While these generals will not be as diverse as those found in ShockWave, each will have unique units and structures that play on some of the factions key strengths.

The addition of three unique generals for each faction, which will be selected after a match starts.

Plans for version 2.0 includes the following: This is the current public release of Rise of the Reds.Ĭurrently in open beta, version 1.87 will be the final update until version 2.0. Released in November 2015, version 1.86 fixed several bugs and add additional units.

Released in April 2015, version 1.85 adds additional content to all factions and the SWR.net, an online multiplayer service for both Rise of the Reds and ShockWave. These patches addresses several bugs, adds new units to all factions and introduces naval gameplay on specific maps included as proof of concept. Two patches would follow version 1.8 version 1.801 was released in December 2012 and version 1.802 was released in February 2013. Version 1.8 was released in December 2012, which brought the defensive-oriented European Continental Alliance into the fray. Soon after its then current release, the development team relocated to its own independent forum at 'SWR Productions' where Rise of the Reds along with the team's other projects has remained since. This would lead to the inclusion of the European Continental Alliance as a second fully unique faction to the mod. A follow-up installment called version 1.5 would be released in 2009, while further prominence would be obtained when a merger with 'Sir Maddoc' and his modification Rise of Europe took place. The project saw its first release under new management in December of 2008, labeled Rise of the Reds 1.0 SWR Edition. However, the project soon fell into a lengthy hiatus and was subsequently adopted and rebooted by 'The_Hunter' (possessing fame within the CnC modding community for the ShockWave mod) in 2008.ĭevelopment would be moved to what was then known as E-Studios where The_Hunter and his team started to overhaul the project from the ground up, extensively redesigning the Russian faction both visually and technically. After a series of leadership changes that included 'Grazor' and 'Creator' afterwards, the mod saw its first release in 2006. Rise of the Reds is an ambitious project that started in 2004, when an individual known as 'Red Army' started a mod that implemented a resurgent Russian Federation into the Generals universe.

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