Rockstar Games® is proud to announce that the critically
acclaimed Red Dead Redemption 2 has achieved the
single-biggest opening weekend in the history of entertainment*.
With over $725 million in worldwide retail sell-through during its
first three days, Red Dead Redemption 2 is the
second-highest grossing entertainment launch of all time next to
Rockstar Games’ previously released title, Grand Theft Auto
V, which achieved over $1 billion in retail sell-through in
three days.*
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Rockstar Games® is proud to announce that
the critically acclaimed Red Dead Redemption 2 has achieved the
single-biggest opening weekend in the history of entertainment*.
With over $725 million in worldwide retail sell-through during its
first three days, Red Dead Redemption 2 is the second-highest
grossing entertainment launch of all time next to Rockstar Games'
previously released title, Grand Theft Auto V, which achieved over
$1 billion in retail sell-through in three days. (Photo: Business
Wire)
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) also confirmed that Red
Dead Redemption 2 set new records on the PlayStation Network
for highest ever pre-orders, highest day one sales and highest
sales for the first three days in market.
Rockstar Games has partnered with SIE to bring PlayStation®4
players first access to earn select online content in Red Dead
Online that is planned to release this November.
Red Dead Redemption 2’s list of initial benchmarks
include:
- Biggest opening weekend in retail
sell-through across all entertainment releases;
- Second biggest launch (three days) in
retail sell-through across all entertainment releases;
- Biggest entertainment launch of
2018;
- Most pre-ordered full game ever on
PlayStation Network;
- Biggest day one full game sales ever on
PlayStation Network;
- Biggest first three days full game
sales ever on PlayStation Network.
An epic tale of honor and loyalty set in the dying days of the
outlaw age, Red Dead Redemption 2 follows Arthur Morgan and
the Van der Linde gang as they rob, steal and fight their way
across the rugged heartland of America in order to survive.
Following a botched robbery in the western town of Blackwater, the
gang is forced to flee and, with federal agents and the best bounty
hunters in the nation massing on their heels, deepening internal
divisions threaten to tear the gang apart, leaving Arthur to make a
choice between his own ideals and loyalty to the gang who raised
him.
Told across the deepest and most expansive Rockstar world to
date, Red Dead Redemption 2 is Rockstar’s first game built
from the ground up for new generation hardware, and seamlessly
blends gameplay and storytelling in a completely new way to deliver
the experience of living as an outlaw in a notorious gang.
Reviews are outstanding:
- “What Rockstar has delivered in Red
Dead Redemption 2 is not just the best game of the year, but the
best game of the decade. It does not set a new bar, but rather
signals a changing of the guard, a new future for video games, as
everything that comes after will be launching in a post-Red Dead
Redemption 2 world." - The Hollywood Reporter
- “This is a game of rare quality; a
meticulously polished open world ode to the outlaw era. Looking for
one of this generation’s very best single-player action
experiences? Here’s your huckleberry." - 10/10 IGN
- "This is a story – a collection of
stories, really – about the decline of a way of life, as a small
gang of outlaws tries ever harder to outrun the inexorable advance
of American modernity, as well as the enemies and lawmen they have
antagonized along the way...There can be no doubt that this is a
landmark game. It is a new high water-mark for lifelike video game
worlds..." - 5/5 The Guardian
- "Red Dead Redemption 2 has undoubtedly
raised the bar for narrative open-world games and will likely have
a lasting impact on how they are made in the future. It pushes the
envelope of what we understand is possible in a video game. It
seems that every time we get something new from Rockstar, things
inevitably change." - CNET
- "Red Dead Redemption 2 is Rockstar’s
best game; a grand, magnificent adventure that’s vast yet intimate.
It delivers a story full of drama and tragedy, not to mention
levity and love, and it compacts it all into the most inventive and
compelling missions and moments in Rockstar’s history... It's a
landmark moment for the open world genre, and for the medium as a
whole." - GQ UK
Red Dead Redemption 2 will also include access to Red
Dead Online. Red Dead Online is the evolution of the
classic multiplayer experience in the original Red Dead
Redemption, blending narrative with competitive and cooperative
gameplay in fun new ways. Red Dead Online is planned for
launch in November 2018, initially as a public beta, with more news
to come soon.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is rated M for Mature by the ESRB.
For more information, please visit
www.rockstargames.com/reddeadredemption2.
*Red Dead Redemption 2 launched on a Friday so that its
‘opening weekend’ (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) is the same as its
first three days, while Grand Theft Auto V launched on a
Tuesday.
About Rockstar Games
Rockstar Games cemented their reputation as creators of complex
living worlds with the Grand Theft Auto series, one of the
most successful entertainment properties of all time with over 270
million units sold-in worldwide. Through a string of critically
acclaimed games including the Grand Theft Auto series,
Red Dead Redemption, the Max Payne series,
Bully, L.A. Noire, the Midnight Club series
and The Warriors, Rockstar Games has helped propel
interactive entertainment into the center of modern culture.
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