Red Dead Redemption

- Playstation 3

ON OTHER PLATFORMS: Xbox360, Playstation 3

Most of the game's story takes place in the year 1911, during the decline of the American Old West. The game follows John Marston, a former outlaw, while he sets out to hunt down his former gang members. Marston's wife and son are taken hostage by the government in exchange for his services as a bounty hunter. Having no other choice, he sets out to bring his three former gang members to justice.


GAME INFO publisher: Rockstar Games developer: Rockstar Games genre: Action MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS n/a	ESRB rating: M homepage: www.rockstargames.com/reddeadredemption release date: May 18, 10 (released)	Tweet

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ACTIONTRIP'S REVIEW Rockstar San Diego's Red Dead Revolver was a fine shooter (though I remember it vaguely). It's not necessarily one of those games that could make you desperate for a sequel. While Rockstar San Diego is certainly known for making decent games in the past, they still carry the responsibility of living up to the work of fellow developer Rockstar North (they made that little thing called GTA)...

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	'Undead Nightmare' Trailer 0:56		'Liars and Cheats' Trailer 2:19
	Outlaws To The End' Trailer 2:12		Short Film Trailer 1:04

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Red Dead Redemption News

»	Aug 09, 2011 Red Dead Redemption Ships 11M, LA Noire 4M Take-Two Interactive Software released the sales figures for their two major titles -- Red Dead Redemption and L.A. Noire -- as part of the quarterly financial results. » MORE

Jun 29, 2011

L.A. Noire Developer Work Policies Questioned
The news arrived yesterday, so sorry I missed it. It's a riveting read nonetheless. LA Noire developer Team Bondi is under investigation by The International Game Developers Association after IGN published an article describing some of the appalling working conditions at the studio.

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»	Jun 25, 2011 Evenin '11 It's a positively beautiful day! The kind of day, you'd kill for. Perfect weather, not too hot, not too cold. You might say it's one of the prettiest days of the year. » MORE

»	Jun 16, 2011 Call of Juarez: The Cartel Co-op Trailer Ah, the new Call of Juarez game. The previous one -- Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood -- was an entertaining western-themed shooter, with cool characters, great atmosphere and solid gameplay. » MORE

»	May 31, 2011 GTA V Most Wanted Game The results of our recent voting poll are just in and, apparently, a big number of people would like to see Rockstar bring a new Grand Theft Auto game to life. » MORE

»	May 10, 2011 Mornin '11 Man, so many things to do in The Witcher, don't even know where to begin. In addition to the awesome gameplay mechanics, filled to the brim with delightful RPG facets, it also has some beautifully crafted environments, a lot of characters and a huge number of quests. » MORE

»	May 06, 2011 L.A. Noire on 3 Discs on Xbox 360 Rockstar isn't known for making small games, and generally offers almost too much content. Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto IV have consumed months of my life, and L. » MORE

Apr 29, 2011

The Game You Want in 2011
Here's an exceptionally tricky voting poll for you guys. I'm sure that most of you won't hesitate one minute before voting, because there's a particular answer on offer that I'm sure you'll click on instantly (without so much as glancing at anything else).

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»	Apr 18, 2011 UK Gamers Can't Get Enough of Zumba Fitness Zumba Fitness continues to be the top-selling title across the United Kingdom. Here's the top 20 UK chart for the week ending April 16: 1. Zumba Fitness (505 Games) 2. » MORE

Feb 24, 2011

L.A. Noire to have Exclusive Content for Specific Retailers
Rockstar announced today that L.A. Noire will be receiving exclusive content depending upon whom you purchase the game from. Some will get exclusive cases (a series of missions, you'll be playing a detective which I hope you figured out from the title), others will get exclusive outfits, in more ways than one.

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»	Jan 14, 2011 Games Industry Hits Another Sales Slump LA Times reports that for the second year in a row U.S. video game sales marked a decline, down 5.7% to $18.6 billion in 2010 from $19.7 billion in 2009 and $21. » MORE

»	Jan 10, 2011 Black Ops UK Best-Seller in 2010 Even though Call of Duty: Black Ops isn't on the current weekly sales charts in the UK, it appears the game has emerged triumphant as the best-selling during the year 2010. » MORE

»	Dec 22, 2010 Red Dead Redemption's 'Far Away' Video When I first heard the song 'Far Away' in Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption I was riding along with Mr. Martson through a narrow gorge and enjoying the captivating scenery around me. » MORE

