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Command and Conquer is a real-time strategy series of computer games released by the game developer Westwood Studios.

The Tiberian Command and Conquer series features two warring factions called the Global Defense Initiative (GDI) and The Brotherhood of Nod. Both factions war over control of the useful alien material called Tiberium. Tiberium was named after the Tiber River, where it was first discovered, and absorbs minerals from the ground where it grows. Tiberium is, on top of being a highly efficient energy source, radioactive and biohazardous. The Brotherhood of Nod utilizes Tiberium in various weapons. A notable scientist in the field of Tiberium is Dr. Mobius, who first discovered its value.

In the original Command and Conquer, the Nod leader, Kane, eventually gets hit with a powerful space-based weapon called an Ion Cannon by the GDI.

In Tiberian Sun, the two factions continue their ongoing war with each other when Kane apparently comes back from the dead to destroy the GDI.

In Tiberian Sun: Firestorm, GDI fights Nod while its computer system CABAL becomes a renegade faction of its own after it turns on its original creators. Without a computer system to help them, Nod falls into disarray and steals GDI's Electronic Video Assistant. The two factions must then join forces to stop CABAL from destroying the world.

Command and Conquer: Renegade is a first-person shooter game that takes place in the world of the original Command and Conquer.

Games in the Tiberian Command and Conquer series are:

  • Command and Conquer (also known as Tiberian Dawn)
    • Command and Conquer: The Covert Operations
    • Command and Conquer: Gold (windows 95 version of Tiberian dawn with higher resolution and windows installer)
  • Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun
    • Tiberian Sun: Firestorm
  • Command and Conquer: Renegade

The spin-off Red Alert series is set in an alternate timeline, created when Albert Einstein travels back in time and assassinates Adolf Hitler, resulting in unchecked Soviet aggression as they press into Europe.

The Red Alert series has the following structure:

  • Red Alert
    • Red Alert: Counterstrike
    • Red Alert: The Aftermath
    • Red Alert: Retaliation

The Red Alert series has a sequel, Red Alert 2, and an expansion pack, Yuri's Revenge.

Another spin-off was Command And Conquer - Sole survivor. This game featured a deathmatch type of game in which each player controlled one tank, the game was primarily developed for internet and network play but never really became a popular part of the c&c universe.

Westwood also released a music disc with the music from the Red Alert series. This disc was bundled with some later versions of the game.

Command and Conquer: Generals is a new (and completely different) real-time strategy game. Unlike any other game from this series, this title and the expansion (Zero Hour) were developed by Electronic Arts Pacific (EAP). Despite the sale of Westwood to EA, the same development team that created Red Alert 2 developed Generals. It utilizes Westwood's W3D engine developed for Renegade and is the first fully three-dimensional Command and Conquer game.

In Generals, there are three different factions: the USA, China, and the Global Liberation Army (GLA). The GLA is a terrorist organization that is trying to "free" the world. The Chinese and the USA are frequent targets of the GLA. In the end, the USA ends up destroying the GLA. This story is followed by the game´s expansion pack: Command and Conquer: Generals: Zero Hour

The music of Generals is of different style for each faction. The opening and ending background music for China's campaign also features China's national anthem, March of the Volunteers.

Other games made by Westwood Studios:

There is also an open source project (not affiliated with Westwood) called FreeCNC that aims to clone the gameplay and allow users to play on non-Win32 operating systems, and that uses the original game graphic files.

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