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Emperor Yoshiro (George Takei) leads the Empire of the Rising Sun In Red Alert 3. This faction uses wildly advanced technology like giant transforming to exert their power and reach for global domination. The sun will rise over this global conflict next week, when Red Alert 3 releases.

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This trailer for Red Alert 3 provides a short look at the Empire of the Rising Sun campaign.

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Gamespot is exclusively (for now) hosting the latest Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 trailer. The trailer introduces the new third faction -- the Empire of the Rising Sun, aka Japan. It features C&C's staple bad voice acting, lots of units, general mayhem, and the classic Hell March song that fans of the series will recognize.

It looks like the Empire of the Rising Sun mostly uses Anime-esque Mecha units -- Transformers-like battle robots. Also featured are airplanes that can dive underwater and attack naval vessels from below. We knew Red Alert 3 would have a lot of amphibious units, but it didn't occur to us that it might also feature air/water units. Makes sense, we suppose!

Anyway, check it out if you're a fan. And we figure you are, if you're reading this. C&C is not a franchise that gets pitched to a lot of new recruits. It's mostly about the oldschool, yo.

[Via Joystiq]

Electronic Arts has released a 15 minute gameplay walkthrough video of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3. It displays a (very staged) conflict from the perspective of a Soviet commander. RA3 executive producer Chris Corry provides commentary.

Most of the video depicts a conflict between the Soviets and the Allies in land, air, and sea. There's a brief glimpse of the new third faction -- the Empire of the Rising Sun -- in the final moments. Corry's presentation emphasizes the new design philosophy in RA3: a focus on "force composition rather than sheer numbers." It looks like the rock, paper, scissors concept of combat is taken to a new extreme.

Several new units are featured, and the resource management and navy aspects are discussed. There's even a super weapon detonation. Check it out.

[Via Rock, Paper, Shotgun]