Command & Conquer remasters could be tank-rushing their way onto the PC

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By Darren Allan
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First effort could pitch up in two years to celebrate the 25th birthday of C&C

If you’re a big fan of EA’s Command & Conquer series, you’ll be pleased to hear that the firm is thinking of remastering the classic real-time strategy games for the PC.

A Producer at EA, Jim Vessella, broke the news on Reddit, and explained that a remaster – or indeed potentially more than one – could arrive in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the very first Command & Conquer (which happens in 2020 – yes, the original was released in 1995).

Vessella wrote: “We’ve been exploring some exciting ideas regarding remastering the classic PC games, and already have the ball rolling on our first effort to celebrate the upcoming 25th Year Anniversary.”

He added: “We are eager to hear your feedback to help influence our current thoughts for PC and what comes next. Over the next few weeks we’ll be talking to fans in a variety of ways. In the meantime, please share your thoughts here on the subreddit.”

So there you have it – an invitation to get involved in shaping exactly how C&C will return to the PC.

Rival faction

This is, as Vessella also notes, at least in part a reaction to EA’s recent revival of the franchise with a mobile game – Command & Conquer: Rivals – which did not go down well with a large number of hardcore fans, who were displeased that they weren’t getting a proper RTS on the PC.

So this is EA’s way of making things right, it would seem, in that respect. And we certainly won’t argue with the prospect of rebooted C&C games in one form or another.

Along with Doom, the original Command & Conquer was one of the first games we enjoyed four-player multiplayer bouts with over a LAN (back in the mid-90s when internet gaming wasn’t an option – indeed, the web itself was still in its very early days). So it holds a fond place in our heart for that reason, and doubtless we’re not alone.

One of the first comments on Reddit was a plea for “no micro transactions... that’s all I want”. And folks will doubtless be pleased to hear Vessella responded: “We will not be adding any microtransactions to a C&C Remaster.”

Via Ubergizmo

Darren Allan

Darren is a freelancer writing news and features for TechRadar (and occasionally T3) across a broad range of computing topics including CPUs, GPUs, various other hardware, VPNs, antivirus and more. He has written about tech for the best part of three decades, and writes books in his spare time (his debut novel - 'I Know What You Did Last Supper' - was published by Hachette UK in 2013).