RockStar has announced new content for the multiplayer part of Red Dead Redemption 2, Red Dead Online. Additionally, an update is expected to be released “later in spring” that will bring some new features.
This content is coming in the next 4 weeks: RockStar has announced that it will add new content to Red Dead Online every week. In the next four weeks, there will be about:
- new Showdown modes
- new race modes
- and a new free roam event.
Furthermore, the beta phase has allowed the developers to lay the groundwork for more advanced aspects of Red Dead Online. Therefore, the developers announced the next major update for the online mode, which is expected to be released “later in spring”.
What’s included in the big spring update With the next update, players in Red Dead Online will gain more freedom in their play style. RockStar intends to introduce offensive and defensive play styles.
- The offensive style is more like the current free roam
- while the defensive play style is intended to be an evolved version of the passive mode concept.
This way, players in the online mode can hunt or fish in peace without fear of being robbed by other players. Such a passive mode has been long desired by some RDO players.
What else does the update bring? The spring update will also introduce a hostility system based on the anti-griefing measures that were added to RDO in February.
This will allow players to defend themselves against attacks without having to fear bounties.
Additionally, Rockstar plans for Red Dead Online:
- new missions for “A Land of Opportunities” with Jessica LeClerk,
- new free roam missions
- and the introduction of dynamic events. Players will need to fend off attacks, initiate rescues, or defend people in need.
There will also be adjustments to the character editor. Changes to the daily challenges are intended to eliminate hostile play and lead to winning streaks for greater rewards. What this will look like has not yet been announced.
Additionally, the LeMat revolver, a weapon from Red Dead Redemption, will make its comeback with the update.
When is all this coming? Rockstar currently plans to release the update with the major features for “Spring 2019.”
Spring 2019 begins on March 19 and ends on June 21. We can expect the big update sometime in the next 3 months – if the next 4 weeks are filled with smaller updates, we can expect it at the earliest in May 2019.
A big question in the community is whether the last update has made RDR2 uglier:
