'Red Dead Redemption 2' online game set to launch beta on Tuesday 27 November 2018, by Mike Snider, Usa Today Rockstar Games is bringing more fun to its Wild which took in $1 billion in its first three days when it West game "Red Dead Redemption 2." launched on Sept. 17, 2013. The game developer will begin letting players into An online expansion could mean "Red Dead its "Red Dead Online" multiplayer expansion of the Redemption 2" will trot into the future for years to game beginning Tuesday. come. Rockstar continues to provide new experiences to its "Grand Theft Auto Online," an This beta version of the online game, which will be online multiplayer expansion of "GTA V" now going free for anyone who owns "Red Dead Redemption on 5 years old. 2" for PlayStation 4 or Xbox One, will let players create their own player and explore the enormous Among the experiences Rockstar promises in "Red world of the game alone or with others. Dead Online," according to its online post: "Explore the world solo or with friends. Form or join a Posse "With the gameplay of 'Red Dead Redemption 2' to ride with up to seven players; gather around the as its foundation, 'Red Dead Online' transforms the fire at your Camp; head out hunting or fishing; visit vast and deeply detailed landscapes, cities, towns bustling towns; battle enemy gangs and attack their and habitats of 'Red Dead Redemption 2' into a hideouts; hunt for treasure; take on missions and new, living online world ready to be shared by interact with familiar characters from across the five multiple players," the developer said in an online states; or fight against other outlaws in both post Monday. "Create and customize your spontaneous skirmishes and pitched set-piece character, tailor your abilities to suit your play style battles; compete with other players or whole and head out into a new frontier full of things to Posses in open world challenges and much more." experience." (c)2018 USA Today The first players who will gain access to the "Red Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Dead Online" beta on Tuesday are those who bought the "Red Dead Redemption 2: Ultimate Edition" using a code included in the packaging. Then on Wednesday, all players who played "Red Dead Redemption 2" on Oct. 26 gain access. The next day, access is granted to all who played the game between Oct. 26-29. On Friday, anyone who owns the game is scheduled to get in. Players will see an option to select "Online" from the title menu when they boot up the game. "Red Dead Redemption 2" has been an unqualified hit for Rockstar Games, which is perhaps best known for its "Grand Theft Auto" series. "Red Dead" raked in $725 million in sales worldwide in its first three days, a tally second only to Rockstar's "Grand Theft Auto V," the biggest seller of all time, 1 / 2 APA citation: 'Red Dead Redemption 2' online game set to launch beta on Tuesday (2018, November 27) retrieved 29 September 2021 from https://phys.org/news/2018-11-red-dead-redemption-online- game.html This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only. 2 / 2 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org).