With over 23 million units sold worldwide to date, the C&C franchise has defined the Real-time strategy (RTS) genre with cutting-edge visuals, epic storylines, and rich mission complexities. The series has evolved over a decade, spawned over a dozen titles, and continues to be the genre benchmark by which all RTS games are measured. With its explosive style of warfare, the C&C franchise has grown over the years to span multiple fictional genres, including the science fiction Tiberium universe, the revisionist history of the Red Alert universe, and a twist on modern warfare with Command & Conquer Generals.

"Command & Conquer The First Decade is a true collection of amazing, innovative C&C games from the last ten years," said Louis Castle, VP of Creative Development at EALA. "We wanted to give back to our loyal community and avid fans and also offer a great way for gamers to experience the series and immerse themselves into the legendary franchise for the first time."

The Command & Conquer The First Decade bonus DVD features a half-dozen exclusive videos including an interview with Louis Castle, who is also co-founder of Westwood Studios, the creator of the C&C franchise. As a special bonus and rare opportunity, C&C fans from around the world were offered a chance to prove their undying devotion to the C&C series by submitting videos showcasing why they are the biggest C&C fan. Six fan videos were selected and are featured in a montage piece included on the bonus DVD.

Command & Conquer The First Decade will combine the following titles:

Command & Conquer (Aug. 1995)
Command & Conquer The Covert Operations (April 1996)
Command & Conquer Red Alert (Oct. 1996)
Command & Conquer Red Alert The Aftermath (Sept. 1997)
Command & Conquer Red Alert Counterstrike (Mar 1997)
Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun (Aug. 1999)
Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun Firestorm (Feb. 2000)
Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 (Oct. 2000)
Command & Conquer Red Alert Yuri's Revenge (Oct. 2001)
Command & Conquer Renegade (Feb. 2002)
Command & Conquer Generals (Feb. 2003)
Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour (Sept. 2003)

Command & Conquer The First Decade was developed at EA's Los Angeles studio and has a US MSRP of $39.99. All games included in the compilation are rated "T" for Teen by the ESRB. All titles were re-mastered to run on current operating systems including Windows® XP.

For more information on Command & Conquer The First Decade or the C&C series, please visit www.CommandAndConquer.EA.com.

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