Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is a <a href="/facts/Real-time_strategy/0xmCAUgz">real-time strategy</a> video game developed by <a href="/facts/EA_Los_Angeles/DlrcLVn7">EA Los Angeles</a> and published by <a href="/facts/Electronic_Arts/fy7Ppdem">Electronic Arts</a>. It was released in October 2008 in the United States and Europe for <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a>. An <a href="/facts/Xbox_360/dYlE3mL5">Xbox 360</a> version was released on November 11. In addition, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Ultimate Edition, the <a href="/facts/PlayStation_3/obhuo97V">PlayStation 3</a> version which contains additional material was released on March 23, 2009, along with the <a href="/facts/OS_X/Y93vVpTm">OS X</a> version by <a href="/facts/TransGaming_Technologies/MNq7zaEM">TransGaming</a>. The game is a continuation of the <a href="/facts/Command_%26_Conquer:_Red_Alert_series/ry47tr7H">Red Alert</a> games within the <a href="/facts/Command_%26_Conquer/uNChNEcR">Command & Conquer</a> series. <a href="/facts/Command_%26_Conquer:_Red_Alert_3_%E2%80%93_Uprising/KmorYThm">Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Uprising</a>, a <a href="/facts/Stand-alone_expansion_pack/tSsahykr">stand-alone</a> expansion pack, was released for Microsoft Windows in March 2009. It was offered via <a href="/facts/Online_distribution/9gbe83sK">digital distribution</a>.
Like the previous entries in the Red Alert series, the game is set in an alternate reality from <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>, in which the Western Allies fight the <a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto">Soviet Union</a>. In Red Alert 3 the Soviet leadership, facing defeat, goes back in time to kill <a href="/facts/Albert_Einstein/CNTet8qu">Albert Einstein</a> and prevent his assistance to the allies, paving the way for Soviet domination in the present. However, as an unintended consequence, a third world power, the <a href="/facts/Empire_of_Japan/gMpNKg2W">Empire of the Rising Sun</a>, is created and all three sides go to war. The three factions are playable, with the gameplay involving constructing building and factories, gathering resources and training armies to defeat other players. Each faction has a fully co-operative campaign, playable with either an <a href="/facts/Artificial_intelligence/lJGauQwX">artificial intelligence</a> partner or with another player online. The game intersperses strategy missions with full motion video footage featuring an <a href="/facts/Ensemble_cast/2cJreBu1">ensemble cast</a> starring <a href="/facts/J._K._Simmons/z8jflKLo">J. K. Simmons</a>, <a href="/facts/Tim_Curry/CGpLHnVo">Tim Curry</a> and <a href="/facts/George_Takei/rGVzlDwh">George Takei</a> as the leaders of the three factions.
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 <a href="/facts/Pathfinding/x9Ho1cvp">pathfinding</a> and an unstable <a href="/facts/Netcode/QMBQtPc1">netcode</a>.

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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3