The RTS genre was very popular back in the day with games like C&C, Red Alert, Dune, Warcraft, Steel soldiers and many more. But over time these games fizzled out alongside the genre. I think the last big RTS game franchises were Starcraft and Halo Wars, but those seem to be done and gone now. There are some fun alternatives, but all very niche and obscure. I've heard people say the genre died out with the rise of the console, but I believe PC gaming is once again very popular these days. Yet RTS games are not. Is it a genre that younger generations don't like? Is it because it's hard to make money with the genre? Or something else completely? What do you think?

I played the CBT in December 2022 (then named Project EVO) but it didn't take me long to learn that the game wasn't for me. See, I was reading the in-game tutorial, as you are wont to do when you're new, and the next thing I knew my character was dead. Apparently you could get killed by other players anytime anywhere. Uninstalled the game then and there. Less than a year later, I read Mission EVO would be shutting down. Bloop.

RIP. I literally don't understand why Xbox decided to get rid of the studio that arguably created one of the ONLY good games exclusive on Xbox last year. What other studios faced this level of injustice?

1. Darkness Rises (2018-2022) 2. Durango: Wild Lands (2018-2019)