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Blizzard has announced that Starcraft II will need an Internet connection in order to allow even single player games to be launched and that all the multiplayer action will go through the infrastructure of Battle.net. A lot of players were up in arms over the measures, saying that they would limit access to the game ... |
29 October 2009
16:11 GMT |
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Starcraft II is now set to arrive in the first half of 2010, after being delayed for the second time this year, but that does not mean that the guys at Blizzard are not interested in keeping the hype level up by getting high-profile company people talking about the upcoming real-time strategy title. Dustin Browder, w... |
28 October 2009
17:31 GMT |
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Earlier this year, video-game publishing label Electronic Arts confirmed that work had commenced on Command & Conquer: Red Alert for iPhone and iPod touch. The game seems to be coming along, with EA now offering a sneak peek at its visuals, gameplay style and other elements that fanatics will surely spot in the rece... |
13 October 2009
06:45 GMT |
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There are certainly many genres of video games out there, from the fast-paced shooters to realistic simulators, but a very special one has and will be for quite some time the strategy genre, where, for a long while, the EA LA, formerly known as Westwood Studios, and Blizzard Entertainment have battled in franchises. ... |
25 August 2009
02:38 GMT |
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The Command & Conquer RTS franchise from EA Los Angeles has been a staple of a classic strategy series for quite some time. Even in the most recent iterations from various franchises like Tiberium Wars or Red Alert 3, the mechanics weren't drastically different than the ones featured in the first titles, which a... |
24 August 2009
02:42 GMT |
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Strategy games are great for PC gamers as the latter have the ability to bind almost any of their keys to actions in the game and use the mouse to basically complete the whole game. But RTS titles have also gained a fair amount of following on the consoles, making developers bring their titles to platforms like the X... |
17 August 2009
15:01 GMT |
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There are certainly a lot of video game genres out there, from the action intensive shooters to the methodical Role Playing Games, but a particularly special one is the Real Time Strategy genre, with hallmarks like StarCraft or Warcraft from Blizzard. However, another big franchise in the realms of strategy titles i... |
14 August 2009
12:31 GMT |
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Strategy games are quite numerous these days, but only some of them go on and achieve critical and fan acclaim. One such franchise is Electronic Arts' Command & Conquer, which has given birth to many separate universes like Red Alert or Generals. But the most iconic one is without a doubt Tiberium, which ... |
24 July 2009
16:31 GMT |
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There are certainly many video game series out there, a lot tackling different styles or genres. But an extremely important one is the Command & Conquer franchise or real time strategy games, developed by EA Los Angeles, former Westwood Studios, and published by Electronic Arts.In this franchise, there are several ot... |
23 June 2009
16:51 GMT |
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Red Alert 3 was one of the most expected titles of last year's holiday season, as fans were eager to see where one of the most beloved series in the Command & Conquer series would take the story. The hype campaign surrounding it was unprecedented, with the team at EA Los Angeles pulling out all the stops to prom... |
27 March 2009
07:00 GMT |
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Electronic Arts (Los Angeles) has announced the release of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 for Macintosh, the third installment in the popular RTS series. The game adds a fresh story, new units, breathtaking cutscenes using real actors, an emphasis on Co-Op and a well-balanced multiplayer experience. Every faction is ... |
24 March 2009
06:46 GMT |
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Red Alert 3 was one of the most anticipated titles of last year, being the latest installment in the critically acclaimed Red Alert segment of the historical Command & Conquer franchise. It brought with it a star-studded cast, the classic live action cutscenes and a completely new story to tell players. Sadly, it di... |
21 March 2009
04:41 GMT |
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In about one day, the players who have been enjoying Red Alert 3 on the PC will have the chance to download and play Uprising, the PC-only digitally distributed mini expansion that Electronic Arts has created.The new content is set to be made up of four different campaigns, one for each side of the original game and ... |
11 March 2009
05:41 GMT |
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Strategy titles are seemingly the dominant ones at the beginning of this year as both THQ's Dawn of War II and Sega's Empire: Total War are already topping the charts, while the PlayStation 3 edition of the previously launched Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, subtitled Ultimate Edition, has been hogging all ... |
11 March 2009
04:03 GMT |
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Strategy games have gained their own identity, particularly when it comes to the iconic franchises that represent the genre. Series like StarCraft, Age of Empires or Command & Conquer have set the benchmark for all other strategy games. Now, as the latest title in the C&C universe, Red Alert 3, is preparing to recei... |
13 February 2009
13:21 GMT |
