Red Alert 3 News

Hello Everyone,

I want to announce that upon recieving my copy of the game and finishing some software releases. I am going to be over the next few days migrating the bunker to a new system that will allow me to more easily add content and maintain the site.

I will also be upgrading the forms to the latest MyBB along with reskinning all of the bunker.

Watch for these updates.

Cheers,

Bryan

Hello,

I just wanted to get the help wanted out on the front page of the site.

We need someone to work with content building on Red Alert 3 Bunker. The developers myself simply do not have enough time to keep the content up to date. With out growing popularity we need to work on delivering to the community.

Here are the requirements:

• Fluent in English and has good writing skills.
• Good knowledge of computers and basic word editing skills.
• Ability to function independently

If you are interested please email bryan.w.tong(at)gmail(dot)com

I look forward to speaking with the interested parties.

Thanks,
Bryan

Some games are shipping with printed serial numbers that are missing one character

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is unleashed for fans to command and conquer in their free time, but some unfortunates may not have even gotten past the installation screen after picking up their copy at retail. The problem isn't quite sneaky DRM (digital rights management) this time around. Instead, misprinted manuals are being blamed by publisher Electronic Arts for some copies of RA3 being shipped with activation codes that are only 19 characters long, whereas the required code is actually 20 characters.

Those who have the erroneous codes are advised to contact EA by email, phone or fax for replacements. If gamers are really impatient, a simple but tedious workaround involves brute-forcing their way past activation through trial and error by guessing the final character. Now you're (almost) a hacker of legally purchased products, with the blessing of the publisher itself!

There is currently a work around may allow you to bypass this issue. Since you have the first 19 characters of the code already, you can basically try "guessing" the last character. To do this, simply enter your existing code, and then for the last character, try the letters A-Z, and then the numbers 0-9. You should eventually get the right combination, and be able to play the game. If this does not work, you can follow the instructions below.

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The seven year wait is over! Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) announced today that the most beloved series in the 25-million unit selling* Command & Conquer^TM franchise has officially returned, as Command & Conquer™ Red Alert^™ 3 is shipping to retailers worldwide and will be in stores October 30^th in North America and Europe for the PC. Developed at EA Los Angeles, the game will also ship for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system on November 11^th.

Poised to be one of the best strategy games of 2008, Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 blends the over-the-top humor the series is known for with exciting new real-time strategy innovations. With three fully co-operative, story driven-campaigns, and an unprecedented emphasis on naval gameplay, the game will delight fans and strategy novices alike. Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 also features the Command & Conquer franchise’s trademark live-action movie sequences starring one of the largest and most talented casts in the history of video games, 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.

“Our team is made up of huge Command & Conquer fans who have been dying to bring back Red Alert and gamers are going to see that passion shine through loud-and-clear in Red Alert 3,” said Chris Corry, executive producer at EA Los Angeles. “Our goal was to strike a balance between being true to our roots – that unique, light-hearted tone and fast-paced Red Alert gameplay – and bringing a feast of exciting new RTS innovations to the table. The deep story, the star-studded cinematics? That feels like Red Alert. But bringing naval gameplay into the heart of the game design and launching the player into an ambitious and engaging co-op campaign? Gamers have never seen anything like this before.”

Like all games in the series, the events of Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 revolve around time travel and its consequences. The game begins with a doomed Soviet Union on the brink of defeat to the Allies. Two desperate Soviet generals and a brilliant scientist travel back in time to change history and restore the glory of Mother Russia. At first their mission appears to be a resounding success, but they quickly realize that their actions have created an alternate timeline where technology has followed an entirely different evolution, and a new superpower has been thrust onto the world stage – The Empire of the Rising Sun. Gamers will get to experience the three-way struggle between the Soviets, the Allies, and the Empire from each faction's unique perspective, following three distinct storylines and with each campaign being fully enabled for co-operative play, connecting with a friend online** or with one of nine different in-game co-commanders. The game also features skirmish and multiplayer for up to six players.

Each copy of Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 contains a free “Women of Red Alert 3” poster and a code for Kossar’s Helm, an exclusive item for Mythic Entertainment’s Warhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning™. The Soviet hat gives gamers the ability to turn their WAR characters into a bear. Also available at launch is the Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 Premier Edition which contains exclusive multiplayer maps, a behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the live-action cinematics, the Red Alert 3 soundtrack and an exclusive beta key to a future Command & Conquer game.

Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 has been rated ‘T’ for Teen by the ESRB and ‘16 ’ by PEGI. For more information about the game, please visit www.redalert3.com and tune into Command & Conquer TV, the online network dedicated to all things Command & Conquer at www.commandandconquer.com.

Hello,

I just wanted to get the help wanted out on the front page of the site.

We need someone to work with content building on Red Alert 3 Bunker. The developers myself simply do not have enough time to keep the content up to date. With out growing popularity we need to work on delivering to the community.

