I noticed this was a bit late to add to the disscussion...but here's some stuff taken from wikipedia....
In 1998, Westwood was acquired by Electronic Arts (EA). In response to what they perceived as unwillingness to maintain the Westwood's brand and independence from EA's side, many long-time employees quit. Several of these went on to found Petroglyph Games. One of the last games released by Westwood, "Command & Conquer: Renegade" (an action which mixed elements from first-person shooters and real-time strategy games) failed to meet consumer expectations and commercial goals Westwood and EA had set for it. In March of 2003, Westwood Studios was closed by EA and all willing staff were absorbed into EA Los Angeles. At the time of its closure, Westwood employed more than 100 people. Their last game was the MMORPG Earth & Beyond.
Some time after the closing of Westwood Studios a new company, Petroglyph Studios, was formed consisting mainly of former Westwood employees. Some of these people include, Chris Rubyor (aka: Delphi), Adam Isgreen (lead designer of Red Alert), and Frank Klepacki (Music).
so West Wood's dead, and EA owns the copyrights.....
oh yeah and here's all the C&C games.....
List of Command & Conquer games and series
Tiberian Series
Main article: Command & Conquer: Tiberian Series
Tiberian Dawn
Covert Operations (expansion pack)
Sole Survivor
Tiberian Sun
Firestorm (expansion pack)
Renegade
Red Alert Series
Main article: Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Red Alert
Counterstrike (expansion pack)
Aftermath (expansion pack)
Red Alert 2
Yuri's Revenge (expansion pack)
Generals Series
Main article: Command & Conquer: Generals
Generals
Zero Hour (expansion pack)
those aren't all in order....
but West Wood was disbanded, not just bought out...
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