Rockstar, one of the most successful
game developers ever. Most of Rockstar’s games are huge hits, they’re mostly
known for their Grand Theft Auto (GTA) franchise. Grand Theft Auto V is the
current installment in the series. And alone has sold over 65 million copies in
counting worldwide. Making GTA V the 4th most game sold ever. They
had success with other games like, L.A Noire, Max Payne, and Red Dead Redemption.
Yesterday Rockstar release an image on their social media pages teasing what
could be a new Red Dead game. This morning they released another image with
seven cowboys walking away from the sunset.
First image (Oct.16)
Second Image (Oct.17)
Red Dead rumors has been
floating around the past few months. In April a map that looks to be an extension
of the Red Dead Redemption map was leaked. After a long look at the map gamers
found out that the map is from Red Dead Redemption but from the past. Following
that news players quickly put the pieces together and knew that the next Red
Dead game will be a prequel.
Before the leaked images
yesterday the only thing we had known about Red Dead was the map.
Around the
time of the PlayStation event there were whispers about Rockstar announcing the
next Red Dead on Sony’s stage. We obviously didn’t get that. It was a good move
on Rockstar’s part, in my opinion. They don’t need or have to share the stage.
They’re a big enough studio to make their own release event or just teasing it,
like now. Either way anyone that is a Rockstar fan will want to follow their
social media pages.
I have haven't had a chance to play Red Dead Redemption or Revolver. I always wanted to give it a try, but there were many great games at
the time to play. In which I only spent time with one game, Final Fantasy XIV
Online. That was the only game I played for about a year and a half.
Earlier
this year Red Dead Redemption got support for Xbox backwards-compatibilities. That
was the time to play right? One problem, I don’t have an Xbox One. I’m a
PlayStation fellow. There will be a time where I dust off my PS3 or borrow someone’s
Xbox to play as the badass John Marston.
I want to see how Rockstar
handles the lead up to the announcement. The leak images are a great way to
give players a taste before they can eat (eating being the full product). The success
of GTA V creates a higher bar for Red Dead to reach. With the leaked map and
now the images directly from Rockstar, it seems Rockstar is ready and getting
things setup. I know I’m ready. last time, I missed all the hype around the first
release. Next time around I going all in.
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