Rockstar Newswire

Announcing the official new calendar of Rockstar Games Social Club Multiplayer Events that will take us through the spring and into the summer with reckless abandon - and lots of gunpowder.

We've got a full slate of official multiplayer sessions slated up with a well-balanced diet of Grand Theft Auto IV, Episodes from Liberty City in April, and starting in May, our newest multiplayer experience that we're very excited to unleash, Red Dead Redemption - all across their respective online platform networks.

Each event listed below will come with all the trimmings:

• full-on multiple hour play sessions with your friends from Rockstar Games, the actual folks who work to bring you these games - no hired hands!
• live stream of all the action from the official Social club events page for those who prefer to spectate or can't get into the action from work or school...
• live chat with other Social Club members moderated by Rockstar

Plus hopefully a few new surprises to stay tuned for...

Several dates from our previously-released calendar have been changed due to the shifting of release dates, so please take note and mark those calendars.

Read on for the full calendar going from now all the way into June...

• Friday, April 2 (4-7PM Eastern)
  Grand Theft Auto IV
  For PC on Games for Windows LIVE
  Dust up and bust up - get those skills sharpened for Episodes on PC in mid-April - we'll be throttling up-to-32-player action just like last time...
  

• Friday, April 16 (4-7PM Eastern)
  Episodes from Liberty City
  For PlayStation 3 on PlayStation Network

Saturday, April 17 (3-6PM Eastern)
Episodes from Liberty City
For PC on Games for Windows LIVE

Back-to-back jumpoff weekend in honor of the arrival of Episodes from Liberty City for PC and PS3.  Make sure to get a lot of practice in that first day or two after game release – because we’re planning to have a few folks from both Rockstar North and Toronto coming online specifically to show you how it’s done.

• Tuesday, April 27 (4-7PM Eastern)
  Episodes from Liberty City
  For PlayStation 3 on PlayStation Network
  More long-awaited Episodes action on PlayStation Network.
  

• Thursday, May 13 (4-7PM Eastern)
  Episodes from Liberty City
  For Xbox 360 on Xbox LIVE
  An official Social Club and Xbox LIVE event, for all the Episodes players on 360.

• Friday, May 21 (4-7PM Eastern)
  Red Dead Redemption
  For PlayStation 3 on PlayStation Network
  

Saturday, May 22 (1-4PM Eastern)
Red Dead Redemption
For Xbox 360 on Xbox LIVE

Like we said last week… get your wild bunch ready.  Red Dead Redemption multiplayer – back-to-back for each system on the first weekend after the May 18th game release. Stay tuned for the big reveal of Multiplayer details next week.

• Thursday, June 3 (4-7PM Eastern)
  Red Dead Redemption
  For PlayStation 3 on PlayStation Network
  Posse up.  Official Red Dead multiplayer events continuing on in June for PlayStation 3...

• Friday, June 18 (4-7PM Eastern)
  Red Dead Redemption
  For Xbox 360 on Xbox LIVE
  ...and for Xbox 360.  Look for special giveaways during each of the June events.

• Tuesday, June 29 (4-7PM Eastern)
  Episodes from Liberty City
  For PC on Games for Windows LIVE
  Getting back into some high-def and high-octane PC Grand Theft Auto mayhem.
  

Our official Gamertags and PSN IDs will be announced with all other details on how to join us in the days before each event, so make sure to check in as each event nears.

And as always, stay attuned to our Twitter and Facebook.  We're known to jump on to XBL, PSN or GFWL and play at a moment's notice, and the only place you'll be able to find out about these impromptu games will be on those two pages.  Follow for now...

Previously:
Recap and Screens: Grand Theft Auto IV PSN Social Club Multiplayer Event (March 12)
Recap & Screens: Grand Theft Auto IV PC Official Social Club Multiplayer Event from Feb 18th
Social Club PlayStation Network Multiplayer Event Feb 5 Recap (Grand Theft Auto IV for PS3)