EA has open sourced Command & Conquer: Red Alert under GPLv3
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AY YO RENEGADE!?
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You can hate the company while accepting this. EA doesn't have exclusive control over that game anymore.
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Maybe I should clarify that to "publisher". EA itself doesn't really make games anymore. They fund the studios who make games.
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From what I've read/know, the source for Tiberian Sun and Red Alert 2 were lost a while ago. Doesn't mean it can't be reverse engineered at some point, but it's challenging. I'd LOVE for those to be next though!
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its odd that they open sourced Generals and the first CNC and Red Alert, but nothing in between.
CNC3 was my favorite, and I'll die on that hill . but RA2 was obivously the fan favorite, and Tiberian Sun had probably the best atmosphere
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Sometimes licenses get in the way, it's possible they bought an engine or tech from a 3rd party and don't have the legal standing (or don't know if they do or not) to release the source.
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someone else here suggested that the source code for TS/RA2 was lost. which wouldnt surprise me.
These are games that were made when and before the Zoomers were being born. they are ancient by most people's standards.
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I will never have anything good to say about EA
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Fallout source is gone too. There was just no reliable way to store source code back then, a lot of times it was just one of the developers that had it sitting in a desk drawer.
If it's new enough, maybe a burnt CD.
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still susceptible to disc rot
