Red Dead Redemption 2: Everything We Know Ahead of Its Gameplay Reveal

Red Dead Redemption 2 is an upcoming open-world action-adventure game for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It’s developed by Rockstar Studios and published by Rockstar Games.

In the lead-up to launch, we’ve compiled all the news, trailers, gameplay, and story details about Red Dead Redemption 2, from initial rumors to its official announcement and beyond, plus all our preview coverage to date.

Red Dead Redemption 2: The Basics

  • Release date: October 26, 2018
  • Platform(s): PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Developer: Rockstar Studios
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Child of Light on Switch Announcement Teases Child of Light 2

Child of Light 2 has been teased alongside the announcement that Child of Light: Ultimate Edition and Valiant Hearts: The Great War are headed to the Nintendo Switch later this year.

Shortly following the news of these ports by a Ubisoft blogpost, creative director Patrick Plourde tweeted out that he was “Sorry for the long silence. But we have this little thing up and running.” As you can see, that “little thing” was Child of Light running on the Switch.

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James Gunn Might Still Have a Future with Disney and Marvel

There’s a chance James Gunn could reportedly still work with Disney and Marvel again, despite recently being fired as the director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

Per THR, Gunn is currently in negotiations with Disney over his exit settlement, and through these talks, there’s hope he could return to Marvel in some fashion.

According to THR’s anonymous sources, Gunn could even come back to develop and direct another Marvel film. However, a verdict hasn’t been made yet and talks between Gunn and Marvel are reportedly still ongoing.

“An end-all verdict hasn’t been issued and conversations with Marvel are still ongoing,” a source informed THR.

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James Gunn in Demand by Studio Execs as he Works Out Disney Negotiations

Several top film producers and executives are looking to work with James Gunn, who was fired from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 by Walt Disney Studios late last month.

According to THR, Gunn has been approached by multiple faces at major studios. They spoke with approximately a dozen studio executives and producers who wanted to remain anonymous, due to Gunn not being allowed to engage in any offers while he works out his exit negotiations at Disney.

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Deadpool 2 Easter Egg Featurette Breakdown

With Deadpool 2 now available on Digital HD, which comes with a plethora of bonus features, there is quite a bit to unpack from this release. We have already delved through the Super Duper Cut to break down all of the deleted and extended scenes, but now it’s time to take a look at another bonus feature, “Deadpool’s Lips are Sealed – Secrets and Easter Eggs”.

While a lot of these Easter Eggs have already been discovered by eagle-eyed fans, there are some surprising secrets that are revealed from star Ryan Reynolds, writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and director David Leitch, among others.

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Aquaman Won’t Feature Other Justice League Characters

Don’t expect to see Wonder Woman or Batman in the upcoming Aquaman solo film.

Speaking to EW, director James Wan revealed the DC movie won’t feature other Justice League characters. The filmmaker explained he wanted Aquaman to focus on its titular character, rather than worrying about what other superheroes have been doing in the DCEU.

“I wanted to keep the story to the world of Aquaman and not have to worry about what other characters are doing in their films and how that would affect us,” Wan said.

“I just thought the simplest way was to keep it clean — keep it simple and let it be an Aquaman story.”

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Riot Games Comments on Accusations of Sexist Culture at League of Legends Studio

After a major expose on League of Legends developer Riot Games came out about a culture of sexism in its workplace, Riot has made an official response to allegations included in the piece.

The in-depth article, written by Cecilia D’Anastasio, comes from Kotaku. The article details various alleged instances of sexist incidents in Riot’s workplace after interviewing 28 current and former employees.

These incidents include female employees regularly being passed up for leadership roles, potentially sexist hiring practices, ideas from female employees being ignored in favor of identical ideas from male employees, being shown unsolicited pictures of male genitalia by bosses and colleagues, and much, much more.

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What’s New in Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Shadow of the Tomb Raider sees Lara at the conclusion of her origin story with her fully embracing her role as the Tomb Raider and the solution to Trinity’s potentially devastating plans. This adventure takes her to South America in search of a solution to a catastrophe that she caused. With that adventure comes some big changes to what we’ve seen from Lara’s capabilities in the past two Tomb Raider games.

While Crystal Dynamics led development on Tomb Raider (2013) and Rise of the Tomb Raider with support from Eidos Montreal, the roles flip for Shadow of the Tomb Raider with Eidos Montreal taking as the lead studio with support from Crystal Dynamics. We sat down with Daniel Chayer-Bisson, Shadow of the Tomb Raider’s game director who worked on the previous two Tomb Raiders, and other team members from Eidos Montreal to talk about some of the biggest gameplay changes you can expect to see to see in Lara’s next adventure.

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Venom: Lethal Protector Novel Cover Revealed

With the Tom Hardy Venom movie coming this fall, the Spider-Man spin-off character is hotter than ever. And now Titan Books is releasing a novel adaptation of the comics story that the film is in part based on: Venom: Lethal Protector. The book was written by James R. Tuck, based on the comics by David Michelinie, Mark Bagley and Ron Lim.

We’ve got a first look at the cover of Titan’s Venom: Lethal Protector novel right here:

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