Here are the requirements:

• Fluent in English and has good writing skills.
• Good knowledge of computers and basic word editing skills.
• A love for Red Alert 3
• Preferably Being in the Red Alert 3 beta.
• Ability to function independently

If you are interested please email bryan.w.tong(at)gmail(dot)com

I look forward to speaking with the interested parties.

Thanks,
Bryan

Hello Everyone,

I am pleased to announce that the Red Alert 3 beta has begun. I am currently downloading my copy of the beta and I got this email just minutes ago.

I have posted the full email minus the confidential information on the following page:

http://www.redalert-3.com/red-alert-3-beta-activation/

I am sure many of you will recieve an email like and I look forward to seeing everyone online and making bug submissions to make this the best Red Alert yet!

Best Regards,

Bryan

Hello Everyone,

Few cool updates that I wanted to inform everyone about.

Here in the next couple of months we are going to be in the process of writing a new redalert-3.com. Our theme and content will remain the same except for some addons but we will be writing our backend on the new iVex Framework which is going to give us much greater flexibility come game release time which will allow us to provide a very crisp and constantly changing user experience for all of our guests.

We will have a public beta up about a month before release. Please stay tuned.

RA3B Team

Hello Everyone.

I recieved this update not long ago.

And wanted to share it with everyone.

Comrades,

 

If you are receiving this e-mail then you are officially registered for the Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 Multiplayer Beta Test and are in our queue. Soviet Kirov’s bombed our beta test satellite communications around the launch of Kane’s Wrath in a deliberate attempt to halt our initial beta test communication e-mails to you upon your registration. While they were successful in their attempt, we were still able to retrieve all data and have continued to collect Beta Test registrations in numerical order since Kane’s Wrath shipped. We’ve recently reconstructed our communication technology with far better systems and defenses and will now be sending you frequent updates throughout the course of our multiplayer beta test. So fear not Comrade, we did not forget you!

 

The Red Alert 3 Multiplayer Beta Test is set to launch publicly very soon. When we activate your registration, you will be sent an e-mail with your Red Alert 3 Beta Test key and instructions on downloading and installing the beta. As previously mentioned on our website, we will activate registrations for the beta test based on the date & time in which you registered on our beta test website with the serial key from the insert contained in your copy of Kane’s Wrath. We may also consider the country in which you reside as a component for when you will be activated in the queue as we are aiming to get global feedback in as much as possible for our beta test. If you registered for the beta test within the first couple of weeks, it is very likely you will be activated close to our first public launch. We will then continue to ramp up and activate registrations weekly, and potentially even multiple times a week. We will activate registrations primarily based around the status of our software. Certainly if we are experiencing any super critical issues, we will halt activations until they are resolved. It is our intent to start the beta test small, and make every effort to quickly ramp up to thousands of players in a matter of days and weeks throughout late-July and August.

 

We’re committed to collecting your technical/bug and balance feedback and improving Red Alert 3 before we ship later this year. If you are receiving this e-mail, you will absolutely be a part of the Red Alert 3 Multiplayer Beta Test. This is the first of many communications. We wanted to give you a general update that the Red Alert 3 Multiplayer Beta Test is slated to go officially public very soon.

 

You may have heard that we have actually already started an internal-only testing period this week called “EA Friends and Family” where we are using a few hundred people to work out any potential technical issues with connectivity and the state of the game. It is our intent to collect constructive feedback from you during the beta test; however, we’re spending a few days doing an internal-only trial run with friends and family of our development team, including all studios of EA.  If you’ve heard rumors about our beta test launching today or even this week, they are referring to the process noted above. We have not activated any keys in the public queue yet however, so don’t worry…you’re not late to the party!

 

We have also opened up our official Red Alert 3 Beta Test forums where you will be encouraged to post your constructive feedback to help us improve the game. Since the beta test is starting to trickle out, we chose to open up this forum section early during our trial run. We will make sure to keep it updated with sticky threads and updates and certainly the moment we start to activate people in our public queue, you will hear about it on our boards and via e-mail communications (hopefully one of those e-mails will be your activation key if you registered early!)

 

Get ready to wage a crazy war with the Soviets, Allies, and the Empire of the Rising Sun, the Red Alert 3 Multiplayer Beta Test will be activated soon.

Hope this keeps everyone excited.

Thanks,

Bryan

Hey Everyone,

Just wanted to spit a shout out. That I am out gathering news for some much needed updates.

So stay posted for all of that.

Thanks,

Bryan

I know i know.

We are late with the trailer. None the less it is still out and worth watching.

If for some odd reason you have managed to miss it.

It is available at http://www.videogamer.com/videos/player.html?vid=1579

Check it out it is definetely worth watching.

I am particularly interested in how they used a lot of sound bytes from RA2. And no one can forget Hells March. Rules hard.

Happy Gaming.