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The Gunslinger’s Lament & More (via Tumblr)

Rockstar Games — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:09:00 -0500

Pretty awesome how fans are still creating incredible original art inspired by Red Dead. Here are just a few we love that we came across this week over at thegunslingerslament, reddeadonarrival and f**kyeahreddeadredemption on Tumblr. There’s hundreds of pages worth of this stuff, do have a gander.

(source: thegunslingerslament)

(source: “The Last Walk” - Refinished by ~Jallen02 on deviantART)

(source: “Dastardly Red Dead” by ~Cracked-Rib on deviantART)

(source: lemmyleyra)

Previously:
Undead Nightmare Fan Artwork from Illustrators Emily Carroll and Graham Annable (found via Twitter / Flickr)
Red Dead Vocab Lessons (Found via Twitter/Tumblr)
F**KYEAHLANOIRE (Found via Tumblr)

Fan-Made Creations: Red Dead Redemption's Blackwater in Minecraft

Rockstar Games — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:20:00 -0500

As fans of Minecraft, we dig its zen-like reappropriation of resources mechanic to create whatever the hell you want - it's a cool and unusual game concept that draws some pretty hardcore fans.

Even cooler yet to see when those fans create homages to the games we make, like this awesome block-by-block recreation of the town of Blackwater, home to government agent Edgar Ross and the most modern city in Red Dead Redemption. This must have taken some serious work. Props to Minecraft builder technoanimate100 for his efforts, and check out his other creations including a recreation of Western outpost Armadillo.

http://www.planetminecraft.com/project/red-dead-redemptions-blackwater-468135/

Recap with Screens, Fan Video & Prize Winners from the Red Dead Redemption Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on PSN (January 13)

Rockstar Games — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:50:00 -0500

Thanks to everyone that joined us in kicking off the first Social Club Multiplayer Event of the New Year on January 13th, with a 3+ hour session of Red Dead Redemption multiplayer on PSN. Special congrats to Social Club member hoeky61881 for winning the event’s sweepstakes Grand Prize: two custom, hand-painted Red Dead PlayStation 3 controllers. Our custom controllers are not available for sale anywhere and the only way to try and nab a pair is through these event giveaways, so stay tuned for more.

20 runners-up also won a prize pack featuring a Rockstar shirt, stickers and Red Dead playing cards: Mr_Kevin01, Kreepman, l50CaLiBeRl, Matt0201, laZardo, Neo6918, ZombBomb, Lockmat666, Kingspark88, scareface1970, xcel1sior, CruelFurcas, Jeff_McRae, Patricks_Lame, chielr, SAV-UK, fab1qaz, Xiadox, AvengedInstinct and Marstonboy432. A tip of the hat goes out to all who entered.

Kudos to a pair of Social Club members that recorded their own footage from the event and uploaded it to YouTube: cahill7777 posted some intense Grab The Bag action, while ahetFIN captured a few Grand Prix races in the video above.

Screenshot highlights abound in the gallery below, featuring some of the most interesting and explosive moments from select rounds.

Xbox 360 players, join us this coming Thursday, January 26th for the next event on our calendar, the first Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition Xbox LIVE event of 2012, from 5-8PM Eastern. We'll have Gamertags, details and prizing info here on the Newswire later this week in the run-up to the event.

And if you’re looking for more Red Dead Triple XP and chances to play multiplayer with us online, follow our Twitter and Facebook pages for instant notification of our weekly impromptu play sessions. See below for the customary roll call of event participants, and as always please let us know if we’ve accidentally overlooked anyone...

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Previously:
Recap with Screens and Fan Video from the Red Dead Redemption Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on Xbox LIVE (December 15)
Recap with Fan Videos and Screens from the GTAIV & Episodes from Liberty City Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on PC (December 2)
Recap & Screens from the Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on PSN (November 18)

Win Limited-Edition Controllers in the Red Dead Redemption & Undead Nightmare PSN Official Social Club Multiplayer Event w/ Triple XP (January 13, 4-7 PM Eastern)

Rockstar Games — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:00:00 -0500

Update: The event has ended. Thanks to everyone that joined us, whether you were playing, watching the live stream, chatting or just dropping by to enter the sweepstakes.

