Command and Conquer By Numbers Alone
Okay, I think this borders on the George Lucas level of unnecessary tinkerings and re-releases, but I know that some of you out there have been bitten by the collectable bug, so this one’s for you.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first C&C game, EA has announced that we’ll all be able to run out and buy a bundle pack of twelve, yes twelve, C&C games. Perhaps I’m just not into the collectables as some people, but it strikes me that almost anyone who would have wanted to play the C&C games probably would have gone out and bought any of the twelve that interested them, making this entire vehicle an excuse to rake in more money while offering very little of additional value (hrm….sounds like their sport franchises to me). We will get, oh happy day, a whole disc of additional materials, including an interview with the co-founder of Westwood Studios.
The games on the collection roster are:
- Command & Conquer (Aug. 1995)
- Command & Conquer The Covert Operations (April 1996)
- Command & Conquer Red Alert (Oct. 1996)
- Command & Conquer Red Alert The Aftermath (Sept. 1997)
- Command & Conquer Red Alert Counterstrike (Mar. 1997)
- Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun (Aug. 1999)
- Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun Firestorm (Feb. 2000)
- Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 (Oct. 2000)
- Command & Conquer Yuri’s Revenge (Oct. 2001)
- Command & Conquer Renegade (Feb. 2002)
- Command & Conquer Generals (Feb. 2003)
- Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour (Sept. 2003)
Add it to your wishlist if you missed out on a few C&C games and would like to round out your collection. No word on the pricing as of yet, but I’m figuring for a bit of a rip-off.
