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Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Commander’s Challenge on XBLA/PSN this week
EA has just let us know that Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Commander’s Challenge will be made available for purchase over Xbox Live and the Playstation Network sometime this week for 800 Microsoft Points or $10 respectively.
This game is basically a standalone expansion for C&C Red Alert 3 but with a bit of twists and turns incorporated into it. Don’t understand? Watch the above video and I’m sure you’ll see things a lot clearer.
Best Buy Holds Video Game Clearance Sale
Best Buy is holding a large video game sale for most consoles like the Xbox 360, Playstation and Wii today. Prices have all been marked down to $9.99, a far cry from their original prices which started at $60.
Over 100 games are on sale, but if you don’t want to wade through the whole list, here’s a few recommendations. Xbox 360 owners could do a lot worse than C&C: Red Alert 3, Condemned 2, and Devil May Cry 4. On PS3, Pure, Guitar Hero 3, and Soul Calibur 4 are good choices. On the Wii, the selection’s not quite so good, but Samba de Amigo’s a great choice if you like off-beat rhythm games.
Just like the famed sales made by Circuit City some months back, you better get to Best Buy quick if you want to get hold of those games for a steal!
(Source) Yahoo
Red Alert 3 Uprising Due Today
Whip out your bear-blasters, as EA LA’s stand-alone PC expansion for Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 is set for release sometime later today.
Priced at $19.95 and dubbed Uprising, the expansion contains four new mini-campaigns, one of which can be called a dungeon-crawler that explores the origins of psychic Japanese schoolgirl Yuriko Omega.
The expansion also features a new Commander’s Challenge mode with 50 new scenarios and live-action cutscenes featuring the charisma of nature boy Ric Flair and Gemma Atkinson, among others.
Ric Flair Joins Red Alert 3 Cast
If you thought Red Alert 3 wasn’t campy enough… think again! EA has announced more of the live-action cast for the upcoming expansion pack – returning cast Gemma Atkinson and Ivana Milicevic are joined by newcomers wrestler Ric Flair, Jamie Chung, Malcolm McDowell, Jodi Lyn O’Keefe and Holly Valance.
Here’s what Ric Flair had to say: “When I found out that EA wanted me to be part of Command & Conquer, all I could say was ‘Woooooooooooo!’”
The stand-alone “Uprising” expansion will offer four mini-campaigns and add a new Commander’s Challenge mode. It is due out this March.
PS3 Gets Ultimate Edition Red Alert 3
Who says the PS3 doesn’t get much love? According to Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3’s EA Store listing, the PS3 version of the game will feature a variety of new HD video content.
Some of the content includes bloopers, outtakes, behind the scenes, developer strategy videos and new battleground maps, as well as a “Girls of RA3″ featurette.
Dubbed the “Ultimate Edition”, the PS3 version will also include the game’s soundtrack and a unit profiles video encyclopedia. No release date was provided for the port.
C&C:Red Alert Uprising Expansion Announced
A digital download expansion is on the way for Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, publisher Electronic Arts announced today. Dubbed Uprising, the standalone expansion will offer four mini-campaigns for each faction, as well as an additional campaign that focuses on the origins of the Japanese commando Yuriko.
The add-on will also introduce the Commanders Challenge, a mode where you will be able to test your strategy skills against a set of nine commanders from different territories and difficulty levels in 50 challenges, all with their own conditions and game rules.
There will also be new live-action cutscenes, with actresses Gemma Atkinson and Ivana Milicevic returning to reprise their roles.
“We’re giving gamers more of what they want – more of the fast, fluid and fun gameplay, more of the story we began to tell in Red Alert 3 and more cutscenes featuring top-notch Hollywood talent, said EA LA senior producer Amer Ajami. At the same time, we’re excited we’re going to be able to bring new things to the mix, including new units and the Commander’s Challenge, which is a great way for players to hone their skills and get deeper into the combat.”
Xbox Live gets Red Alert 3 demo
If you’ve been waiting for a chance to get your hand’s on EA’s Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 now’s your chance, sort of.
While the game as been out since early November on the 360 (late October for PC), it was recently announced by Major Nelson that the demo for the game has recently hit the Xbox Live Marketplace. Don’t get too excited though, the demo doesn’t include any multiplayer, bummer!
Featuring single-player missions from both Allied and Soviet campaigns, this demo will be the perfect opportunity to see if it actually is possible to develop a decent RTS for a console, or will we have to wait until Halo Wars for that?
Red Alert 3 Demo Tomorrow
Still holding out on Red Alert 3? Not too sure about the gameplay, but aching to check out the over-the-top B-grade acting and crazy parallel universe shenanigans? Ease up as EA has announced that a demo for the game will be released tomorrow.
It will feature tutorial training missions and two full levels from the game’s Allied and Soviet campaigns. Also included will be the title’s introductory cinematic sequence, which is undoubtedly EA’s gift to the art of filmmaking.
Red Alert 3 is now available on PC and Xbox 360; a PS3 version is expected to be released, though no release date has been given so far.
Red Alert 3 Goes Gold
EA sends word that Red Alert 3 has gone gold and is on schedule for release on October 28 on PC.
The third entry in the alternate-reality strategy franchise has players taking on control of parachuting armored bears, war dolphins, psionic Japanese school girls and more.
A Xbox 360 version is also in development, though it will take longer. It arrives November 11.
Red Alert 3 DRM "Lenient"
EA and other publishers have been lambasted for including “draconian” DRM in their games. However, the company seems to have learned from its mistakes, as Chris Corry, producer of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, revealed that the copy protection in the game will be “more lenient” than other titles.
“In the case of Red Alert 3 (and all PC titles coming out of EA), we will use SecuROM,” said Corry, referring to a brand of DRM technology used in previous EA LA projects. He notes that the game disc will not be required to launch the game; up to five installations will be allowed after which users will have to contact EA customer service.
He also took some time to offer his opinion on the DRM issue.
“I think it would be a shame if people decided to not play a great game simply because it came with DRM, but I understand that this is a very personal decision for many of you and I respect that,” adding, “I’m a lot less respectful of those people who take the position that they will illegally download a game simply because it has DRM.”
Red Alert 3 is set for release on PC and Xbox 360 next month.
Red Alert 3 Gets Cast
Following the tradition set by earlier Command & Conquer titles, Red Alert 3, the upcoming action-strategy entry in the series, has gotten itself a real-life cast who will act in hammed up motion sequences.
The cast includes the likes of Jenny McCarthy, Tim Curry, Kelly Hu, Jonathan Pryce, JK Simmons, Peter Stormare, George Takei and Randy Couture.
Red Alert 3 is currently in beta and is scheduled to ship this Fall.
Pricier Red Alert 3 Edition Offers Beta Access
Europeans are lucky this time around as regional retailer GAME has revealed that those who purchase the special edition of Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 from the store will get beta access to a “future C&C game”.
The higher priced premier edition of the game comes in a metal box and includes five exclusive skirmish maps, a making-of DVD and the aforementioned beta access. Both the standard and the premier editions will include a Red Alert 3-themed item for Warhammer Online.
Red Alert 3 is due for release on PC and Xbox 360 this October. It is not known if the beta access offer will be extended to North America or not.