Dune II: The Battle for Arrakis has been partially ported over to the ZX Spectrum! (100% Working!)

Call me an old timer but I love talking about the days of DOS, a time when the only thing in front of you other than a computer was a blinking command prompt waiting for you to run a game such as C:\, C:\Dune and Dune.exe. So to get a Facebook message from Saberman, that Dune II from 1992 by Westwood Studios was partially ported over to the ZX Spectrum with the intro, speech, and yes even the gigantic sandworm intact, I just had to give it a worthy mention on IRN.

The Rise and Fall of Command & Conquer - A franchise retrospective by GVMERS

It's incredible to think that Command and Conquer now dates back to 1995, as the first game in the series and one of the earliest of the RTS genre's by none other than Westwood Studios, who were also famous for games such as Dune 2, Lands of Lore and even Legend of Kyrandia. It was a game series that featured full motion video cutscenes with a top quality cast to progress the story between each deep and involving strategy mission, that really set it apart in high quality from games that are even released today, which was a devastating blow when the company closed in 2003! So as a look back at all the highs and lows, GVMERS has done a fantastic video as The Rise and Fall of Command & Conquer - A franchise retrospective.

Twisted Insurrection 0.6 - Command and Conquer fans, don't miss out on this update

I know for a fact there are gamers around the world who enjoyed playing the Westwood Studios epic RTS game Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun, which was released way back in 1999. Well you'll be pleased to know ' Twisted Insurrection '; a standalone RTS total conversion based on the Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun engine that has a new alternate in-depth storyline, has just been upgraded to version 0.6 with a ton of fixes and improvements. To coincide with this news update, the team behind this standalone release have made available a new trailer.

Red Alert 2 remade in Unreal Engine 4 and featuring VR!

One of our good friends Ethan Knight has just come across a really eye opening bit of news, as the RTS classic ' Red Alert 2 ' developed by Westwood Studios and published by EA in 2000, has been shown off as a proof of concept in Unreal Engine 4 by Ádám Horváth. Not just that, but this seriously good RTS which is still very playable today, is being played using VR (HTC Vive in room scale mode). I think you'll agree this is mighty impressive and shows off the follow-up to Command & Conquer: Red Alert in a completely new light.

Dune 2000 and other amazing RTS games with CnCNet Online Multiplayer!

Although my health hasn't yet returned to some form of normality, we have an amazing treat for you guys and this comes from CnCNet. They are providing a way to play incredible Westwood Studios RTS classics such as Command and Conquer, Red Alert, Red Alert 2, Dune 2000 and Tiberian Sun for free and online via their CnCNet Online Multiplayer launcher and service. Even if this isn't a new news story, we did talk to many on Facebook and they hadn't even heard of this site, especially as you can download games such as Dune 2000, featuring full motion cutscenes, online multiplayer and with a powerful storyline!