When a construction yard has finished building a new structure, the player can select a spot near to a preexisting structure in order to place it, where the prefabricated building will rapidly unfold in a distinctive manner.

For the first video game of the franchise, see Command Conquer (1995 video game).

The first game was one of the earliest of the RTS genre, itself based on Westwood Studios influential strategy game Dune II and introducing trademarks followed in the rest of the series.

This includes full-motion video cutscenes with an ensemble cast to progress the story, as opposed to digitally in-game rendered cutscenes.

Westwood Studios was taken over by Electronic Arts in 1998 and closed down in 2003.

The magazine stated that it would have new terrain and enemies, and that the design team is serious about doing a multi-player version.

The plot is set sometime in the near future where the Earth becomes contaminated by a mysterious substance known as Tiberium.

Highly successful, it was followed by Command Conquer: Red Alert in 1996 which is set in an alternate universe where the Soviet Union wages war with the Allies.

Developed as the prequel to the original, the Red Alert series was spun off into a separate, lighthearted and comic series, while the original game and its sequels became known as the Tiberium series, retaining its science fiction and serious tone.

The first game is sometimes referred to as Tiberian Dawn as a result.

In 2002, Westwood Studios released Command Conquer: Renegade, a first-person shooter.

A spin-off game in 2003, Command Conquer: Generals, set in a more realistic near-future and featuring the United States, China and the Global Liberation Army was followed by an expansion pack, Zero Hour.

Command Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars was released in 2007 and followed by the expansion pack Kanes Wrath.

Command Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight, released in 2010 as the conclusion to the Tiberium saga, received mixed reviews because of its deviation from traditional gameplay and story.

The Red Alert series was continued by the 2000 title Command Conquer: Red Alert 2, its expansion, Yuris Revenge and Command Conquer: Red Alert 3 in 2008, which introduced a third faction, the Empire of the Rising Sun, which resembles Japan with futuristic robotic technology.

Other games for platforms such as iOS and web-based have also been developed.

As of July 2010, the Command Conquer franchise consists of eleven games and eight expansion packs.

The first three games of the series have been released as freeware to promote the successors.

A free-to-play game, entitled Command Conquer, was in development with the studio Victory Games.

It was set to be the next game in the series and was expected to be released in 2013.

However, after a short alpha period the game was cancelled, and Victory Games disbanded by EA.

The Command Conquer series has been a commercial success with over 30 million Command Conquer games sold as of 2009.

A staple of the series is the parallel campaigns of various different factions to one central storyline.

Games in the series also offered multiplayer game options, via LAN and modem connection.

All games in the series have also offered online play, as well as skirmish matches in which players can face AI enemies.

All available structures of the faction chosen by the player are constructed on-site at so-called construction yard - which typically begin as large-sized vehicles capable of deploying themselves into the aforementioned construction yards, called MCVs or Mobile Construction Vehicle.

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