Editing Ground Control (video game) (section)

{{Short description|2000 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Ground Control
| image = Ground Control Coverart.png
| developer = [[Massive Entertainment]]
| publisher = [[Sierra Studios]]
| director = Martin Walfisz<br />Mats Grahm
| producer = Jeff Pobst
| programmer = Dan Andersson
| designer = Henrik Sebring<br />Martin Walfisz
| artist = Tobias Strömvall
| composer = Ola Strandh
| writer = Henrik Sebring<br />Arinn Dembo<br />Martin Walfisz
| released = {{vgrelease|NA|31 May 2000<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-29 |title=20 YEARS OF GROUND CONTROL |url=https://www.massive.se/blog/games-technology/20-years-of-ground-control/ |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=Massive Entertainment - a Ubisoft Studio |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111214936/https://www.massive.se/blog/games-technology/20-years-of-ground-control/ |url-status=live }}</ref>|EU|16 June 2000<ref>{{Cite news |date=2000-06-16 |title=UK releases |language=en-gb |work=Eurogamer.net |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/article-28028 |access-date=2023-04-20 |archive-date=2023-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425112546/https://www.eurogamer.net/article-28028 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| genre = [[Real-time tactics]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
| platforms = [[Microsoft Windows]]
}}

'''''Ground Control''''' is a [[real-time tactics]] video game developed by [[Massive Entertainment]] and published by [[Sierra Studios]], released for [[Microsoft Windows]] in 2000. The game focuses on a conflict between two factions vying for control of a planet and a series of alien artefacts contained on its surface, in which players take the role of an officer for each faction, working to achieve their objectives through using a variety of futuristic style of troops, engaging different tactics that make use of their units, the terrain and careful planning.

An expansion for the game was released later that year, before both it and the game were re-released together as a bundle pack called '''''Ground Control Anthology''''', the following year. The game itself spawned a sequel titled ''[[Ground Control II: Operation Exodus]]'' in 2004, which improved upon the game's graphics and game mechanics.