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Red Alert 3 Uprising
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Platforms: PC
Posted February 10, 2009 @ 5:38 pm
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Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising is an upcoming single-player video game. It is a stand-alone expansion to Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3. It is currently planned to only be released for Microsoft Windows and will be offered as a digital download. It will not require Red Alert 3 to play. It will feature about 30 new maps for traditional skirmish with many of these take place in new environments. It will not contain any multiplayer elements such as cooperative play or online play.

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is a 2008 real-time strategy video game developed by EA Los Angeles and published by Electronic Arts. Announced on February 14, 2008,[9] it was released on October 28, 2008 in the United States for Microsoft Windows-based PCs and three days later in Europe. A version for the Xbox 360 console was released, however the PlayStation 3 version was delayed due to difficulties with the system’s architecture.[7] On January 21st 2009 EA officially announced Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Ultimate Edition[10], the PS3 version which contains bonus material extra to that of the Xbox 360 and PC versions. The Ultimate Edition will release in late March. Also announced for a late March release is the Mac OS version, converted to that platform by TransGaming[8]. The game forms a part of the Red Alert sub-series within the Command & Conquer series of games.
The game is set in a parallel universe in which World War II never happened and instead the Soviet Union rose to power, battling the Allies in the 1950s. In this game, the Empire of the Rising Sun rises to power as a threat as well. All three factions are playable, with the main gameplay involving constructing a base, gathering resources, and training armies comprised of land, sea, and airborne units to defeat other players. Each faction has a fully co-operative campaign, playable with an Artificial Intelligence or with another human player online. These campaigns follow a storyline, with specific mission objectives and unit restrictions applied. Unrestricted skirmish play against the computer and multiplayer via LAN or online is also available.
The game received mostly positive reviews, with reviewers citing the co-operative and multiplayer components as strengths, along with the enhanced role of naval combat compared to other real-time strategy games. Commonly cited weaknesses included aspects such as unit pathfinding.
In early January, EA Los Angeles announced a new addition to the game: Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising, a stand-alone single player expansion pack that will be available for Windows in March 2009. It will be offered as a digital download. There are currently plans to offer it for PlayStation 3 at the end of March.[11]