Back in June, EA announced that the Playstation 3 version of their upcoming title "Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3" was put on indefinite hold. In other words, they had cancelled that version. Later in September, it was still under indefinite hold. However, EA's David Silverman offers up a glimmer of hope for PS3 owners not willing to buy another console or PC for the game.

David announces that Red Alert for Playstation 3 is now back in development, and, he promises, will include extra content not found in the other two versions. He also says they will take advantage of the PS3's 1080p and Blu-Ray abilities, noting that he wants to make the delayed launch of the PS3 version worth waiting for.

He said: "When we announced Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 we announced there was a PS3 version, then we decided to go on the record and say that we've suspended it to make sure that RA3 was able to come out to the level of quality that it must adhere to to be called a C&C game. We've hit that mark, we've shipped the game. And you know what that means? That means there's another version left to be had. So there's definitely people working on a PS3 version and we'll be talking more about that later."

While Silverman wouldn't commit to a release date, he did say that PS3 owners will be "very pleased" if they bide their time.

"If you're a PS3 owner and you don't own a PC and you don't have an Xbox 360 you don't have to write on your Christmas or Hanukkah list that you want to have an Xbox," he said. "You can play Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, bide your time and you'll be very pleased. We're looking at doing some really cool things with the PS3 version. Since it is shipping later we're putting in a lot of cool content and really taking advantage of both the 1080p nature and the high-defness of Blu-Ray and also the fact that it can hold just so much more space."

Unfortunately Silverman wouldn't go into any more detail, saying: "I already gave you too much."

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