14 DAY TRIAL // OpenRA, an open source project that aims to recreate the classic Command & Conquer, is now at version 20140608.
The developers of this project are actually working on multiple games, such as C&C: Tiberian Dawn, C&C: Red Alert, and Dune 2000, and OpenRA is the collection that units them all under a single roof.
“We include recreations of C&C (Tiberian Dawn), C&C: Red Alert, and Dune 2000. These are not intended to be perfect copies, but instead combine the classic gameplay of the originals with modern improvements such as unit veterancy and the fog of war. OpenRA's primary focus is cross-platform multiplayer between Windows, OS X, and Linux; however, we include a number of single-player missions, and also support skirmish games against AI bots.”
“We are pleased to announce the June release of OpenRA. This is another huge milestone, with 52 authors contributing a total of 1582 commits since our holiday release,” said the developers in the official announcement.
According to the changelog, the UI has received some improvements for selecting mods, the game lobby, replays, and spectating, the load times have been reduced, beacons for signaling team-mates and observers have been added, the aircraft and helicopters can now attack-move, guard, and be guarded by ground units, vehicle husks can now be destroyed or captured, the RA mod now includes the Phase transport and a new Soviet Hijacker infantry, and the Grenadier and a collection of graphical improvements have been added to the D2K mod.
Also, Tiberian Dawn has received a collection of balancing improvements, the Fort Lonestar minigame that had been removed in the last release for Red Alert has been added again, the map chooser preview generation speed has been improved, the pathfinder performance is now much better, a developer hotkey for reloading the UI artwork has been added, and cloaked actors under the shroud are no longer showing a tooltip to the enemy.
The developers provides packages for all the major distributions, such as Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, Gentoo, and the source code.
This project has been in the works for quite some time and the developers are progressing slowly. They are not the only ones who are trying to resurrect old games. If you remember correctly, there is also an Open Morrowind project and it's also making steady progress.
More details about this release can be found in the official announcement. You can download OpenRA from the Softpedia.