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In the gaming industry, as far as storytelling goes, there are a lot of trends. In the early days, when cut scenes rendered in real time weren't possible due to graphics limitations, a lot of companies started to employ live action sequences with real persons in order to cut back on costs and deliver a worthwhil... |
28 January 2009
03:33 GMT |
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The strategy genre of games has always been a very crowded one, as a lot of titles claimed to bring the definitive RTS (Real Time Strategy) experience to the players. But among these titles, a few stood out from the crowd, with PC gamers praising the Command & Conquer franchise for its great series, like Tiberium or ... |
9 January 2009
03:16 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has declined to confirm various rumors that the studio it has in Los Angeles is currently working on an expansion for this year's real time strategy title Red Alert 3. French site Jeuxvideo has been reporting that the expansion is called Uprising and that it would be launched in 2009. Meanwhile, ... |
19 December 2008
06:12 GMT |
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Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath, released earlier in the year, has received a new patch, dubbed version 1.2, set to fix many of the issues players have reported, tweaking various game mechanics to provide a more balanced challenge, while using any of the three sides of the game: the GDI, the Nod or the Scrin. ... |
19 December 2008
04:37 GMT |
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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 was hyped up as one of the most complete RTS (Real Time Strategy) experiences of this holiday season, and, for the most part, it delivered, in terms of gameplay and story. It brought back the same tongue-in-cheek approach to strategy games, which the Red Alert series is famous for, and,... |
9 December 2008
03:12 GMT |
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Red Alert is one of the most popular franchises in the whole Command & Conquer universe of strategy games, joining the likes of the Tiberium and Generals series of games. Through its latest title, Red Alert 3, it emphasizes the co-op type of gameplay, a very innovative and pretty well built feature, which hasn't... |
10 November 2008
03:42 GMT |
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You've seen how the Empire of the Fading Sun fights and that the Soviets have quite a few tactical aces up their sleeves. Now we're here to talk about that faction which will probably be the least played in multiplayer matches: the multinational Allies.While the Soviets have gotten beefier as a result of th... |
7 November 2008
22:01 GMT |
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The Chief Executive Officer of Electronic Arts, the much quoted and very active John Riccitiello, has bought stock in the company that he leads, stock which at the date it was acquired was valued at more than 1 million dollars. The exact number of shares bought was 42,500 and the value per share was 24.50 dollars.Ric... |
6 November 2008
17:51 GMT |
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Red Alert 3 has been one of the most anticipated titles this holiday season, promising players the classic tongue-in-cheek approach to strategy that this series of games, part of the Command & Conquer universe, has offered us throughout the years. The single player campaign shines by the means of a pretty intricate s... |
6 November 2008
14:51 GMT |
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The Red Alert 3 single player campaigns are pretty much all you have come to expect from the series: long campy cutscenes with actors that are trying not to wink at the camera, missions which usually present a challenge just because some tactical choices are not accessible and a bit of light storytelling. And there&#... |
5 November 2008
21:01 GMT |
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Red Alert 3 is one of the most expected strategy titles this holiday season largely because it has its own unique, tongue-in-cheek approach to strategy and offers a distinct and very funny story through which the players can progress.Electronic Arts, the developer and publisher of Red Alert 3, has really backed up th... |
5 November 2008
10:01 GMT |
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The use of FMV (Full Motion Video) sequences in games was very popular a few years ago, since it was more profitable for gaming studios to employ actors, more or less known, than to make high resolution models and then pre-render them for the game cutscenes. Some videogames, like the Command & Conquer strategy franch... |
24 October 2008
03:01 GMT |
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One of the most expected RTS or Real Time Strategy titles this holiday season is Red Alert 3. Created by EA Los Angeles, former Westwood studios, the creative team behind the massive Command & Conquer universe, it promises to end the seven-year long period from the last title in the Red Alert series. The franchise ha... |
15 October 2008
20:01 GMT |
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The Tiberium universe is very important to Electronic Arts. After acquiring Westwood Studios, the owner of the classic Command & Conquer franchise, they gained access to the intellectual rights and began exploring new game opportunities. One of them was a squad based shooter that would portray the story of a young c... |
1 October 2008
03:56 GMT |
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Are you the kind of real time strategy fan that spent countless hours ejecting the Russian hordes from Europe in the first Red Alert, while watching the awesome, at the time, full motion cut scenes featuring Stalin and Einstein? Or are you just a new player interested in revisiting one of the classics of gaming?&nbs... |
1 September 2008
09:38 GMT |
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