On the website of a Media Markt branch, a release date for Red Dead Redemption 2 was mentioned. Do the employees already know more than we do?
When Rockstar released the trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2 in October 2016, a huge hype broke out in the gaming community. Finally, there were the first glimpses of the new part of the classic set in the Western world. However, there has not yet been an official release date for RDR2. In the trailer, players only learn that it is supposed to be sometime in the fall of 2017.
A potential “leak” from a Media Markt website is now causing unrest in the community.
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The news hit RDR-2 fans out of nowhere. Suddenly, there was a release date for the multiplayer Western on a Polish Media Markt website. The game was announced for October. According to the Media Markt site, Red Dead Redemption 2 was supposed to be released on October 3, 2017.
This leak on the game’s pre-order page was found by the Polish website CD-Action.
When they discovered the possible leak, they contacted Media Markt and received a reply via email from an employee stating that the retailer mentioned this date. It would not be an error on the website, but the date given to the marketing department: “I would like to inform you that our marketing department was informed by distributor of the game that its airing date is 3rd of October 2017”.
So far, so good. The “leak” is therefore official and the game is coming on October 3? No.
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Shortly after the news was published, the PR manager of Media Markt, Wioletta Batóg, spoke up. She also wrote an email to CD-Action, which had already received a response from an employee of the store. However, she had different information for the team.
The employee of Media Markt reportedly made a mistake, according to her statement. There is not yet an official release date.
Meanwhile, the release date on the Polish Media Markt website has been changed back to the “December 31” placeholder. Most stores have given this date as a placeholder for the official delivery date, as it is only certain that the game is supposed to be released in fall 2017.
Whether the employee really made a mistake or perhaps leaked internal information remains unclear. What do you think of the potential leak?
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