How about a little Undead Nightmare for Friday the 13th?

Get Triple XP all weekend in Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition and enter for your chance to win two custom PlayStation 3 controllers in the Social Club multiplayer event on PSN.

It all begins Friday January 13th with the multiplayer event from 4-7PM Eastern when we'll be posse'ing up in-game, broadcasting live with a video stream and chatting on the multiplayer events page. Any version of Red Dead or Undead Nightmare is compatible with Game of the Year Edition multiplayer - so even if you don't have the Game of the Year Edition release, you can join us to play in any of the applicable modes on PSN. Triple XP will be active for both PSN and Xbox LIVE all weekend.

Our quality custom controllers are painted by hand with several coats and then finished to shine.

If you want to know where, how and when to enter the sweepstakes, it's simple. During the event on January 13th, head to the multiplayer events page between 3:00 and 8:00 Eastern US time. Under 'Sweepstakes Entry' at the bottom of that page, you can enter your details for a chance to win the two specially customized Red Dead Redemption PlayStation 3 controllers you see above. Once you enter, you'll also have the chance to win one of 20 runner-up Rockstar prize packs that includes an official t-shirt, deck of Red Dead playing cards and assorted stickers.

OFFICIAL ROCKSTAR PSN IDs

RedDeadDev3
RedDeadDev4
RedDeadDev5
RedDeadDev6

HOW TO FIND US
Start multiplayer from the main menu, choosing 'Normal' from the list of difficulties. This will place you into a Free Roam lobby. It's best to invite at least one friend and form a posse, but this is not required. Then enter the game mode being discussed by "SocialClub" in the chat.

HOW DOES FREE ROAM WORK?
Free Roam is the hub of your online experience. Supporting up to 16 players, Free Roam allows you to explore with your friends and enemies, take out the gangs of outlaws or launch into more structured gameplay using the markers placed around the world. We'll be forming posses and then heading into several game modes during the event.

FORMING A POSSE
To start the game, invite your friends, form a posse and find Rockstar, follow these steps:

From the main menu, press 'Start' and then enter 'Online Multiplayer' by pressing the 'Square' button, and choose 'Normal'.
Once in a Free Roam lobby, press the 'Select' button to open the in-game multiplayer menu.
Press the 'R1' button and then the 'Triangle' button to 'Show Friends'. Invite at least one friend into your posse using the 'X' button.
Once your friends are in the game, press the 'Triangle' button again to return to the 'Players' menu and select them with the 'X' button to 'Propose New Posse' or 'Send Posse Invite'.
Once you and your friends are ready to go, start up the game mode we're currently playing. We'll announce modes in the chat.

Future events include some Grand Theft Auto IV & Episodes from Liberty City for PC and Xbox LIVE, and a Red Dead event for Xbox LIVE. See the events calendar for full details.

If you want more chances to play with Rockstar, and lots more Triple XP for Red Dead, follow us on our Twitter and Facebook pages. We usually hop on once or twice a week and play our games, so grab your controller or keyboard and mouse and join in...

Recap with Screens and Fan Video from the Red Dead Redemption Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on Xbox LIVE (December 15)

Rockstar Games — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:33:00 -0500

Thanks to everyone that teamed up with us to send the 2011 calendar of Social Club Multiplayer Events out with a proverbial Repeater Carbine bang last month on December 15th with the year’s final Red Dead Redemption Social Club event on Xbox LIVE.

A hearty salute to all who played - including our special guests from Red Dead fansite brigade, the crowd in the chat, people away from their consoles watching the live stream and even those that stopped by just to enter the sweepstakes for the chance to win the two limited-edition Red Dead Redemption custom Xbox 360 controllers that ultimately went to longtime Social Club member Cdn_Hey_You (runners-up who received t-shirt and sticker Rockstar Prize Packs include WolfRogers, MooSully, vix9er, sootymike, Daemon_Gildas, PlanetLunt, Ivansteel, RustyBucket7603, DJW89., mukk77, EvilHomer1, RedDedHead, Chardd and others).

