Franchise file / Westwood Studios
Command & Conquer
Build, harvest, rush
Westwood Studios launched Command & Conquer in 1995 and helped define 1990s real-time strategy with base building, resource harvesting and live-action briefings. EA later took it on.
- 1995
- First game
- 2
- Series
- Westwood Studios
- Creator
One world. Many eras.
Choose your chapter
The Westwood years. Westwood built the original game, spun off the alternate-history Red Alert, then moved on to Tiberian Sun and the shooter Renegade. EA bought the studio along the way.
Start with Command & ConquerYour next late night
The essentials
Chapters
Series (2)
GDI, Nod and a green crystalCommand & ConquerThe core Command & Conquer line began with Westwood Studios in 1995. It follows the war between GDI and the Brotherhood of Nod over Tiberium, with the separate Generals alongside it.Command & Conquer: Red AlertThe Red Alert branch of Command & Conquer, set in an alternate history where the Allies fight the Soviets, from Westwood's 1996 original to Red Alert 3.A legacy worth revisiting
Kane lives in death.
Two things set this series apart from its rivals: pace, and a total lack of embarrassment. Full-motion video briefings turned every campaign into cheerful B-movie theatre, with the Brotherhood of Nod's Kane as the face of it all.
- 1995 to 2002
- The Westwood years
- 2003 to 2010
- EA Los Angeles
Scenes that stay with you
Inside the world
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