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Work on Red Alert PS3 officially halted News
PlayStation 3 News by Robert Purchese
EA has halted work on its first PS3 real-time strategy game, Red Alert 3.
The build queue has most definitely been paused, the publisher told Eurogamer, but why, or if and when it will start up again is still under wraps.
Meanwhile, the Xbox 360 and PC versions are unaffected by the decision, and will benefit from the refocused development resources.
The master plan is still to release the third Red Alert instalment on those platforms this autumn.
Head over to our Red Alert 3 gamepage to see what it looks like, and how EA LA is planning to finally nail RTS controls on console.
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GamesConnoisseur
05/06/08 @ 13:47
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Slightly interested in the reason as to why it was dropped but its not earth shaking for PS3 owners as most of them are also PC owners and they will say prefer it on PC anyway. But be clear that at start of the year EA have said they believed PS3 to do well this year and indeed will overtake X360 total base eventually, but this cancellation means exactly what?
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keyboardmonkey
05/06/08 @ 13:50
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/feels like starting a flame war
Is this the sort of news that Dreamcast/n64 owners got use to as the devs abandoned the format. teh ps3 is dhooomeed! / it could just be that it's going to be a MS exclusive or what has already been said about it being difficult to code for the ps3, maybe it will come out a few months later. |
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seasidebaz
05/06/08 @ 13:53
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maybe they decided ps3 owners don't want ports of crusty old pc games that haven't advanced since windows 95?
yes i went there too. |
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Waffleaber
05/06/08 @ 13:53
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As a Dreamcast/n64 owner I don't remember many cross-platform games being announced in the first place!
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keyboardmonkey
05/06/08 @ 13:55
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maybe they decided ps3 owners don't want ports of crusty old pc games that haven't advanced since windows 95?
yes i went there too. ^^^^^^ Mmm because they didn't like UT3 ;-) |
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SpaceMidget75
05/06/08 @ 14:04
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It's like owning a Dreamcast all over again! Colin Mcrae & Half-Life anyone?
I don't believe for one minute that they're only keeping the 360 version going because of the points Arbiter made. They've already released BFME II and C&C3 on the system with Kanes Wrath on the way too. If they didn't think this would sell well enough on 360 they would know by now. EA had good things to say about future games sales on PS3 so either they've re-evaluated this forecast or they basing this decision on a demograpic of PS3 owners that just buy endless interations of Sports and NFS games! |
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rhinoxious
05/06/08 @ 14:07
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It's likely to be a bottom line issue, but it doesn't have to be.
Well-trained staff don't grow on trees, and theu may have too many other projects on to also put people on the PS3 version. The again PS3 could be d00m3d!!! |
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keyboardmonkey
05/06/08 @ 14:15
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@Ps3owner
The PS1 had a mouse! You could also play it with a controller though, sorry never played it just like that. |
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I bought a PS3 about 2 months ago... not that i planned on getting this game or the two cancelled yesterday it is still disheartining. I hopw there is a lot revealed at e3.
I haven't touched my PS3 since before GTA4 came out (got if for 360)... but i really like the machine and this cancelling business is less than encouraging :( |
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Generic as the C&C series is, I would love to have seen it surface on PS3. Still I did C&C3 on the PC (while at lunch @ work!) so will probably do Red Alert that way.
Plodded through vaguely enjoying it, but haven't been spurred on to finish the GDI missions or indeed start the Nod ones. Don't have the hours for multiplayer. |
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EA suck at coding. So no surprise.
Controls would be really hard to nail down on PS3, especially with it supporting keyboard and mouse. Just looked at the screenshots and videos. Wow, that would really push PS3, no wonder only 360 and a PC with at least 2 jigabytes of ram with an FX96000000billion could process it. /sarcasm
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05-Jun-08 15:11:17 C&C 1 is available on PSN, might give that a go to calm my nerves ;) how are the controlls on that? anyone? (I know the game full well from PC anyway, just wondering about the controller) Although the PS1 had a mouse (it has a PS1 conector so you need an official Sony PS1 mouse) C and C didn't support it - for some retarded reason. The only game that did (as I recall) was XCom. C and C with a pad on PS1 was almost unplayable imo.
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Watkins381
05/06/08 @ 15:04
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not exactly great considering its supposed to be supercomputer on a chip
maybe it just thinks its too good to play games, etc harebrained ps3 shrine talk |
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BeersOfWar
05/06/08 @ 15:06
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Fuck it.
Tuesday: ""So we've put some initiatives in place to make sure we have more and more titles coming out on the PlayStation 3 from both first-party studios and third-party publishers" - Kaz Hirai Yesterday: "Sony scraps Eight Days and The Getaway" Today: “EA has halted work on its first PS3 real-time strategy game, Red Alert 3.” WHAT WILL TOMORROW BRING I WONDER? |
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Kenshin001
05/06/08 @ 15:07
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Forgive my ignorance, but is this an important game? Should I be upset this game is not coming out on the PS3? I mean I can understand if MGS4 were not coming out on the PS3 but I really don't know much about this game.
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Although I'd rather play an RTS on the PC, where games like Company of Heroes and C&C 3 remain my favourites, I thought LOTR: Battle for Middle-earth on the 360 wasn't too bad as far as the control scheme was concerned anyway; it did suffer from some awful framerate issues though which caused the game to slow down to a crawl for minutes on end until things smoothed out again. I did try the C&C 3 demo on the 360 too and that seemed fine too although the game paled alongside the superior PC version. Not everyone has the luxury of playing RTSs on a PC so I think it's good that they're coming out on the consoles, even if they're compromised somewhat.
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