In the year 2062, humanity found itself on the brink of extinction. Tiberium, the mysterious, alien crystalline structure that infested Earth for decades and caused years of relentless conflict between the Global Defense Initiative (GDI) and the Brotherhood of Nod, was close to rendering the planet uninhabitable.

Real-time strategy gaming changed forever with the release of Blizzard’s Starcraft back in early 1998. For some reason, though, the genre never experienced a flood of Starcraft clones comparable to the earlier proliferation of Command & Conquer copycats. Although three years have passed, Outlive clearly is still heavily indebted to Blizzard’s unforgettable classic.