»	Dec 17, 2010 Red Dead Redemption Ships 8M, Take-Two Marks Fiscal-year Profit Well, I'll bet Take-Two is once again thanking the high heavens that it has Rockstar's games under its publishing arms. This year, of course, the publisher's fiscal year for 2010 has seen a $42. » MORE

»	Dec 11, 2010 Spike Video Game Awards Re-Cap The 2010 Spike Video Game Awards were last night, and while there were a lot of awards given, most were just presented in a list format quickly before a commercial break. » MORE

Dec 02, 2010

Take-Two Eschews Annual Franchise Releases
Take-Two isn't going to attempt to release a new Grand Theft Auto or Red Dead Redemption every year. In a recent interview with Take-Two Chairman Strauss Zelnick, it was revealed that Take-Two views games released annually as a bad thing, because such titles typically cause the franchise to degrade and burn out gamers.

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»	Oct 25, 2010 Fallout: New Vegas Tops UK Chart Just thought you might want to have a look at the usual weekly UK best sellers. Obsidian's Fallout: New Vegas topped Medal of Honor. Check it out (it's the chart for the week ending October 23rd): 1. » MORE

»	Oct 14, 2010 Red Dead Redemption Sells Well in Japan This just in. Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption has entered the Japanese weekly software sales chart. Check it out: Japanese chart (week ended October 10): 1. » MORE

»	Sep 20, 2010 Halo: Reach Beats Every Other Game in the UK As expected, in United Kingdom Halo: Reach blows every other title out of the water when it comes to sales. Games that were in the top of the UK weekly chart are now pushed down by Bungie's recently launched shooter. » MORE

»	Sep 16, 2010 Red Dead Redemption 'Liars and Cheats' Trailer Rockstar releases a trailer for the new DLC, Red Dead Redemption 'Liars and Cheats' (slated for release on September 21 via PSN and Xbox Live): » MORE

»	Sep 14, 2010 Read Dead Redemption 'Liars & Cheats' Shots Next week (on Sept. 21) Rockstar plans to release another round of DLC for Red Dead Redemption. 'Liars & Cheats' will be available via PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. » MORE

»	Sep 13, 2010 Mafia 2 Once Again Best in UK Mafia 2 manages to hold its spot as top-seller in the United Kingdom much the same as it has done in the two weeks before. Here's the UK all formats chart for last week: 1. » MORE

»	Sep 07, 2010 Mafia 2 Still Top Seller in UK Same as last week, 2K Games' Mafia 2 holds on the top of the United Kingdom video game sales chart. Check it out: 1. Mafia II (Take-Two) 2. » MORE

Sep 06, 2010

Red Dead Redemption 2 Sighted Already?
MCV has an unofficial scoop that Rockstar is already working on a the sequel to its successful Western themed shooter, Red Dead Redemption. "One employee of a services provider currently working on some early technical work for the game casually referred to it as Red Dead Revolution," reads the report.

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»	Aug 31, 2010 Mafia 2 Tops UK Charts During its first week on sale, Mafia 2 managed to climb atop UK's game sales charts, overthrowing top-selling titles such as Red Dead Redemption and Toy Story 3 (which was top dog on the UK market. » MORE

»	Aug 27, 2010 Brad Pitt May Star in Red Dead Redemption Movie? The current rumor mill has churned out a rather interesting bit of info. Apparently there's a Hollywood Red Dead Redemption movie planned. Not only that. » MORE

»	Aug 23, 2010 Kane & Lynch 2 UK Best-Seller Kane & Lynch 2 topped the UK weekly all-format chart. Check it out: 1. Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days (Square Enix) 2. Toy Story 3 (Disney) 3. » MORE

»	Aug 16, 2010 UK Gamers Really Like Toy Story 3 Gamers in the United Kingdom seem to have been taken by Toy Story 3. Here's the UK all-formats chart for last week: 1. Toy Story 3 (Disney Interactive) 2. » MORE

Aug 13, 2010

Xbox 360 Tops July Hardware Sales
NPD released both software and hardware console sales for July 2010. The thing is, although Blizzard's StarCraft 2 sold 721K units during the month, making a major contribution to the 103% growth of PC sales, the real-time strategy is not shown in the charts below (these are console sales).

