EA Marks C&C 10th Birthday With Compilation

By Digital Trends Staff February 7, 2006

Electronic Arts yesterday said they’d shipped to retailers a compilation of twelve titles from the Command & Conquer franchise as a way to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Command and Conquer The First Decade is priced at $39.99.

All of the titles in the Command and Conquer The First Decade compilation, EA said, were re-mastered to run on current operating systems including Windows XP. Besides the titles listed which appear in the grouping, EA threw in a bonus DVD which features half-dozen exclusive videos including an interview with Louis Castle, who is also co-founder of Westwood Studios, the creator of the C&C franchise. This is in addition to six fan videos where are featured as a montage piece on the bonus DVD>

The titles included in Command and Conquer The First Decade are:

Command & Conquer
Command & Conquer The Covert Operations
Command & Conquer Red Alert
Command & Conquer Red Alert The Aftermath
Command & Conquer Red Alert Counterstrike
Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun
Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun Firestorm
Command & Conquer Red Alert 2
Command & Conquer Red Alert Yuri’s Revenge
Command & Conquer Renegade
Command & Conquer Generals
Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour

“Command & Conquer The First Decade is a true collection of amazing, innovative C&C games from the last ten years,” said Louis Castle, VP of Creative Development at EALA, in a statement. “We wanted to give back to our loyal community and avid fans and also offer a great way for gamers to experience the series and immerse themselves into the legendary franchise for the first time.”

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