The new Command & Conquer -- formerly known as C&C: Generals 2 -- is real, and we've played it. The early alpha version was rough, but it gave us a good idea of what we're in for with this free-to-play, multiplayer-only reboot of one of PC gaming's most famous RTS series.
What led to the name change, when this gameplay is still so clearly set in the near-future C&C: Generals universe and not the slightly further-future Tiberium universe of the 1995 original? Developer Victory Games says it came from the philosophy that this isn't just a game, but a "platform." While the part we played, which is planned for a 2013 launch, will be Generals-themed, but the plan is to use this same technology to introduce new components set in the Tiberium and Red Alert universes -- and even a whole new still-unseen C&C variant that Victory has on the drawing board.
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