I don't envy the team at Rockstar Games that made Red Dead Redemption II. Companies like Valve have rolled over and admitted defeat rather than try to live up to the hype of a previous game like that associated with the first Red Dead Redemption game. Rockstar forged ahead, though, and brought us a game that defies expectation and does its own thing. Even now, Red Dead Redemption looks...
After about a week of testing, Rockstar on Thursday announced key changes coming to Red Dead Online, including tweaks to the game's economy. The changes are designed to make an experience that's "more balanced, fun and rewarding overall," Rockstar said. First and foremost, Rockstar is increasing the cash and gold payments players receive from completing missions, events, and showdown...
Rockstar Games announced Monday morning that the connected component of Red Dead Redemption II is going into beta tomorrow, November 27, with a tiered rollout. Hang on, because this is getting complicated. If you own Red Dead Redemption II's ultimate version, you get day-one access to the Red Dead Online beta, right on November 27. If you played the game on the first day of release,...
With a game like Red Dead Redemption 2, it's hard to know where to start. The game is huge in a way few others are. It's a Rockstar game. It's a sequel to a beloved game 8 years in the making. It reaches levels of detail almost intimidating to ride through, let alone try to boil down into a few pithy lines. But we're going to try. Red Dead Redemption 2 is one of the biggest, deepest,...
Take-Two Interactive announced its latest installment in the Red Dead franchise got off to a tremendous start. Red Dead Redemption 2 was released less than two weeks ago, and Rockstar Games already shipped more than 17 million copies in the time since. It doesn’t mean that the same number of copies were sold, but there’s no doubt retailers are putting in significant orders to keep up...
Trends in game design come and go, but one trend that's been sticking around for the last five years or so goes like this: Give a character a bow and arrow, make them hunt, and give them a list of things to craft from all the animal parts they collect. It's often fun, but very few of the games that allow this make it feel like a meaningful part of the world. Red Dead Redemption 2's in-...
Red Dead Redemption 2 is huge. It's sprawling. It's epic. And our pre-release code, provided by Rockstar, rolled in late Tuesday afternoon. Instead of trying to pack an entire game into two days before dying of exhaustion, we thought about our approach to the game. We want to take it slow and break it down. So we're starting with a look at our first 12 hours of gameplay in the world of ...
Red Dead Redemption 2 is less than a month away. It’s even closer than Halloween and I’m not sure which I’m excited about more. No, that’s a lie – I’m way more excited about Red Dead. As per Rockstar Games’ usual, we’re now firmly into “gameplay trailer” territory, where Rockstar introduces major gameplay concepts one by one. The first gameplay trailer taught us the basics about keeping...
Since the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 hit shelves, I moved more and more toward digital games. My physical shelves grew quickly at first, but that has given way to an almost entirely digital library of games. With Red Dead Redemption 2, though, I’m rethinking my strategy. This game is gargantuan. Rockstar fansite Rockstar Intel got up close with the Red Dead Redemption 2 PS4 Pro bundle...
Rockstar has given us a great look at the world of Red Dead Redemption 2, including the varied locations players will explore. In addition to encountering NPCs along the way, players will also encounter around 200 species of wildlife, again highlighting just how detailed the world of Red Dead Redemption 2 will be. When players take control of Arthur Morgan, the game’s main protagonist...