Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Developer(s)Westwood Pacific
Publisher(s)EA Games
Designer(s)Dustin Browder
John Hight
Brett W. Sperry
Programmer(s)Henry Yu
Artist(s)Chris Ashton
Composer(s)Frank Klepacki
SeriesCommand & Conquer:
Red Alert
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • NA: October 25, 2000
  • EU: October 27, 2000
Genre(s)Real-time strategy
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 is a real-time strategy video game released for Microsoft Windows on October 25, 2000, as the follow-up to Command & Conquer: Red Alert. Red Alert 2 picks up after the Allied campaign of the first game. Its expansion pack is Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge, released a year later in 2001. Red Alert 2 was principally developed by Westwood Pacific in collaboration with Westwood Studios.

Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2 contains two playable factions, the Soviets and the Allies, which both previously appeared in Command & Conquer: Red Alert. The single-player campaign is structured in an alternate-ending mode instead of a progressive story mode. Like its predecessor, Red Alert 2 features a large amount of full-motion video cutscenes between missions and during gameplay, with an ensemble cast including Ray Wise, Udo Kier, Kari Wuhrer, and Barry Corbin.

Red Alert 2 was a commercial and critical success, receiving a rating of 86% from GameRankings. It released with a collector's edition. A sequel, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, was released in 2008.