Special shout to the guys from @iRedDead, @RDRvision and the team at RedDead-Series.com, who put together this epic 10-minute compilation video of action from the event:

Excellent work, guys. If anyone else has footage to share, be sure to let us all know below in the comments. Here’s a few of our own highlight screens as well:

We look forward to kicking off the first 2012 calendar of multiplayer events in the New Year next week on Friday, January 13th with an evening of Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition from 4-7PM Eastern on PSN. Look for Rockstar player IDs, sweepstakes details and info on how to get in on a game with us a day or so before it begins.

Read on for a roll call of everyone that participated (shout at us in the comments if you think someone is missing), and make sure you’re following on Twitter and Facebook to get the first word on any spontaneous Red Dead Triple XP sessions as well as other impromptu multiplayer gaming with your pals at Rockstar...

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Previously:
Recap with Fan Videos and Screens from the GTAIV & Episodes from Liberty City Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on PC (December 2)
Recap & Screens from the Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on PSN (November 18)
Recap & Screens from the Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on Xbox LIVE (November 3)

Red Dead Redemption Double and Triple XP for the Holidays

Rockstar Games — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:00:00 -0500

Starting at midnight eastern tonight and running through January 2nd, we're serving up a holiday bounty of Double XP in Red Dead Redemption, where multiplayer activity across all online modes of the game will earn you 2X the multiplayer experience points, including Undead Nightmare and the recently released Game of the Year Edition.

Plus, as an added bonus, we will be dialing it up to 3XP specifically for the holiday weekends of December 24th-25th & December 31st-January 1st. Celebrate Christmas and New Year's this year by doling out buckshots to bandits and the undead alike - frontier justice is always better to give than receive. Enjoy, all.

Announcing the Jan-Feb 2012 Official Social Club Multiplayer Events Series Calendar

Rockstar Games — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:50:00 -0500

Announcing the first scheduled Official Social Club Multiplayer Events of 2012 with our January and February slate of Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto IV sessions across PSN, XBL and PC. Mark your calendars to join us for live streaming online multiplayer action plus live chat with Rockstar and other Social Club members at the Events page, along with prize pack giveaways, special guest players, and more.

Look for another calendar with dates for March and beyond after we've announced the release date for Max Payne 3 - for now, let your mind run wild with what the future will hold by reading up on the first multiplayer details for Max Payne 3 as revealed at IGN this week.

CALENDAR OF MULTIPLAYER EVENTS

Friday, January 13 (4-7PM Eastern)
Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition w/ Triple XP
For PlayStation 3 on PSN
The first multiplayer event of 2012, battling it out on PSN with you and your whole posse across modes from the entire Red Dead Redemption online multiplayer experience - including Undead Nightmare's Undead Overrun. (Note you do not need the Game of the Year Edition specifically to play in this or any of our Red Dead events. Any version will do as long as we're playing relevant modes.)

Thursday, January 26 (5-8PM Eastern)
Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition
For Xbox 360 on XBL
Since our most recent GTA console event was held on PSN, the Xbox LIVE crowd gets there proper due with some Cops n' Crooks, GTA Race, Witness Protection and just about every other multiplayer mode from the original Grand Theft Auto IV as well as the Episodes, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony.

Friday, February 10 (4-7PM Eastern)
Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition w/ Triple XP
For Xbox 360 on Xbox LIVE
Red Dead on Xbox LIVE with everything from Grand Prix Horse Racing to Gold Rush to Stronghold to Undead Overrun and plenty more. As with most of our events, we'll have 20 runner-up prizes and one Grand Prize. Good luck...

Friday, February 24 (4-7PM Eastern)
Grand Theft Auto IV & Episodes from Liberty City
For PC on Games for Windows LIVE
Yup, 32-player mayhem crashing things up in Race, going wild in Free Mode, and some classic Deathmatch - will be just part of this one.

