C&C: Generals Zero Hour for Windows

Upgrade your Command and Conquer arsenal

C&C: Generals Zero Hour is a free strategy game that serves as the official expansion for Command & Conquer: Generals. This tactics-based add-on, also from Electronic Arts, lets you enjoy additional content that revolutionizes the way you play the original game. From all-new campaigns for every faction to new units and buildings, earn your place among the revered Generals.

This expansion pack expands the massive Command & Conquer franchise. Other games in the series include Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 and Command and Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars. Establish a foothold and set out on global domination in any of these games.

Same old factions, all-new missions

The main feature of C&C: Generals Zero Hour is its three new campaigns, each having five missions. You get to complete additional story-driven tasks for the USA, the Global Liberation Army, and China — in the same order. Not only are there new missions to play, but it reintroduces a feature not available in the base game: live-action cutscenes where mission briefs are handed to the player.

You can also check out new gameplay modes not available in the original. One of these modes is the Generals’ Challenge, where you take on the mantle of a General and battle other contenders. This is a crossover between campaign and skirmish, giving you a series of increasingly difficult and self-contained battles with AI-controlled players. Be warned though: the final “boss” is a General that utilizes technologies from all factions.

Lastly, this expansion introduces online play, either through LAN or through the internet. While local games of up to 8 players are fun with friends, playing with strangers online is a different matter entirely. There is no matchmaking scheme so there’s no telling who you’ll be fighting against. You can fight cheaters, extremely experienced players, or simply Zerg Rushers in C&C.

Prevent Zero Hour

Its all-new story elements, told through the new campaigns, make C&C: Generals Zero Hour essential for any Command and Conquer player. Aside from improving the base game with new missions, units, buildings, and technologies, it allows you to test your skills against AI-controlled opponents as well as real-world players. However, the difficulty of these added game mods is something almost entirely out of your reach. Still, it’s recommended.