Popular Post OWA Posted November 14, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 14, 2018 In a letter to the community, Jim Vessella has announced today some key details of the previously announced Command & Conquer Remasters! Here is a copy of the letter in full: Quote Fellow Command & Conquer fans, A month ago, we let the Command & Conquer™ community know we were bringing the franchise back to the PC, starting with a remaster initiative. The reaction from fans has been amazing, with many of you sharing your favorite C&C moments from the past 23 years. We have been reading these comments and listening intently. And now, we are ready to reveal our first PC offering and how your suggestions are already influencing our approach. Today, I’m thrilled to tell you we are going back to the beginning. We have decided to remaster Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn. And while this is incredibly exciting on its own, we’re also aware of how passionate the community is about the Red Alert universe. So, we will also remaster the original Command & Conquer: Red Alert™. But what about the classic expansion packs you may ask - Covert Ops, Counterstrike, and Aftermath? Well, C&C and Red Alert wouldn’t be the same without them, so all three expansion packs will be bundled with the base games into one remastered collection - without microtransactions. In addition to the excitement and support of this remaster initiative over the past month, there has also been a healthy skepticism that we can pull this off. How are we possibly going to remaster these titles while maintaining the authenticity of the original experiences? Bottom line, there is no better way to achieve this than to partner with some of the talented developers who brought these original games to life. So, after years of the fans asking for their involvement, I am humbled to announce that EA is going to partner with Petroglyph Games to develop the C&C remastered collection. Petroglyph Games includes many of the original developers from Westwood Studios, and some of the most influential members of the original Command & Conquer development team from 1995. Joe Bostic is known as the co-creator of C&C, having also served as the Lead Programmer on Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert. Steve Tall joined Joe as a Lead Programmer on Red Alert, and Mike Legg contributed to all forms of audio systems at Westwood, having been an employee since 1986! All three members helped start Petroglyph Games in 2003 after the closure of Westwood and are joined by a veteran group of RTS developers from the past 15+ years. And don’t think we haven’t noticed the #1 request from the community in all the comments from the past month... You want Frank Klepacki. So as a cherry on top for the fans, we are thrilled to announce that Frank will be re-joining Petroglyph Games to be our Composer and Audio Director for the remaster collection! On a personal note, I can tell you the past few weeks have been surreal. During my first visit to Petroglyph, I was able to brainstorm “C&C feel” with Joe, sit with Frank and hear him recite Commando lines, and gab with Steve about whether we should fix the Tib Dawn Harvester AI. Getting to chat C&C with the original developers has been one of the highlights of my gamer journey, and I can’t wait for all the incredible conversations to come. In addition to the fantastic team at Petroglyph, we will also be partnering with Lemon Sky Studios to help bring these original games to 4k glory. Lemon Sky is one of the premier art studios around the world, with a unique specialty in remastering classic RTS titles. After meeting their team and hearing their passion for C&C, we are incredibly lucky to have them team up with Petroglyph to develop the highest quality C&C possible. The exciting part is that we haven’t started development yet. The community is literally getting in on the ground floor of this project and have every opportunity to help influence how we build this remastered experience. Please continue to engage on Reddit and community channels and help us create the best possible remasters of C&C and Red Alert! Welcome Back, Commander! Jim Vessella Jimtern This is incredibly exciting news for the C&C community as a whole and exactly what the we all needed to pull us out of our dormant state, big kudos to EA and Petroglyph for making this happen! A larger statement with a message from Joe Bostic and a bonus video can be viewed here: https://www.reddit.com/r/commandandconquer/comments/9x1zcz/cc_remastered_announcement_from_ea/ In light of news, W3D Hub will be organising some special events in order to celebrate! More info on that will be posted soon, so stay tuned! [blurb]Get ready for the return of Command and Conquer on PC![/blurb][thumb]custom_thumb_ea.png[/thumb] 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeod Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 Joe Kucan or bust! But really, I wonder how a remaster could be so much different than what @Nyerguds has already done. There are also plenty of mods out there (Tiberian Dawn on SAGE, etc). I can understand updating the OST, but I'm struggling to comprehend how one can make Tiberian Dawn into a 4K masterpiece without taking too much from existing fan material and while still keeping that C&C feel. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLikeToSnipe Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 After trying out C&C Rivals I can't say I'm going to hope for much... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTFF Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 I am quite hopeful since they the old Westwood Studios team is apparently involved now. If the original creators actually get creative power over the games, should be good stuff. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NodGuy Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 The games I’m most excited for, which isn’t much because I feel that gaming has gone to shit. I will say that I did smile when reading the above. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VERTi60 Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 Inb4 we'll only get a "remastered" mobile version 😄 In any way, if this gets done as it was promised, I wonder how it will turn up and if it will have any effect on Renegade community and then RA: APB. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPRA2 Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 I was hoping for TibSun to get a remaster too, but I'm sure that will be further down the road... IT REALLY needs a remaster, especially with bugfixes and the Nod Laser crashes. I'm a happy Apache though. Hopefully they'll add all the spec ops missions from C&C64 as well as the dinosaur pack. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedisclaimitory Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 4k huh dint see that coming but hopefully its a 3d 4k experience like idk kanes wrath somthing like that or somthing like ra3 but I hope redalert retaliation is in there because I kinda liked it , it was also one of my favorites out the first Ra generation. I also hope there remastering ra2 and Ra Yuri's revenge those were my most favorited in the second generation of Ra and maybe get an EA online system going because I just want to play online and I got the disk but I can only play on Lan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIberiumGhost Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 The message seems promising. And with Petroglyph in the mix, I have my hopes up, way up. And the great Frank Klepacki, I hope for an excellent soundtrack. It is disappointing not to see Joseph Kucan/Kane return. Otherwise, I am very pleased. I look forward to seeing the whole First Decade being remastered, hopefully. