C&C Red Alert 3 in the works News

PC News by Robert Purchese

13 February, 2008

Red Alert 3 appears to be the big Command & Conquer secret producer David Silverman has been promising to announce at the end of February.

Its beans were prematurely spilled by a promotion for the next issue of PC Gamer, which unveiled the title on the cover beside a lovely pouting eastern European lady wearing hot pants and holding a an AK-47. Dreamy.

No other details, such as platforms and dates, have been revealed as yet.

The magazine goes on sale on 4th March, with David Silverman set to air his secret on 29th February.

Command & Conquer: Red Alert first appeared back in 1996 and is based around the idea that Albert Einstein travelled back in time to kill Hitler and prevent the atrocities he committed.

Alas, it all backfired and subsequently Joseph Stalin and his Soviet forces romped into Europe and produced a war of equal ferocity.

Red Alert proved an enormous real-time strategy hit, particularly with the emerging online multiplayer market, where a friend of mine got to number two on Casey's Ladder. Mind you, he did used to sniff an awful lot, which was terribly off putting.

It was given a trio of expansion packs, before finally getting a sequel in 2000. This was decent but had nowhere near the impact of the first.

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WrongShui

13/02/08 @ 09:20

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Hell March.

Nylkran

13/02/08 @ 09:21

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"Hell March. "

& Mammoth Tanks

Artemus

13/02/08 @ 09:31

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Yuri & Tanya!

Red Alert 2 is probably my favourite strategy ever. I doubt this will as good without Westwood. But still, good news.

DDevil

13/02/08 @ 09:34

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Chrono Troopers and Chrono Commandos

"Never existed"

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13/02/08 @ 09:34

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Y'know I liked Red Alert and played it a lot, but I never realised that was what it was actually about. Shows how much attention I pay to such things.

I prefered the first C&C though.

chrisjm

13/02/08 @ 09:40

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with no westwood who is going to pimp out the mammoth tanks, dawg?

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13/02/08 @ 09:40

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Excellent! Red Alert remains my favourite RTS of all time, for a number of reasons, not least of which is the spy going "For king and country" in a Sean Connery accent.

I'd like to see it more WWII flavoured than the more Reagan-ish Cold War trappings of RA2. Maybe you can go back in time again to before the first RA or something.

DB2k

13/02/08 @ 09:43

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Spice worms..!

Artemus

13/02/08 @ 09:44

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How could I forget - Squids!

Lutz [mod]

13/02/08 @ 09:45

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"Without a trace"

On the flip side, is there *any* chance that EA could FIX C&C3 on the 360 so that the achievements for NOD unlock? Would be appreciated. Oh, and DON'T FUCK IT UP. :)

AcidSnake

13/02/08 @ 10:12

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"Rubber boots in motion"
And ofcourse:
"I lost a bomb...do you have it?"

I'd like to see it change like RA1 changed to RA2...No-one even dare think about taking any elements of generals!

chudders

13/02/08 @ 10:14

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"Your mind is weak"

xAx

13/02/08 @ 10:16

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Dogs! armies of dogs!

Nylkran

13/02/08 @ 10:27

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This will be done by EA, what could possible go wrong.

/ends sarcasm

LHH

13/02/08 @ 10:28

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You can bet your arse they'll use the C&C 3 engine. I didn't like 2, the first was fantastic but the campness turned me off of the sequel.
The poster for the 3rd looks set to carry this on.

Adam_T

13/02/08 @ 10:29

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GOOD STORYLINE

FMVS

STALIN AND THE GANG

HELL MARCH

Refrenz

13/02/08 @ 10:37

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/shudders at prospect of DJ Atomica being shoehorned into the game to provide 'vital' updates.

"Hey, news just in that 2 mammoth tanks have just been hit by allied prism towers. Well, you know what the say ... the best defense is offence. Awesome!"

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jonarob

13/02/08 @ 11:25

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I'd like it to be 2D Isometric pixel goodness again with a fixed camera angle and super fast game play like the first two. Ideal for online skirmishes. None of this 3D slow moving bollocks.

NthSimulachum

13/02/08 @ 11:32

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A ' 2 -dimensional' game, you say? What nonsense! I'll have your hand for that!

jonarob

13/02/08 @ 11:33

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Quiet, you!

evilbert

13/02/08 @ 11:51

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"We will bury them"

"A little c4 knocking at your door"

Bring back the moon mission from Yuri's Revenge. Best mission ever!

jonarob

13/02/08 @ 11:54

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Kirov Reporting!

Lutz [mod]

13/02/08 @ 11:56

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"Why don't you drive?"

dsmx

13/02/08 @ 12:03

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Only problem is that red alert 2 was the last game made by westwood, nothing has measured up to that that has born the C&C name. I'm not getting hyped for his at the moment, but you never know EA may surprise us all.

jachap

13/02/08 @ 12:08

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I love to camp.

Artemus

13/02/08 @ 12:16

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"Bring back the Operation: Hollywood mission from Yuri's Revenge. Best mission ever!"

Fixed!

zoidberg

13/02/08 @ 12:21

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Red Alert: Aftermath all the way!

thewolfiv

13/02/08 @ 12:29

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"CHA-CHING"

AshTray

13/02/08 @ 12:51

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Woohooo!

This is so awesome news.

ForburyLion

13/02/08 @ 12:52

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Bring back the giant ant easter egg missions and tank battles.

designerheadache

13/02/08 @ 13:11

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"I've got the knowledge"

"Need a repair?"

"Special Delivery!"

"How 'bout some action."

..this better not suck!

Lutz [mod]

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"Charging up"

"We will break them"

"Now you see me, now you don't"

"For King and Country"

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Nithron

13/02/08 @ 13:38

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Unfortunately the main selling point of this game was it's personality.
EA don't do personality.
That's why CNC3 sucked.

TheBoyChris

13/02/08 @ 15:28

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"Little bit of C4 knocking at your door..."

Royal Fool

13/02/08 @ 16:02

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RA2 > RA.

That is all.

karstux

13/02/08 @ 18:18

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The original Red Alert was the last C&C game I truly enjoyed. Somehow I don't think they'll be able to bring back the magick...

mcbain23

13/02/08 @ 21:50

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prism towers

Xinch

14/02/08 @ 00:49

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"Yes Sir"

TimiW

14/02/08 @ 07:53

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"Time will tell.

Sooner or later; time will tell."

Cue Hell March and a cracking intro to a great game!

Lutz [mod]

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Why don't they release C&C on XBLA?
They managed to run it via a controller for Saturn and PSOne...

"I wonder if it will be raining..."

Just watched the RA1 into here...

Superb intro.

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