yagyuninja
February 15th, 2008, 04:30 PM
New about this leaked the other day, and now its official! EA is planning on releasing the sequel to what may be my favorite PC game of all time, and they'll be releasing it for PC, Xbox 360, and PS3!
Joystiq article: http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/15/red-alert-3-coming-to-pc-xbox-360-ps3/
Press release: http://investor.ea.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=88189&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1108319&highlight=
In Red Alert 3, the desperate leadership of a doomed Soviet Union travels back in time to change history and restore the glory of Mother Russia. The time travel mission goes awry, creating an alternate timeline where technology has followed an entirely different evolution, a new superpower has been thrust on to the world stage, and World War III is raging. The Empire of the Rising Sun has risen in the East, making World War III a three-way struggle between the Soviets, the Allies, and the Empire with armies fielding wacky and wonderful weapons and technologies like Tesla coils, heavily armed War Blimps, teleportation, armored bears, intelligent dolphins, floating island fortresses, and transforming tanks.
Red Alert 3 asks the question "What If?" What if every bizarre research project and technology experiment for the last 70 years had actually borne fruit? What if the Philadelphia Experiment, time travel theory, teleportation, invisibility, Tesla technology, and a hundred other intriguing research projects had all paid off and gone mainstream? What if the Soviet Union survived and thrived; what would it look like 10 years in the future? What if the Japanese Empire had never fallen and instead became the ultimate high-tech military superpower? The end result is an imaginative and playful vision of an alternate future filled with possibility.
I cannot friggin wait. Seriously. The game was awesome before, but adding the japanese? Can you say lightsaber-wielding, teleporting samurai? Now, do I spend $100s upgrading my computer, or do I suck it up and learn to play an RTS with my "inferior" Xbox gamepad? I usually greatly prefer the gamepad, but for an RTS? I tried the C&C 3 demo on the 360 and that sucker was HARD with the pad. I don't know. Why can 't microsoft let me use a keyboard and mouse on their stupid game system?
Anyway, regardless of control issues, this is fantastic news! I shall rejoice, and you should too, if you know what's best for you.
Joystiq article: http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/15/red-alert-3-coming-to-pc-xbox-360-ps3/
Press release: http://investor.ea.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=88189&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1108319&highlight=
In Red Alert 3, the desperate leadership of a doomed Soviet Union travels back in time to change history and restore the glory of Mother Russia. The time travel mission goes awry, creating an alternate timeline where technology has followed an entirely different evolution, a new superpower has been thrust on to the world stage, and World War III is raging. The Empire of the Rising Sun has risen in the East, making World War III a three-way struggle between the Soviets, the Allies, and the Empire with armies fielding wacky and wonderful weapons and technologies like Tesla coils, heavily armed War Blimps, teleportation, armored bears, intelligent dolphins, floating island fortresses, and transforming tanks.
Red Alert 3 asks the question "What If?" What if every bizarre research project and technology experiment for the last 70 years had actually borne fruit? What if the Philadelphia Experiment, time travel theory, teleportation, invisibility, Tesla technology, and a hundred other intriguing research projects had all paid off and gone mainstream? What if the Soviet Union survived and thrived; what would it look like 10 years in the future? What if the Japanese Empire had never fallen and instead became the ultimate high-tech military superpower? The end result is an imaginative and playful vision of an alternate future filled with possibility.
I cannot friggin wait. Seriously. The game was awesome before, but adding the japanese? Can you say lightsaber-wielding, teleporting samurai? Now, do I spend $100s upgrading my computer, or do I suck it up and learn to play an RTS with my "inferior" Xbox gamepad? I usually greatly prefer the gamepad, but for an RTS? I tried the C&C 3 demo on the 360 and that sucker was HARD with the pad. I don't know. Why can 't microsoft let me use a keyboard and mouse on their stupid game system?
Anyway, regardless of control issues, this is fantastic news! I shall rejoice, and you should too, if you know what's best for you.