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Did Easy Allies just leak the release date for Red Dead Redemption 2?
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ArkhamFantasy
Member
Lords of Shadow 2 and something else, cant remember.
yanipheonu
Member
Probably not. And if they did, there's every possibility it gets changed anyways or it was always a tentative date.
Take-Two's CEO Strauss Zelnick said in an interview in november last year that he's highly confident that RDR2 will be out in Fall of 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOgNKC9YeJI#t=5m13s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOgNKC9YeJI#t=5m13s
ClosingADoor
Member
Doubt they know. Rockstar is very secretive, annoyingly so. Stuff like this doesn't get shared like that from them.
Or he just nods along a bit and isn't really paying 100% attention, which happens a lot with taping stuff.
Sandcrawler
Neo Member
Do you guys think that they'd keep the video live if it was the real date? I guess the damage would have been done already and pulling it would raise suspicion though.
Simo
Member
Yeah it's just..weird. If Jones was at E3 judges week like Greg Miller and others were...who knows what they saw. Miller commented he saw his game of the show for 2 different titles. Lol
Can you imagine if RDR2 is playable at E3 with this being the first public attendance? Take Two has booth space but they've announced RDR2 and NBA for the year. For arguments sake RDR1 was playable at PAX East 3 months before release IIRC.
I mean the game has been in development since 2013 and has been Rockstar's worst kept secret and they themselves mentioned a RDR sequel back in 2012. I think they would of kept the public announcement longer and only announced it 7 months ago because of an investors call happening the following week and Take Two had nothing for 2017. A similar situation which led to GTAV's premature reveal however that one had been in development for 12 months if not less.
Toni
Member
I wonder if they will even support RDR 2 Online as much as GTA 5 Online, or if they can give both an even-amount of support simultaneously.
RDR2 floats my boat so much more than GTA 5 due to the setting, the animal ecosystem in place, the vast wilderness and Dead Eye slow motion goodness. If they remotely manage to invent new ways to play RDR through updates and events, I see myself spending hundreds of hours in RDR2. Something I've yet to do with a Rockstar mp game.
schaft0620
Member
Anyone who thinks the media doesn't have info on Red Dead the week of judges week is naive. Anyone who also thinks EA is not amongst the most respected in the Playstation community needs to watch their stuff.
With that saidI think that comment was intended for a small number of people if intended at all.
With that saidI think that comment was intended for a small number of people if intended at all.
We're talking about the release date. That's key info the press doesn't usually get. You're naive for believing they do.
Same with Giant Bomb. Well, one coast of them. The other one makes no mistakes!
People have said that release dates have been given away at E3 judges week before, they do get that info. However, specifically for Rockstar, I doubt it's happened.
Sure, some do. And of course print magazines get that stuff even earlier for their magazines. But for bigger games and especially Rockstar this is highly unlikely.
I remember many times when Jeff Gerstmann watched the E3 pressers and didn't know the release dates before they were announced. That's highly sensitive information.
This is the greatest thing I have ever seen.
Lol
Kanye does that alot. Was the other guy mimicking him? Lol
I'm pumped for next week's corrections
I really hope Brandon didn't share anything from the E3 judging with the guys. That will ruin the reactions.
schaft0620
Member
No. TakeTwo does not typically unveil games at E3, or have new gameplay demos there. Maybe they are doing things differently this time, but previously they have a pretty hands-off attitude towards E3. As in, their booth might not even have demo stations for unreleased games. It might not even have demo stations at all.
VanCityGamer
Member
Your level of confidence is completely ridiculous. No one on either side of the release date debate can speak with any kind of authority. There absolutely IS a chance that it will release in 2017.
Even if the game is finished by September/October, I think they may take a look at the busy holiday release schedule and decide it might be better to release in Spring or Summer of 2018.
VanCityGamer
Member
That's definitely possible. Like I said, I was responding to the guy who said there is no chance it releases this year. It could go either way and there absolutely is a chance.
If I had to guess, I actually do think it will be this Fall.
Yikes
Lol
Rockstar does not give one single fuck about when any other game releases
he sounded pretty damn sure of what he was saying and if it was at e3 it would surely be playable and therefore at judges week
(Keep in mind this is the first proper public e3 so it isn't unreasonable that rockstar would make surprise unveil)
(Keep in mind this is the first proper public e3 so it isn't unreasonable that rockstar would make surprise unveil)
Lol
Rockstar does not give one single fuck about when any other game releases
By the way, the week after Destiny 2's launch is not Fall. Just saying.
At the same time, they don't really give a fuck about delaying the release of a project that isn't quite finished.
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/la-noire-delayed-again-analyst/1100-6274591/
By Wilson's count, L.A. Noire would be the 20th major delay for the publisher since its current management team took over in 2007. L.A. Noire would have accounted for three of those delays.
Theres a lot of people with connections at judges week. Brandon is obsessed with RDR. Someone probably gave him the heads up.
DarkArterialGore
Member
As a PC gamer I doubt RDR2 will come out near the console versions release as per the Rockstar usual.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
why would they be privy to that information?
I don't know. Usually Rockstar doesn't care about the press unless it's GameInformer. Even if it was at judges week, why would they tell the press the release date and risk leaks at this point?
lol. more like other publishers will see RDR releasing in the holiday and move to next year
The only reason the game will get delayed is if its not quite ready, not because of other releases lol
Yeah. About that.
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1378395
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1378395
People just really don't know this industry at all at times and are ready to believe whatever.
Rockstar is such a secretive company that doesn't care at all about any press outlet but Game Informer. This story was just weird. And even after Brandon clarified his mistake people still stuck to it.
I tried to tell them but they wouldn't listen.
PhantomThief
Banned
Lol smiley for anyone thinking that Rockstar would communicate a release date specifically to the press weeks in advance.
:lol
:lol
Mikey Jr.
Member
So about that....
Did someone actually believe Rockstar of all people would give the release date of Red Dead Redemption 2 to some niche people with 100k youtube subscribers?
The delusion in here gets too absurd sometimes.
IGN has 8 million Youtube subscribers and Call of Duty and Minecraft sell millions of copies year after year.
Stop pretending the gaming industry is NeoGAF, Bloodborne, Nintendo Switch and Giantbomb.
The delusion in here gets too absurd sometimes.
IGN has 8 million Youtube subscribers and Call of Duty and Minecraft sell millions of copies year after year.
Stop pretending the gaming industry is NeoGAF, Bloodborne, Nintendo Switch and Giantbomb.
Only if one believes judges week means the press gets every piece of info. Which just isn't the case.
I mean heck, why did people believe Red Dead 2 would be there to begin with? Rockstar doesn't need the E3 Awards.