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If you bought a copy of Command and Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath you have a key to the upcoming beta test of C&C: Red Alert 3. The beta is set to begin soon but publisher Electronic Arts has already released the system requirements for running the beta test.

Chances are if you bought Kane's Wrath and had no problems you shouldn't have issues with the beta test of Red Alert 3 but if you do here are the stats you will need:

• OS – Windows XP / Vista (32-Bit)
• Processor – XP: 2.0 GHz (Intel Pentium 4; AMD Athlon 2000+; Multiple Cores) / Vista: 2.2 GHz (Intel Pentium 4/AMD Athlon 2200+/Multiple Cores)
• Memory – XP/Vista: 1 GB
• Hard Drive – Media: 6.0 GB / EA Link: 12.0 GB
• DVD Drive - 8 SPEED
• Video Card – NVIDIA GeForce 6800, ATI Radeon X1800 or higher end DirectX 9.0c compatible gfx card
• Sound Card - DirectX 9.0c compatible (Creative Sound Blaster Audigy cards require a Intel P4 2.6 GHz or similar under Vista, Yamaha Xwave-512 not supported)
• Online Multiplayer – 512 Kbps or faster; 2-8 Players
• Input - Keyboard, Mouse
• Optional – VoIP Headset

After patiently waiting, gamers have finally been treated to the promised patch for the Command & Conquer 3 expansion, Kane's Wrath. Fixing numerous bugs and adjusting game balance, the 64MB patch is now available for download from Big Download. Earlier reports suggested the patch had been pushed to later in the week when it was delayed on July 3. The patch release comes days after EALA lead, Mike Verdu, promised the developer would create a live response team to fix issues with their titles so long waits, like the one for this patch, would be a thing of the past. Hopefully EALA is firm on their word so we can continue to fight the good fight against Kane. Look at him up there, all smug. He's so going down.

Download the Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath 1.01 patch now!

Fans of Command and Conquer 3 have been awaited a long promised patch for the Electronic Arts RTS expansion pack Kane's Wrath. The patch was previously promised for last Thursday but it looks like that patch has been pushed back to sometime next week. This decision has apparently upset fans of the game series in so Mike Verdu, the head of EA's Los Angeles branch, has written a personal and lengthy note on the game's official web site.

Verdu states that the lack of a patch for a game to fix a number of balance and desynch issues "has been a low point in our product support for the last few years, and I take full responsibility." Indeed, Verdu admits that post release support of their RTS games (for the C&C series as well as Battle for Middle Earth) has not been as good they should be in the last few years. However he did state that EALA will now establish a live team who will be tasked with supporting C&C products after their release. Verdu says, "Over the next year, more and more support activities will be carried out by the live team instead of by the teams that actually build the games. Red Alert 3 will start out supported by its development team and will transition to live team support a few months after release." Verdu hopes this move will over time result in better and quicker patches for their future RTS products.