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EA has open sourced a bunch of old Command & Conquer games (github.com)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by ampersandrew to c/games
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I'm not well versed in C&C, but it's always good to see more games open sourced.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If I had to guess, I'd say it's some write-off move. A bit like Epic Games released all Paragon assets after they canceled the game.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 21 hours ago

As I understand accounting, you really don't need to do stuff like this to write off your assets.

I'm not saying there isn't a cynical corporate reason for doing this but I doubt this is it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Epic released those to add value to their engine not as a write off

EA released this to boost Steam Workshop content - which would boost sales - not as a write off