
Moreover, Starkku has added special warhead params that interact with shields in a special way.

Shields! Thanks to the combined work of Uranusian, secsome and Belonit now any ingame unit and building can have shields which act as a second HP bar with custom parameters including armor, recharge rates, graphics, animations etc.We invite everyone to try and help develop Phobos to push YR modding even further. Moreover, I've been working on simplifying the process of contributing even more by writing a dedicated documentation section. Many of the new contributors didn't know much about reverse-engineering or how to implement new ingame stuff (neither did I a year ago), but thanks to help of the community (especially tomsons26 and CCHyper) it's not a secret knowledge and everyone can learn it and help. Since the first public release a lot of contributors joined us to help push YR modding forward, including such talented people as Uranusian, secsome, Otamaa, FS-21, Starkku and a lot of others. You can download Red Alert 2 via EA's Origin site for free.After 3.5 months of development we're pleased to announce Phobos v0.2 - a new stable release of Phobos YR Engine Extension.

With the Command & Conquer series being 20 years old, we won't be surprised if EA is using Red Alert 2 as a freebie to gauge interest in another game whose last entry was the poorly received Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight. The game is also available on EA's Origin platform as a part of Command & Conquer: The Ultimate Collection. As the site says, "make sure to act fast because On the House specials can appear and disappear at any time".įor many, Red Alert 2's fantastic musical score, its almost satirical script that's backed up by campy acting, and fairly-balanced gameplay, makes it hold up even 15 years after its release. C&C: Red Alert 3 Child Of Light Call Of Duty: Black Ops Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Castlevania: Lord of Shadow 2 Dead Rising 2 Death Rally. There's no telling when EA might decide to flip the switch and make it a paid purchase though, so we suggest grabbing it as soon as possible. (Also see: Top 5 Strategy Games You Have to Play )

Nonetheless, you might be able to fare better.

In fact, even trying to claim Red Alert 2 free now is throwing up errors, which may be due to the traffic on Origin right now. In our experience, it hasn't been the most reliable piece of software, and our attempts at playing FIFA 16 on PC only served to compound the perception. The downside though is that you'll need to use the Origin client to get it though. And that's not all, the company is throwing in its expansion pack, Yuri's Revenge as well. One of the best strategy games of all time, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 is free on Electronic Arts' Origin service right now.