These official multiplayer events are your chance to:

Play online multiplayer with Rockstar Games, including folks from some of the development teams who helped create the games themselves
Enter Social Club member-exclusive event sweepstakes at the multiplayer events page during the event, including prize giveaways you won't see anywhere else like custom controllers, consoles and more
Watch the live video stream broadcast of the online play at the official multiplayer events page
Join the live event chat to discuss the stream and challenge other players as the action unfolds
Gain Triple XP in Red Dead Redemption in addition to during our separate Twitter/Facebook announced playsessions such as these

HOW TO PLAY WITH ROCKSTAR
Look for Gamertags, IDs and details on how to find us in each event to be posted a day or two before each of the dates listed below. Keep in mind that the easiest way to get in on a game with us during these playsessions is to send a friend request the night before and then request in the chat or the corresponding Newswire post to be invited.

If you want more chances to play with Rockstar or, as mentioned, get more +XP in Red Dead, be sure to follow us on our Twitter and Facebook pages. At unscheduled dates and times, every now and then we like to tweet out that we're about to play one of our titles online, and we invite everyone by posting a Gamertag. If Triple XP is happening, we'll let you know about how long it will be on. We've recently been keeping it on at least 24 hours a week. Watch closely for the next one...

Triple XP, Custom Controller Giveaway and More in the Red Dead Redemption GOTY Xbox 360 Official Social Club Multiplayer Event (December 15, 5-8PM)

Rockstar Games — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:00:00 -0500

Update: The event has ended. Thanks to everyone that joined us in the event, whether playing, chatting, watching or just stopping by to enter the sweepstakes.

Join us Thursday December 15th from 5-8PM Eastern for the Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition multiplayer event on Xbox LIVE, the latest in the Social Club Multiplayer Events Series and the very last one for 2011. Triple XP will be switched to the on position all weekend long worldwide in every Red Dead multiplayer mode for Xbox LIVE as well as for PlayStation Network.

Stay tuned for a brand new calendar of multiplayer events to be posted here very soon, announcing the first events of 2012.

For the event, a pair of limited edition Xbox 360 controllers will be up for grabs in the sweepstakes, enterable on the official multiplayer events page. All of our custom controllers are styled with premium automotive grade paint and several applications of clear coat, polished and sanded with care by hand. 20 runner-up winners will receive a Rockstar prize pack with an official t-shirt and stickers. Don't sleep!

Additionally, and as a show of gratitude for another awesome year of Red Dead Redemption fan support, we've invited some folks from a few of the longstanding Red Dead fansites to join us as special guest players: Psy from @iRedDead, al[e]ssio and Daniel from RedDead-Series.com and Rafioso from @RDRvision. You can add Gamertags from Rockstar and from our special guest players as seen below and read on for further details.

OFFICIAL ROCKSTAR GAMERTAGS

RedDeadDev3 (Live video streaming)
RedDeadDev4
RedDeadDev5
RedDeadDev6

FANSITE SPECIAL GUEST GAMERTAGS

Psyware (@iRedDead)
THE M4D J0K3R (Daniel, RedDead-Series.com)
alessioseries (Nicholas, RedDead-Series.com)
GVRafioso1 (@RDRvision)

EVENT COUNTDOWN
Don't know when the event begins in your time zone? Check above in this article on the day of the event for a countdown.

HOW TO FIND ROCKSTAR
Start up multiplayer from the main menu. This will place you into a Free Roam lobby. Add one of the Gamertags above as a friend, and while you're waiting to receive an invite check out the chat and live stream on the multiplayer events page. Also feel free to play through a few rounds with other players.

HOW DOES FREE ROAM WORK?
Free Roam is the hub of your online experience. Supporting up to 16 players, Free Roam allows you to explore with your friends and enemies, take out the gangs of outlaws launch into more structured gameplay using the markers placed around the world. We'll be forming posses and then heading into several game modes across all of the original multiplayer and the downloadable content during the evening.

To form a posse, press the 'Back' button and use the menu. This menu gives you several gameplay options and access to the list of players in your session.

FORMING A POSSE
To start the game, invite your friends, form a posse and find Rockstar, follow these steps:

1. From the main menu, press 'Start' and then enter 'Xbox LIVE Multiplayer' by pressing the 'X' (blue) button.

2. Once in a Free Roam lobby, press the 'Back' button to open the in-game multiplayer menu.

3. Press the 'RB' button and then the 'Y' (yellow) button to 'Invite Friends'. Invite at least one friend into your posse using the 'A' (green) button.

