13 Most WTF Gaming Industry Moments Of 2018

6. Command & Conquer Finally Returns...As A Mobile Game Nobody Wants

Command Conquer Rivals
EA

During EA's E3 show, they announced that the much-loved RTS franchise Command and Conquer was making a comeback...as a mobile game. Yup.

What followed was an unbearably long gameplay demonstration of the free-to-play Command and Conquer: Rivals, which was met with an extremely hostile reaction by C&C fans, who naturally weren't thrilled at seeing a classic franchise dumbed down into a money-grabbing, MTX-filled mobile game.

The game was finally released at the start of December to heavily mixed reviews, with many criticising it for basically exploiting the C&C franchise and representing it in name only.

The bulk of the complaints, however, revolved around the game's aggressive encouragement of micro-transactions and a gameplay loop focused too intently on tired loot-box nonsense.

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