It boasts 64-player servers spread across two unique factions, the Global Defense Initiative and the Brotherhood of Nod, each with a different roster containing dozens of infantry classes with customizable equipment and 15 vehicles.

[1] Totem Arts was formed as a volunteer team in 2006 by Bilal Bakri (FobbyGen) and Waqas Iqbal (Havoc89), with the aim of remaking Command & Conquer: Renegade as a mod for Unreal Tournament 3.

[3] In 2010, Totem Arts decided to make a full standalone version and released a single-player mini-campaign called Operation Black Dawn in January 2012.

[3] Despite legal concerns from the community, Totem Arts has received support and encouragement from EA Games as well as former Westwood studio developers, and reviews have praised it as containing "all of the high-quality action and entertainment values from a AAA big-budget title".

[4][5][6] In 2014, Renegade X was named by PC Gamer among the "Ten top fan remade classics you can play for free right now".