Command and Conquer

Command & Conquer (often abbreviated as C&C or CNC) is a series of computer real-time strategy games and a single first-person shooter game initially developed by Westwood Studios (1985 – 2003). more...

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The first installment of the series was released world-wide on August 31, 1995 and was simply named Command & Conquer, although fans often refer to it as Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn or just Tiberian Dawn to also avoid confusion between that game and the series as a whole. The series is largely marketed for North American, European and Australasian audiences, with many of the games also translated into other languages including German, French and Chinese. The series is primarily for IBM PC compatible computers, although some of the games have been ported to various video game consoles, and the Apple Macintosh.

In 2003, American game marketer and developer Electronic Arts purchased and closed Westwood Studios, absorbing it into EA Los Angeles which has become the series' current development center. The series is ongoing, but while some of the original Westwood C&C team remain at EA Los Angeles, most left to form the new game company Petroglyph.

As of 2006, seven games with various expansion packs have been released. An eighth game is expected towards the end of 2007.

Story arcs

Tiberian series (1995+)

The Tiberian series features two factions called the United Nations Global Defense Initiative (GDI) and the quasi-state terrorist group, the Brotherhood of Nod.

The original Command & Conquer (also referred to as Tiberian Dawn) was made by Westwood Studios in 1995, and distributed exclusively by Virgin Megastore. The opening sequence shows animation of the bombing of the fictional Grand Trade Center in Vienna. This act is blamed on Nod terrorists and their leader, Kane. It serves as the beginning of the Tiberian series storyline. The conflict centers on control of the fictional resource Tiberium, an exotic substance that extracts minerals from the land it sits upon and deposits them in above-ground crystals that are simple to process into useful materials.

While the GDI focuses on research on making Tiberium into useful materials and mitigating the damage to Earth's people and ecosystem, Nod's position is to embrace Tiberium as the herald of a new age. Nod has done heavy research into Tiberium-based technology and weaponry, and its leader, Kane, has designs to convert the entire planet to a Tiberium-based ecosystem. The GDI was created by status quo nations to counter Kane's plans for a new world order. The Brotherhood of Nod excels at manipulating the media to turn world opinion against the GDI.

The Tiberium series has always utilized heavy biblical undertones. Kane, the leader of Nod, is clearly a variation on the spelling of Cain, the first murderer. Indeed, Cain was banished for his crime to the land of Nod. It is unknown if this is an assumed name of a madman or truly Cain. Kane's murder of Seth, the officer who instructs the player at the beginning of the series and Kane's "right hand", is a further biblical reference, although in the bible Cain murders Abel and Seth is given to Adam and Eve in place of the murdered Abel. Seth's body can be found in the Temple of Nod in Renegade and a coffin rumored to contain Abel's body can also be found.

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