Alert! C&C Red Alert 3 demo now on XBLM

by Dustin Burg { Nov 28th 2008 at 11:30AM }

Available for download off the Xbox Live Marketplace is a fresh and alert Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 demo. The 1.5GB demo download can be grabbed in all Xbox Live regions and (from what we gather from the demo description) features single and Live multiplayer play. Also according to the Red Alert 3 demo description, the game comes complete with "War Bears" and "psychedelic Japanese schoolgirls" ... no, really. That's what it says.

[Via Major Nelson]

Tags: cc3, command-and-conquer-3, command-and-conquer-red-alert-3, ea, red-alert, red-alert-3

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Tony Bowman @ Nov 28th 2008 11:45AM

Downloading now!

Also, the Far Cry 2 Fortunes pack is now available for 800 points as well. 43 MB.

Sent a tip in, but figured that might not get posted right away.

soundcircus @ Nov 28th 2008 12:00PM

This is exciting news... i'm more excited about this than i am about the new 'xbox experience' downloading soon as!!!!!!!!!

jp rational @ Nov 28th 2008 1:29PM

Beware, EA's last 2 RTS games suffered big from their lack of server bandwidth---imaging buying this game and then going online to play only to have the servers working some of the time.

To add insult to injury, EA never acknowledged the problems or lifted a finger to fix them. Go to the xbox.com forums for the game Kane's Wrath (EA's most recent RTS) to see the posts regarding this.

I'm a huge RTS fan, but I won't be playing this game for those reasons.

Clark Parker @ Nov 28th 2008 12:52PM

Sweet. this gave me the chance to test out the spiffy new xbox.com download option.

I used to call my wife and ask her to DL any new demos I'd hear about so I could play them when I got home and she'd always balk at having to search around for exactly what I was looking for... Now I just queued it up, called her and told her to just turn the box on, wait a tick and turn it off again... My demo is happily downloading in the background.

Got to love the NXE.

spyker @ Nov 28th 2008 1:17PM

Really? Hmm... I need to try this.

Clark Parker @ Nov 28th 2008 1:42PM

Yeah. I'm impressed. Even my wife is happy. Calling it painless.

Don't get me wrong, she is a real peach about this sort of thing but this is just way easier for both of us. I always hear about the new demos and such while on the internet anyway and I'm only ever really on the internet while at work, so this works out great for all involved. Plus, my daughter has dance class tonight, so when I get home, there will be nobody around and I can just jump right into the game, without DLing it myself and wasting however long that monster sized demo would have taken.

I already said this but damn... I am really digging this NXE.