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Looks like Direct2Drive is keeping things interesting this weekend. The PC game download site continues their 24 Days of Christmas promotion with a special bundle of EA's Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 combined with the stand alone expansion Red Alert 3 Uprising. From now until 1 pm Eastern Time Saturday you can get the bundle for just $19.95. That's a whopping $30 off the bundle's normal price.

But that's not all. Direct2Drive has a couple of older games on sale as well, including Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines for just $9.95 for one day only and the RTS title Empire Earth III for a mere $4.95.

This patch updates Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 to v1.11 and includes a long list of balance changes and bug fixes. Most notably, it installs two multiplayer maps taken from from the stand-alone expansion, Red Alert 3: Uprising. The patch also includes all changes in previous updates. Continue reading after the jump for patch notes. The Red Alert 3 demo can be downloaded here.

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Actor Malcolm McDowell is no stranger to being in live-action video game movie sequences. Fans of the Wing Commander series may remember him playing the role of Admiral Tolwyn. A lot has changed since the 90's, the least of which being the huge leap to HD video technology, which is clearly demonstrated in this video. Now McDowell returns to video games in Red Alert 3 - Uprising as Rupert Thornley, president of the European Union. Uprising is a available now exclusively through digital retail. You can play to see if you agree with Mr. McDowell about how it's "the envy of all other RTS games." Or you could just read the review.

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Tensions between Ric Flair, the Nature Boy, and the Soviet War Bear have been building up for a long while now. On Monday, the two finally face-off against each other in the ring in a Red Alert 3 Uprising wrestling match. The scene starts to lose a little something when the bear costume comes apart a little in setting up the leg lock, but it's still fun to watch if you enjoy watching costumed mascots get the stuffing beat out of them - so to speak. Players can take on Ric Flair's character, Commander Hill, in Uprising's Commander's Challenge mode. Check out the promo video leading up to this event shown after the jump.

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Few things get commanders ready for action than actress/model Gemma Atkinson saying, "Gentlemen, mount up!" Allied, Soviet and Japanese forces clash again in the Red Alert 3 - Uprising expansion that released yesterday. This trailer gives a quick rundown of the noteworthy actors that appear along with all-new content that include a mini-campaign and a mode called the Commander's Challenge. The expansion is available now exclusively as a digital download through outlets such as the EA Store, Direct2Drive, and Gamersgate. Whooo!

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A little earlier than expected, Electronic Arts has now released Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 Uprising via its EA Store for download and purchase. The $19.95 title is only available (for now anyway) as a downloadable stand alone expansion pack to the 2008 alternate history RTS game. You can also download the game via Direct2Drive and on Gamestop's download site.

Just a reminder: The game features four small single player campaigns. Three of them have normal RTS missions (one for each of the game's factions) while the fourth is a unique mix of RTS and action-RPG featuring you playing the super-powered Yuriko Omega character. The game also features 50 Commander's Challenge missions, each with different objectives. Of course a C&C game wouldn't be complete without goofy live action cut-scenes and Uprising has them as well with "actors" like Ric Flair to entertain you.

This developer narrated video for Red Alert 3 - Uprising focuses on the Empire of the Rising Sun, its new story (continued from the aftermath of the main game) and some of the new units. The video also gives viewers a more in-depth preview of the mini campaign centered on the character Yuriko. The stand alone expansion is scheduled to release exclusively through digital download on March 12.

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We've seen former pro-wrestler Ric Flair get hit by the Soviet War Bear during a Red Alert 3 - Uprising interview, and the bear blocked him from getting with a pretty girl. In the Command & Conquer tradition, the battle rages on as the bear parachutes in for yet another surprise attack. Ric Flair plays Command Hill in the upcoming expansion and will put players through rigorous missions in the Commander's Challenge game mode.

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Much like they did with the launch of Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3, Electronic Arts has flooded YouTube with a ton of brief videos. They show some of the live action cut-scene actors from the upcoming downloadable game Red Alert 3 Uprising. All of the videos have a Valentine's Day theme.

While the actresses in the videos are playing their parts, the videos with Ric Flair have the legendary pro wrestler playing himself, or at least his wrestling persona, and not his Uprising character of Commander Hill. In any case you can surf YouTube and find a ton of these mini-movies for your pleasure..if you know what we mean and we think you do.

This trailer for Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising highlights the Commander's Challenge mode, where players go through a series of battles to unlock special units, abilities and weapons to ultimately conquer the world. The Uprising expansion is scheduled to release this spring through direct download.

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