Red Alert 3 headed to Xbox 360 and PS3, includes co-op

Friday 15 Feb 2008

EA has detailed Red Alert’s return after seven years. The next installment in this real-time strategy franchise will be invading the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.

Developed by EA Los Angeles, Red Alert 3 will feature a fully co-operative campaign and will see the series returning to its ‘light-hearted style and classic action-orientated game play.’

Fans of the series will be able to access the beta for the PC by getting their hands on a copy of Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath later in the year. Expect to see details about the Red Alert 3 beta dates this summer.

Genre-first features

“The Red Alert games are known for challenging hardcore strategy gamers with depth, variety, and innovative game play. But they also belong to that rare breed of games that can draw in more casual players with their over-the-top stories, instantly accessible mechanics, and straight-to-the-fun design,” said Mike Verdu, general manager of EALA.

“With Red Alert 3, our team is continuing that proud tradition by introducing genre-first features like co-operative campaign play, which rewards veterans and casual players alike. In Red Alert 3, friends and family can always have your back.”

World War III erupts

The game sees the leadership of a doomed Soviet Union traveling back in time to change history in an effort to bring glory back to Mother Russia. However, an alternate timeline is created when the time travel mission goes wrong. In this new world a new superpower has entered the ring leading to World War III between the Soviets, the Allies and the Empire of the Rising Sun.

Armies will wield ‘wacky and wonderful weapons’ and technologies such as ‘Tesla coils, heavily armed War Blimps, teleportation, armored bears, intelligent dolphins, floating island fortresses and transforming tanks.’

For more information head over to the Red Alert 3 website.

Staying true but adding new elements

“It’s been too long.” said Chris Corry, executive producer at EALA. “Fans have been waiting for a new Red Alert game for seven years, and we’re working hard to ensure its well worth the wait. The team is staying true to the series’ roots while adding new elements like a co-operatively played story-driven campaign, an astounding new faction that will shake-up the Red Alert universe as we know it, and units that will help make Red Alert 3 everything our fans have been waiting for. And by bringing naval combat into the heart of the game design, we’re transporting that fast, fun and fluid C&C game play to the high-seas in ways that you’ve never seen before.”