Collection of Thirteen Command & Conquer Titles
LOS ANGELES, Oct 02, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Experience Command & Conquer™ like never before -- thirteen
Command & Conquer games spanning three generations of the series in a
single package! Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) today announced The
Command & Conquer™ Saga, a massive compilation of over a dozen
Command & Conquer games including the award-winning Command & Conquer
3 Tiberium Wars™ and all the titles featured in Command &
Conquer™ The First Decade. Available in North America this October
for the PC, The Command & Conquer Saga marks the largest PC franchise
compilation to date.
With over 25 million copies sold worldwide, the Command & Conquer
franchise has defined the Real-time strategy (RTS) genre with fast and
fluid gameplay, cutting-edge visuals, epic storylines, and rich
campaign missions. The series has evolved over a decade, spawned over
a dozen titles, and continues to be the genre benchmark by which all
RTS games are measured. With its explosive style of warfare, the
Command & Conquer franchise has grown over the years to span multiple
fictional genres, including the science fiction Tiberium Universe, the
revisionist history of the Command & Conquer Red Alert Universe, and a
twist on modern warfare with Command & Conquer™ Generals.
The Command & Conquer Saga contains the following titles:
-- Command & Conquer™ (Aug. 1995)
-- Command & Conquer The Covert Operations™ (April 1996)
-- Command & Conquer Red Alert™ (Oct 1996)
-- Command & Conquer Red Alert Counterstrike™ (Mar. 1997)
-- Command & Conquer Red Alert™ The Aftermath™ (Sept. 1997)
-- Command & Conquer™ Tiberian Sun™ (Aug 1999)
-- Command & Conquer™ Tiberian Sun™ Firestorm (Feb. 2000)
-- Command & Conquer Red Alert™ 2 (Oct. 2000)
-- Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ Yuri's Revenge™ (Oct.
2001)
-- Command & Conquer Renegade™ (Feb. 2002)
-- Command & Conquer™ Generals (Feb. 2003)
-- Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour (Sept. 2003)
-- Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars™ (Mar 2007)
The Command & Conquer Saga has a US MSRP of $49.99. All games
included in the compilation are rated "T" for Teen by the ESRB.
The development team at EA Los Angeles continues to give back to
their community -- one of the largest and most active fan communities
in the world. To help celebrate the series' twelfth anniversary, EA
recently offered a free download of Command & Conquer Gold which
garnered close to 3 million downloads to date. Over the next few
months, fans can expect even more from the Command & Conquer team
including exclusive content, video features, original programming
through the Command & Conquer online network, and more. For up to date
information on the anniversary activities or for more information
about The Command & Conquer Saga or the Command & Conquer series,
please visit www.CommandAndConquer.EA.com.
About Command & Conquer
The Command & Conquer franchise celebrated its 12th anniversary in
August 2007. The groundbreaking franchise was one of the first to
introduce players to the modern RTS genre, has spawned over a dozen PC
titles, and ranks in the top 5 best-selling PC franchises of all-time
according to the NPD Group. Additionally, Command & Conquer Red
Alert™ 2 and Command & Conquer Generals were the number one
best-selling(1) PC RTS titles in 2000 and 2003 respectively.
Collectively, the series has sold over 25 million units worldwide to
date. The demo release for Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars reached
an amazing 1 million downloads in its first week. The franchise boasts
one of the largest and most active fan communities in the world. For
more information on Command & Conquer series, please visit
www.CommandAndConquer.EA.com.
(1) According to NPD Group
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