EA Turns DRM Into A Guessing Mini-Game
by Chelsea Thompson on November 3, 2008
DRM is still one of the biggest topics this year. Some people hate it, some people don’t care, and a few people are sympathetic to the fight against piracy.
Well, it seems like EA decided to make DRM unbelievably obnoxious fun by making the game’s registration a cute little number puzzle. And by “cute little number puzzle,” I mean a bunch of copies of Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 were shipped out with only 19 characters in what is supposed to be a 20-digit serial number. EA’s first word of advice? Why, just try guessing the last number of course! Read more…
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PC Review: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3
by Teh Mera on November 3, 2008
Say you are sitting in your house one night and a group of parachuting bears with Soviet helmets crash through your door. Without proper skill, you can easily find yourself in this situation while playing Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3.
The game begins with the downfall of the Soviet Union during their last ditch effort to become victorious. They resort to a desperate weapon, a highly experimental time machine that they use to go into the past and alter the present. When they return, they find themselves in a battle with not only the allies, but with the Empire of the Rising Sun. With all three nations on the verge of killing each other, the final battle is just beyond the horizon. Read more…
EA Forcing Good Behavior: Get Banned on their Forum and You’re Banned from their Games
by Chad Lakkis on October 29, 2008
A recent post by an EA Community Staff member on the company’s Command and Conquer message board outlines changes to their policy, stating their intent to link a gamer’s forum account to their EA gaming account. Why does this matter? Because EA is planning on banning those who get banned on their forum from their games as well. Read more…
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Beta Keys For All!
by Roly Reyes on August 22, 2008
People, please! What is all the fighting about? There’s plenty of keys to go around! And by plenty of keys, I mean there’s only one. Okay, commence fighting.
This just in: In some epiphany of clarity (and insanity, surely) EA/FilePlanet have decided that they’d like more people in on the Red Alert 3 beta. If you’re a long-time fan of Command and Conquer or just someone who has a minute interest in real-time strategy games, go for it — you have nothing to lose. But hurry! It looks like it’s on a first come, first serve basis. All you have to do is click here and sign up for a free FilePlanet account and you’ll have your key (maybe). The only downside is that you have to wait in the atrocious download queue… and that supplies are limited and possibly already gone. Good luck!
