The Wargamer

The highly anticipated third game to the Red Alert series of Command & Conquer is almost here.  Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 has been seven years in the waiting, but is brimming with an all-star cast of actors including Gemma Atkinson, Gina Carano, Randy Couture, Tim Curry, Kelly Hu, Jenny McCarthy, Jonathan Pryce, Autumn Reeser, J.K. Simmons, Peter Stormare, and George Takei, amongst otheres.  The series that features war dolphins and Japanese school girls with psionic powers has finally gone gold.

Offering more of the best fan pleasers: fast, fluid, and fun gameplay as well as three new campaigns which feature fully cooperative gameplay and expanded naval combat, there is over an hour of cinematics featuring the star-studded cast.  

As is often seen with blockbuster titles, there is both a standard game release and a "premier Edition."  The Premier Edition will be released in a limited quantity that includes a bonus DVD with over an hour of exclusive content, including interviews with the cast and a behind the scenes look at the shooting of the game’s cinematic sequences. The Premier Edition is also packed full of additional Red Alert 3 goodness, including exclusive multiplayer maps, strategy tips from the development team, the official soundtrack and an exclusive beta key to a future Command & Conquer game.  For fans of the series who want to reserve their version of the Premier Edition or regular edition now, EA is also offering the following special pre-order package*:

•    Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 – One of the most beloved RTS games of all time for FREE!

•    From Fighter to Assassin – A featurette on EliteXC superstar, Gina Carano.

•    Red Alert Retrospective – A look back at Command & Conquer Red Alert, Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 and Command & Conquer: Yuri’s Revenge

•    Premier Edition Sneak Peek – Exclusive previews of Raising of the Iron Curtain, From Pens to Pixels, Command School, and BattleCast Primetime

•    Exclusive multiplayer/skirmish map for Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 when the game ships  

•    Exclusive Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 desktop wallpapers

And as an additional bonus, everyone who purchases either the Premier Edition or regular version of Red Alert 3 will receive a “Women of Red Alert 3” poster and a redemption code for the Kossar’s Helm, an exclusive in-game item for EA and Mythic Entertainment’s critical hit Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.  Using this traditional Soviet hat turns your character into a bear – you don’t want to be seen rampaging through WAR’s capital cities without it!

Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 will ship for PCs on October 28th, 2008.  For gamers who want to try the series on the Xbox 360, it will ship on November 11th, 2008.  

For more information, please visit www.RedAlert3.com.