer was a commercial and critical success, selling over three million copies and winning numerous awards. The game contains live-action full motion video cutscenes, which star Westwood employees and a single professional actor, Joseph D. Inspired by the events of the era, particularly the Gulf War, the team gave the game a modern warfare setting. Westwood conceived Command & Conquer during the final stages of the development of Dune II, and it expands on ideas explored in that title. The groups compete for control of Tiberium, a mysterious substance that slowly spreads across the world. Set in an alternate history, the game tells the story of a world war between two globalized factions: the Global Defense Initiative of the United Nations and a cult-like militant organization called the Brotherhood of Nod, led by the mysterious Kane. Command & Conquer (also known by the retronym Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn) is a real-time strategy video game developed by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Interactive in 1995.