4. Once your friends are in the game, press the 'Y' (yellow) button again to return to the 'Players' menu and select them with the 'A' (green) button to 'Propose New Posse' or 'Send Posse Invite'.

5. Once you and your friends are ready to go, start up the game mode we're currently playing. This can be found in the chat as the event rolls along.

As stated, pay close attention to the chat to know what game mode we're currently playing.

Again, look out for the new calendar of multiplayer events that will kick off 2012. And be sure to enter the sweepstakes on the multiplayer events page to have the chance to win the two Xbox 360 controllers or a Rockstar prize pack with t-shirt and stickers.

Previously:
Recap, Fan Video & Screens from the Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on PSN (October 14)
Recap & Screens: Red Dead Redemption Myths & Mavericks Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on Xbox LIVE (September 23)
Recap, Screens & Fan Video from the GTAIV & Episodes from Liberty City Social Club Multiplayer Event on PC (September 9)

Recap & Screens from the Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on PSN (November 18)

Rockstar Games — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:30:00 -0500

Congratulations to Alvin Ogando of Florida aka Social Club member NeoArod, for winning the Grand Prize in our Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition PSN event on November 18th. NeoArod will receive a pair of the limited-edition custom Red Dead Redemption PlayStation 3 controllers seen below - note that these coveted pieces are not available for sale and only acquirable in special sweepstakes events like this one. So along with the controllers, NeoArod will also receive the burden of preventing his friends from "accidentally" taking these stylish and rare items from his house. Best of luck in protecting your newfound riches.

The runners-up for the event (ChicagoEnigma, XboxLoof, D.E.LB, beardlace, Donn_88, hubbletrouble, lilmacki, ahetFIN, Markcoos, cdman17, funtimfrankieg, DR.PHILY, Arnooow, DeathStreak_UK, Master07Disaster, 1337Pilot, Austinsgrandpa, miked0292, HelterSkeltered and HerseyBoyRockz) will each get a Rockstar prize pack containing a t-shirt (like the reality warping Psychedelic Tee) and a collection of stickers.

Cheers to everyone that participated, by chatting with us during the event, watching the video stream, playing in-game or just stopping by the multiplayer events page to enter the sweeps. And especially thanks to our special guest players from the Konsole Kingz squad in Atlanta who possed up on PSN with us, doing a stellar job keeping zombies off our back in Undead Overrun. Shout to CJ, Sergio da Pro and of course Sheneka Adams for joining us in the multiplayer mayhem, you can check their own full recap at the Konsole Kingz site.

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Check out some highlight reel screens from the afternoon playing Gang Shootout, Undead Overrun, Grab the Bag and more with ye Social Club members and our guest players:

Below we've provided a list of participants that joined us in-game and in the chat. Let us know if you believe someone has accidentally been left out:

1337Pilot
1800-Tequila
357_Magnum
471gamerclub
AFMM2012
ahetFIN
Alan-Gabriel-R
ALeX651
alicia_awesome
alisuger
allvoxman
al_the_stal
ANTXO-GHETTO
Anuman123
Ariel_Massacre
arturo26mx
Ashese93
Austinsgrandpa
Axt_BR
Azborn_Txraised
A_Fat_Chihuahua
BABIEGIRL323
bad_hair_girl
bandsy1690
barkzaan
Batzem
Beanster22
beastfin
beast__
beltring94
beretta__9mm
BIGBUDS_ROCKSTAR
Bigrat1966
bikinisntchmnstr
BJN01
Blackcore1
broncodriver88
Bryanom7
call24
CaseyTheVA
CCrookz
ChezTommy
ChicagoEnigma
chrissy139863176
Christobell46
chuckstix
conorSuper
coole26
coolflash990
cool_alex10
Corp_Death
Dark_fusion42
ddc256
deanjae
denisiscena

