EA has open sourced Command & Conquer: Red Alert under GPLv3
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I realize. Intellectual property is an icky concept IMO but I know not everyone agrees
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Ah well I'm glad to see the devs sticking to their passions. I'm sure they're proud of this move.
With that said, I'm still surprised EA didn't try to capitalize on it somehow.
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The entire series is on sale on Steam right now for $6 if that helps.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1213210/Command__Conquer_Remastered_Collection/
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It's about thyme!
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Intellectual property is what allows them to make these games GPL.
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Though do also note that of these four, TD and RA1 were already made freeware years ago.
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That's only the HD remaster of TD and RA1.
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This is brilliant!
aw, I hope it benefits the OpenRA developers and means more fun things to play eventually Wait... this is EA... are they okay? This is very unlike them
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IIRC, a few years ago EA hired some of the original devs, put them in charge of the franchise, and then went very hands-off, but with very little budget. So far they've done this, and a very reasonably priced 4K remaster of TD and RA1.
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I hope everyone's SSDs have enough SPACE
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Finally someone can fix Twilight Flame
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Totally makes sense, considering the remaster was perfect. It was just “multiplayer works, we redid the sprites and audio and tweaked the engine to get rid of some of the bugs. Also hit space for original graphics” or whatever the button was. It was everything an OG C&C remaster needed IMO. I would love to see the same with some of these titles, but now that they’re open source it gives the opportunity for better fan made forks, so I’m all for it.
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At least some of the remaster source code is in the repo, too. If the TS or RA2 source code is found, people will be immediately able to do that graphics switch for them, too.
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Sorry, that was the wrong link.
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/39394/Command__Conquer_The_Ultimate_Collection/
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Almost like a mistake?
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SPAAAACE
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I think the old Westwood dev they put in charge of the franchise just doesn't have any oversight.
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Holy shit.
I hope they opensource Dungeon Keeper.
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That would be a completely legendary move if the dev hired by EA just said "fuck it, I'm open-sourcing this shit!"
