Electronic Arts has announced plans to remaster Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn and Command & Conquer: Red Alert for PC.

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Red Alert's remaster will include all three of its expansion packs – Covert Ops, Counterstrike, and Aftermath – in one package without any additional microtransactions.The announcement comes just barely a month after Electronic Arts teased that it was exploring such projects . Electronic Arts Producer Jim Vessella acknowledged that excitement and support from the community following that tease was accompanied by "a healthy skepticism" that Electronic Arts could create remasters that lived up to fan expectations.Electronic Arts' solution is to partner with some of the series' original developers. Petroglyph Games will help develop the Command & Conquer remasters. The studio, explained Vessella, "includes many of the original developers from Westwood Studios, and some of the most influential members of the original Command & Conquer development team from 1995."That includes series co-creator Joe Bostic, former Red Alert Lead Programmer Steve Tall, and Mike Legg, who was influential in creating much audio featured in the games. In a bid to please fans, Electronic Arts has also brought former Command & Conquer composer Frank Klepacki on board to serve as composer and audio director on the remaster collection."On a personal note," continues Vessella's post, "I can tell you the past few weeks have been surreal. During my first visit to Petroglyph, I was able to brainstorm 'C&C feel' with [Bostic], sit with [Klepacki] and hear him recite Commando lines, and gab with [Tall] about whether we should fix the Tib Dawn Harvester AI."Also contributing to the remaster effort will be Lemon Sky Studios, which will help update the original games with 4K resolutions.Vessella didn't announce a release date for the remasters. In fact, he said that development has not even started yet, so fans may have a long wait ahead of them. Vessella, however, offered a silver lining here, writing that the community has "every opportunity to help influence" how the remasters are developed. He encouraged excited fans to continue voicing their opinions on Reddit and other community channels to help guide the remasters' direction.In June, Electronic Arts announced Command & Conquer: Rivals at E3. It was the first real Command & Conquer news since 2012 when Electronic Arts released the free-to-play mobile game Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances

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