EA has open sourced Command & Conquer: Red Alert under GPLv3
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Perhaps why this feels like them trying to save face.
On what?
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Loved Renegade so much. Played the shit out of the MP back in the day.
That game seemed so underappreciated. I would be thrilled if I could have another LAN party with it.
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I'm not well versed in C&C, but it's always good to see more games open sourced.
They're still requiring EA Play or $6 for the bundle on steam.
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On what?
Just in general. EA has a lot to around for.
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They're still requiring EA Play or $6 for the bundle on steam.
Correct. Doom and Quake still cost money as well.
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I'm not well versed in C&C, but it's always good to see more games open sourced.
To use the compiled binaries, you must own the game
Was expecting a catch. Still good for modding I guess
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To use the compiled binaries, you must own the game
Was expecting a catch. Still good for modding I guess
Open source does not mean that the intellectual property is free. There's a lot of good that comes from this, and it's not like those games are expensive.
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I don't have to give a shit "about their next live service game"
I care quite a lot about game preservation. This isn't defending EA; it's praising this particular action. Again, this can't be taken away from us, so it doesn't matter what their next shitty behavior is. It doesn't take away from this being good news.
Exactly, I really don't get the all or nothing thinking where you can't even acknowledge something unambiguously positive because of who is doing it.
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Ak47s for everyone!
Can I at least have some shoes?
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Perhaps why this feels like them trying to save face.
This feels more like some o.g. Command and conquer devs who have worked at EA for a long time that are passionate about the franchise. There was no big PR release, no product tie in or announcement, no media campaign.
Recovering and restoring the source code for these titles was made possible through the combined efforts of EA technical director Brian Barnes, Respawn producer Jim Vessella, and Luke Feenan, a long-standing member of the C&C community who was involved in the development of the Command & Conquer Remastered Collection.
https://www.polygon.com/news/531365/command-and-conquer-open-source-code-ea
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I'm ready for a zero hour remake!
Im now just happy that it’s far more likely for a clean 60fps mod that’s not locked behind someone’s patreon
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Open source does not mean that the intellectual property is free. There's a lot of good that comes from this, and it's not like those games are expensive.
I realize. Intellectual property is an icky concept IMO but I know not everyone agrees
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This feels more like some o.g. Command and conquer devs who have worked at EA for a long time that are passionate about the franchise. There was no big PR release, no product tie in or announcement, no media campaign.
Recovering and restoring the source code for these titles was made possible through the combined efforts of EA technical director Brian Barnes, Respawn producer Jim Vessella, and Luke Feenan, a long-standing member of the C&C community who was involved in the development of the Command & Conquer Remastered Collection.
https://www.polygon.com/news/531365/command-and-conquer-open-source-code-ea
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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To use the compiled binaries, you must own the game
Was expecting a catch. Still good for modding I guess
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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I'm not well versed in C&C, but it's always good to see more games open sourced.
It's about thyme!
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I realize. Intellectual property is an icky concept IMO but I know not everyone agrees
Intellectual property is what allows them to make these games GPL.
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Open source does not mean that the intellectual property is free. There's a lot of good that comes from this, and it's not like those games are expensive.
Though do also note that of these four, TD and RA1 were already made freeware years ago.
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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/
That's only the HD remaster of TD and RA1.
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I'm not well versed in C&C, but it's always good to see more games open sourced.
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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This feels more like some o.g. Command and conquer devs who have worked at EA for a long time that are passionate about the franchise. There was no big PR release, no product tie in or announcement, no media campaign.
Recovering and restoring the source code for these titles was made possible through the combined efforts of EA technical director Brian Barnes, Respawn producer Jim Vessella, and Luke Feenan, a long-standing member of the C&C community who was involved in the development of the Command & Conquer Remastered Collection.
https://www.polygon.com/news/531365/command-and-conquer-open-source-code-ea
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.
