There's no telling when EA might decide to flip the switch and make it a paid purchase though, so we suggest grabbing it as soon as possible. (Also see: Top 5 Strategy Games You Have to Play ) Nonetheless, you might be able to fare better. In fact, even trying to claim Red Alert 2 free now is throwing up errors, which may be due to the traffic on Origin right now. In our experience, it hasn't been the most reliable piece of software, and our attempts at playing FIFA 16 on PC only served to compound the perception. The downside though is that you'll need to use the Origin client to get it though.

And that's not all, the company is throwing in its expansion pack, Yuri's Revenge as well. Then click play to start (will ask to update, don’t do that).One of the best strategy games of all time, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 is free on Electronic Arts' Origin service right now. So make sure this is turned off, also when playing any other game in Origin. If you don’t do that, the game will freeze at launch. BUT, before you launch you have to do one more thing…Go to your preferences of Origin and turn off “ingame Origin” and “Automatically update the game” (select-box). After downloading the game this one stucks at installing (one of the only annoying bugs), but you can easily fix this by quitting Origin (after a few minutes to be sure), and then login again and then you are able to launch the game without problems. The open Origin and activate the Gamersgate version serial mentioned above. Open the Portingkit and download the “Red alert 2 Origin” file and let the Portingkit install Origin. So thats great news! This means some more Origin games are coming soon as well :D Have fun! The Origin version works for both Red Alert 2 and Yuri Revenge in my tests. This version works out of the box comparing with the “First Decade” version.

Yes! It’s come to pass this version is added to portingkit as well.

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