C&C Community News – Late November 2017
Another rapid-fire batch of recent news from the C&C community: C&C games that are on Steam (Tiberium Wars through Tiberian Twilight) are on sale until November 28th. Individually, they are 75% off, while the entire bundle of 5 games is 81% off. The Generals Evolution mod for Red Alert 3 released a trailer for the…
Throwback Thursday for 23rd November
In this week’s Throwback Thursday, we remember a plot point in the Red Alert 2 Soviet campaign which has Yuri manipulating Premier Romanov to give him more power and launch more aggressive attacks against the Allies. While the promotional material for the game indicates that the Soviet invasion at the start of Red Alert 2…
C&C Music Monday – Move It
This week’s pick for Music Monday is one of the fan-favourite tracks from Renegade – Move It. A short but sweet track that pumps up the adrenaline while playing, particularly in the singleplayer mission it appears in. A new track will be posted next Monday. And as always, don’t forget to share this on social…
Throwback Thursday for 16th November
In today’s Throwback Thursday, we feature the unit with possibly the biggest drawback in a C&C game – General Townes’ Laser Tank from Generals: Zero Hour. This modification of the standard Crusader Tank was armed with a more powerful laser cannon, but not only did each Laser Tank drain 1 unit of power, they would…
C&C Music Monday – Twin Cannon Remix
The pick for this week’s installment of Music Monday is the Counterstrike/Sole Survivor remix of Twin Cannon. It is a less ambiental and noticably heavier version of the track that is quite popular among the fans of the original Red Alert. A new track will be posted next Monday. And as always, don’t forget to…
Updates for OS HVA Builder and OS Voxel Viewer
New versions of Open Source HVA Builder (v2.14) and Open Source Voxel Viewer (v1.83) have been released over at Project Perfect Mod. They feature an updated version of the Voxel Engine, fixes for 360° rotation, the ability to cap the HVA Builder’s rendering speed to 60 FPS (which is on by default), the ability to…
Kane’s Wrath Decade Tournament
The Kane’s Wrath section of GameReplays.org has announced the Decade Tournament which is supposed to occur early next year for the 10th anniversary of the release of C&C 3: Kane’s Wrath. They are calling all experts to prepare, as the prize pool is currently set to be $2000, with plans to increase it to a…
Is A New C&C Game In Development?
Greg Black, the former lead balance and multiplayer designer for C&C 3 and Red Alert 3, has returned to Electronic Arts. What does this mean? Some are asking the question: Is a new C&C game in development? While there is no way to know, Greg Black is one of the most experienced developers within the…
C&C Community News – Early November 2017
Here’s a quick run-down of recent news from the C&C community: A new graphics renderer for 2D C&C titles (plus Dune 2000), called DDrawCompat, has been released, and is intended to boost the performance of these games compared to the alternatives and remove the Alt-Tab issue on Windows 8.x and 10, as well as slowdowns…
C&C Music Monday – Red Alert 3 Credits Theme
The pick for this week’s installment of Music Monday is the credits theme from Red Alert 3 by Timothy Michael Wynn, an apt-sounding blend of traditional music and heavy guitar riffs. A new track will be posted next Monday. And as always, don’t forget to share this on social media using the hashtags #CnCMusicMonday and…