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted November 17, 2018 Report Share Posted November 17, 2018 I'm still happily playing Nyerguds patched Tiberian Dawn online, hope the Harvester has better pathfinding in the remaster. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPRA2 Posted November 17, 2018 Report Share Posted November 17, 2018 hmm..... I wonder if they'll keep the scripting where if you attack an enemy harvester, the AI pulls a giant army out of its ass and begins to World Police your base because one unit just couldnt keep his damn finger off the trigger and just slightly grazed the paint. Thats another thing they should add in, stance modes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xCommanderJackx Posted November 18, 2018 Report Share Posted November 18, 2018 On 11/15/2018 at 3:13 AM, iLikeToSnipe said: uAfter trying out C&C Rivals I can't say I'm going to hope for much... I dont trust them either cause they say also No Microtransactions also no lootboxes skin and so on that would be the first EA game who didnt had this for a long time and @jeod you are right about you say the problem more is tiberium dawn had neither controll groups the sepertet bars ore waypoints I think it will be go wrong even with the old westwood members Tiberium dawn and Red alert 1 are not made to be remasterd cause they are too old. It will be a completley new game feeling and not an nostalgic 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xCommanderJackx Posted November 18, 2018 Report Share Posted November 18, 2018 On 11/15/2018 at 1:10 PM, VERTi60 said: Inb4 we'll only get a "remastered" mobile version 😄 In any way, if this gets done as it was promised, I wonder how it will turn up and if it will have any effect on Renegade community and then RA: APB. I would say first when they done a Remaster for renegade what Im not sure if they did it but when yes it will be an effect because the its a new grafic new everything but I think APB and RA will be still the same even if they make a Remastered because we have let us say a remaster with renegade X sort of and I must say I prefer the old renegade more it is more nostalgic Thats why I would chose between RA APB and Imperial Apex ore something from renegade x for the first 3 because its the real feeling and it is good so how it is 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedisclaimitory Posted November 18, 2018 Report Share Posted November 18, 2018 2 hours ago, xCommanderJackx said: I dont trust them either cause they say also No Microtransactions also no lootboxes skin and so on that would be the first EA game who didnt had this for a long time and @jeod you are right about you say the problem more is tiberium dawn had neither controll groups the sepertet bars ore waypoints I think it will be go wrong even with the old westwood members Tiberium dawn and Red alert 1 are not made to be remasterd cause they are too old. It will be a completley new game feeling and not an nostalgic actuely battle feild 5 is not getting premium, or loot boxes from what I know, so you might be wrong, about them not dooing micro transactions for the first time, but yes you are right how ever all of the old games, will be, a totally overhauled game, or totally rebuilt, if you will 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonsense715 Posted November 18, 2018 Report Share Posted November 18, 2018 It is heartwarming to see the old Westwood guys have another go at their games from the golden ages of RTS gaming. Good luck Petroglyph and thank you EA for this move, I will definitely play when it's done! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWA Posted November 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2018 On 11/15/2018 at 12:10 PM, VERTi60 said: Inb4 we'll only get a "remastered" mobile version 😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPRA2 Posted November 19, 2018 Report Share Posted November 19, 2018 4 hours ago, OWA said: Ayyyy I wish my PSP could connect to the internet..... I'd love to play some of that there Retaliation online. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeDreamy Posted November 19, 2018 Report Share Posted November 19, 2018 Quote "After trying out C&C Rivals I can't say I'm going to hope for much..." Oof! I avoided that as much as I can. Would only be a waste of time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyerguds Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 I hope they just take my patch changelist as starting point... after all, most of it is things that really needed fixing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonsense715 Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 3 hours ago, Nyerguds said: I hope they just take my patch changelist as starting point... after all, most of it is things that really needed fixing. You really should be part of the dev team working on c&c remastered. Or at least a high advisor/VIP person. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechanicalThighs Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 Got an update post from the team! Quite a bit of info here, and I love the idea of the Community Council. There's a list of some of the names of Council members in the comments, but not everyone has put forward their names yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voe Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 Fingers crossed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechanicalThighs Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 16 hours ago, Voe said: Fingers crossed. Fingers quadruple crossed. They've got this almost perfect, if they screw it up now, I will be so pissed off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiramaky Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 inb4 mammoth tanks are placed behind an "Advanced GDI Technology DLC". $14.99 including skins. $4.99 for a one-time Ion Cannon use. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWA Posted January 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 15 hours ago, Professor Lemur said: inb4 mammoth tanks are placed behind an "Advanced GDI Technology DLC". $14.99 including skins. $4.99 for a one-time Ion Cannon use. Not gonna happen. Microtransactions will not be included. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiramaky Posted January 5, 2019 Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 So you're telling me there won't be a DLC you can buy that replaces the commando skin with Isaac Clarke? Sad! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FRAYDO Posted January 5, 2019 Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Professor Lemur said: So you're telling me there won't be a DLC you can buy that replaces the commando skin with Isaac Clarke? Sad! What a terrible idea! This will never see the light of day and it's ridiculous to even be suggested. Spoiler >meanwhile at EA 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.