DerKuchenman
Donn_88
dopeylori
DPGODOI
emmi18176860
Errol123245
EvilBABIEGIRL323
Fantastic_Mr_Cat
FeelThePayne
ferguson99
first-man
flipmowd
FRA1Z3R
franciscoepedro1
FugetSudo_Jr
GameSpirit
GarfieldLouis
Geethika
GibsonGuy15
GM-Shenmue
goaaala_baer
GoTmilkjelly
gravvity
Greuzleu
GTAIV_King
GTAROCKS132
gudari0
Gunsandknives
gy7uyhgfrtfft
Haraldinio
HerseyBoyRockz
hogiacymru
hubbletrouble
Huot-the-beast
hypnoticshane1
Infamous20
irishpaschal
IvoPinho
IWIHooligan
ja1250
jaky2008
JamesRDRM
jason-kills-you
JCumbiero
JeffreyOwns
jinx405
joa_nyc
Jojooooo42
Joker-64
jonjonnc
jonte951
Joris42
Josh6714
JUSTUSdoit
kajutka

kalajj
KazzaRu
KelticKennedy
kevin5020
Kingz4Life04
Kinnellephant
KONSOLEKINGZ
KryptoWonderDog
LiL-A-King1
lilmacki
lola3006
lord_essex
louis1993
Macedo99
malucobrasileiro
Marney-1
Master07Disaster
McDevlin182
MCKing
McSeries23017
mcswinning
meltron69
messerjedi13
miked0292
MisterBunny
MJDUBBSJR
Mungy-The-Clown
Munkyx30
NakkiNL
Newgen18
nikobelic2500000
OLICKHERY22
OsloGamer
paskill75
perfectElPistole
pergamentkamama
petete_correa
PinHead_86
PureDorian
Qaikwow
Rafioso
RedMasterTNMT
RED_DEAD_DEVIL_6
rikk789
robbysvendender
Roberty8
RockstarInformer
Rogue_Renegade03
Rollaw
Rstar_master622
Rue_Star
R__P__G
Samsuxx
Samucagrc
santii69

sarhamas
Sasuke313
SasukeUchiha313
sb1goose
scareface1970
sergiodaprokkz
ShaunassNZ
sheneka19
Shizzors
sietse-h
skeje
slydewayssr
sM000000Ke
SnakeVenoMan
SOMETHINKDARK
SouthPawShooter
standupsteve
stavros97
streetheart
SuperGGfr
superweed25
SvenDender
S_Slaughters
Th3CrazyKid
TH3_BL33D3R831
theaussieboyzz
TheAwsomeOpossum
TheCloven
TheIvaneh
TheJLC
therealtreefitty
tommygun630
toneyanthony
tony421
Tony_dize
UBETARUN
valzukka
VerbalGhost
vibbelito
vince_123
vince_42069
viskaz
WhatNow49
whiteboypkrwood
willisi10
XeOn_24
XxAssassin78xX
yatusae
ya_tu_sae
zakk917
Zarhan
zell9275i
zellraiden
Zidane

Our next event on the calendar is coming up this Friday December 2nd, playing Grand Theft Auto IV PC from 4-7PM Eastern on what happens to be the third anniversary since its release in 2008. We'll have a live stream, chat and you'll be able to enter to win one of 20 Rockstar prize packs.

Last but not least, if you want to be kept up to date on multiplayer events, including loads of Triple XP, follow us on Twitter and Facebook to get the word at the moment we're going online. It's never scheduled and we only announce it there...

Previously:
Recap & Screens from the Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on Xbox LIVE (November 3)
Recap with Screens, Video & Prize Winners from the Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition Official Social Club Multiplayer Event (October 21)
Recap, Fan Video & Screens from the Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on PSN (October 14

Gorge on Red Dead Quad XP All Thanksgiving Weekend (November 24-27)

Rockstar Games — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:43:00 -0500

Update: QUAD XP has ended. Look for some Triple XP sessions in the next few weeks, announced on our Twitter and Facebook pages.

What better way to celebrate the holiday weekend than with some gluttonous fan appreciation XP levels whilst you dole out frontier justice all across the land in Red Dead multiplayer. Beginning at 12:01am Eastern on Thanksgiving Day, this Thursday November 24th - and lasting all the way through Sunday November 27th, feast on four times the normal amount of multiplayer XP in all versions of Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare (including the recently released Game of the Year Edition).