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»	Aug 09, 2010 Toy Story 3 Overtakes StarCraft 2 in UK If you may recall, Blizzard's strategy StarCraft 2 had a rather successful launch, selling over 1.5 million copies worldwide. The game also topped UK charts during the first week on sale. » MORE

»	Aug 06, 2010 Red Dead Redemption 'Legends And Killers' Trailer Rockstar is preparing a new dose of DLC for Red Dead Redemption, entitled Legends And Killers, which features 8 characters from Red Dead Revolver, 9 new multiplayer maps and a dandy new weapon - the tomahawk. » MORE

»	Aug 02, 2010 StarCraft II Tops UK Chart Yes, the was pretty much expected. Blizzard Entertainment's RTS, StarCraft II: Wings Of Liberty has already conquered weekly sales in the United Kingdom: 1. » MORE

»	Jul 26, 2010 Toy Story 3 UK Best-Seller Disney's Toy Story 3 conquered last week's UK all formats sales chart. Check it out: 1. Toy Story 3 (Disney) 2. Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar) 3. » MORE

»	Jul 19, 2010 Crackdown 2 Tops UK Charts Well, it would appear that Red Dead Redemption is no longer the top-seller in the UK. First spot on the weekly UK sales charts is currently held by Microsoft's Crackdown 2, which is followed by Ubisoft's Dance on Broadway (oh boy. » MORE

»	Jul 16, 2010 RDR Conquers Sales Again, 360 Overtakes Wii Just so you know, Red Dead Redemption sold 582,900 units on Xbox 360 and 380,300 units on PlayStation 3, bringing the game's total U.S. sales to date up to nearly 2. » MORE

Jul 06, 2010

Alan Wake Sells A Meager 145,000
That's really disappointing. In fact, those are some of the poorest sales figures of a high-profile game I've seen in a long time. Take-Two Interactive CEO Ben Feder recently mentioned that Red Dead Redemption "sucked the oxygen out of the room" at retail upon the game's release.

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»	Jun 23, 2010 Rockstar Resolves Red Dead Redemption DLC Issues It appears that players have been complaining about certain bugs that were noted after the newly dished out DLC (Outlaws to the End) for Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption. » MORE

Jun 11, 2010

Red Dead Redemption PC? Sorry, Not Yet Guys
Rockstar's has been talking a bit about the possibility of a PC edition of the top-selling console action adventure, Red Dead Redemption. The acknowledged developer and publisher clarifies that there are no plans for a PC version of Red Dead Redemption, for the time being anyway.

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»	Jun 09, 2010 Red Dead Redemption Sells Over 5M Rockstar's highly praised action adventure Red Dead Redemption sold over five million units since the game launched on May 18, reveals publisher Take-Two Interactive. » MORE

»	Jun 07, 2010 Red Dead Redemption Continues to Top UK Charts Same as last week, Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption tops UK sales. Here are the current top 10 sellers in the UK (data provided by GfK Chart-Track): 1. » MORE

»	Jun 01, 2010 UK's Weekly Game Sales Here's what Brit gamers prefer playing lately. The charts below show sales for the week ending May 29, 2010. PC Only 1. Football Manager 2010 2. » MORE

»	May 27, 2010 Red Dead Redemption Short Film Trailer This Saturday -- at midnight (ET) -- Fox is going to air a 30-minute short film based on Red Dead Redemption. The short was created using in-game assets and was directed by John Hillcoat (The Road). » MORE

»	May 24, 2010 Mornin '10 Well?? Are you playing Red Dead Redemption or what? » MORE

»	May 22, 2010 Mornin '10 If I had the time, I'd seriously play Red Dead Redemption again. When writing the review, I had only a few missions left to complete the entire narrative. » MORE

May 21, 2010

Red Dead Redemption
With this game, Rockstar stretches the familiar GTA formula across the plains, prairies and valleys of America and Mexico, offering a solid number of missions and a lengthy single-player campaign, complete with a heavy and very engaging chunk of multiplayer action.

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»	May 18, 2010 Mornin '10 Haven't slept, people... Oh I've been up to all the usual stuff, ya know, things like hunting and skinning rabbits, wolves and coyotes, and bigger game such as bears. » MORE

»	May 15, 2010 Mornin '10 Oh hell's tits! It's the weekend and Red Dead Redemption is still no where is sight. Man, I can hardly wait for that one. Haven't been this excited about a game since. » MORE

»	May 08, 2010 Mornin '10 Holy crap, it's gonna be a nice month for us gamers. Alan Wake, Lost Planet 2, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands and Iron Man 2... Hm, something's wrong with what I just wrote. » MORE

»	May 07, 2010 Red Dead Redemption 'Revolution' Trailer And here we are, yet another trailer for Rockstar's soon-to-be-released open-world action adventure, Red Dead Redemption. Check it out: » MORE

»	Apr 28, 2010 Mornin '10 Traveling through time... Pure fiction, to be sure. And yet most people would give anything for an opportunity to head back through time itself and possibly undo something they regret doing. » MORE

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