EA to open source two popular games with a total of more than 35 million series

A major game publisher Electronic Arts (EA) has released two titles of the popular real-time strategy game series “ Command & Conquer ” with over 35 million series sold as open source.

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EA will launch Command & Conquer Remastered , the Command & Conquer remastered collection on June 5, 2020.

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To commemorate this, EA has announced that it will open source two releases of Command & Conquer (Tiberian Dawn) and Command & Conquer: Red Alert under the free software license GPLv3 .

EA said, 'I think this work is the first time to release the source code under the GPL with a large real-time strategy title. In that sense, this source code release is for us EA,' Command & Conquer ' I think it makes a lot of sense to the community and the gaming industry too, not to mention that these moves are the result of collaboration between members of the community council and our EA development team. After discussions with the members of the group, we decided to adopt the GPL to maintain compatibility with projects such as CnCNet and Open RA.Our goal is true for everyone in the community. The purpose of this is to deliver the source code in a way that will be positive in the sense that it will be wonderful for many years to come. I hope that a new community project will appear, 'he explains, explaining the significance of releasing the source code of the two works.

In addition, the EA mentions Command & Conquer Remastered's mod support: 'Using the open source DLL along with the included new map editor, you can design maps, create custom units, and add art by hand. You can swap, change gameplay logic, edit data, and more. '

In addition, Jim Vessella of EA also explains on the overseas bulletin board Reddit that MOD support for Command & Conquer Remastered and open source of the series 2 works. In response to this post, Reddit users said, 'The best news the community has got in a few years! Thanks to Jim and the Community Council for making this happen.' 'Who are you? For years. What did you do with the EA I hated? ”“ Really amazing! This seems to be the beginning of a new respect for EA. ”“ A great decision! ”“ A miracle happened! ” Voices are gathering.

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In addition, Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert, whose source code will be released, will be released in DLL format, but the question 'what exactly does this include?' Has also been posted. I will. In this post, other Reddit users said, `` There are no game engine elements (such as how images are drawn or how sounds are played), but game code elements (units and buildings that appear in the game and all their related elements). Will be published), which is useful for OpenRA. It's formal and legal about how everything in the game works without resorting to reverse engineering or guesswork. I can get such a blueprint. ”