The highly-anticipated Red Dead Redemption 2 has been available in an Ultimate Edition, Special Edition and Standard Edition for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One since Oct. 26, 2018. The question that’s still on everyone’s mind is will Red Dead Redemption 2 be making an appearance on PCs in the near future. The answer is yes!
According to Rockstar Games, it will release a PC edition that can be downloaded from the company’s website on Nov. 5, 2019. Pre-orders can be made now. It will also be available at a variety of storefronts, including the Epic Games Store, GameStop, Humble Store and others. If you’re purchasing through Steam, you’ll have to wait until December. RockStar wants you to use its own platform and as an incentive, they’ll reduce the cost of the Special Edition and Ultimate Edition by $20 and are throwing in some bonus materials. Pre-purchase bonuses, depending on where you buy the game, include an Outlaw Survival Kit, Treasure Map, War Horse for story mode, Cash Bonus for Story Mode, and 50 Gold Bars for RDR online. There’s no doubt that it will be one of the most popular games of the year. The game has excellent graphics, great music, and one of the most expansive environments to explore of any game out there.
Minimum requirements to play Red Dead Redemption 2 are:
- Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (6.1.7601)
- Intel Core 15-2500/AMD FX-630
- 8 GB RAM
- 150GB Drive Space
- NVidia GeForce GTX 770 2 GB/AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB
However, the recommended requirements to run RDR2 are as follows:
- Windows 10 (April 2018 update)
- Intel Core 17-4770K/AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
- 12GB RAM
- 150GB Drive Space
- NVidia GeForce GTX 1060GB/AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB
Word is that for a limited time, if you download the game through the Rockstar Games Launcher, you’ll be able to choose from among two of the following games for free:
- Bully: Scholarship Edition
- Grand Theft Auto III
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition
- Max Payne 3: The Complete Edition
All indications are RDR2 it will include enhanced weapons, two new gang hideouts, two new bounty hunting missions, and new treasure maps. The M1899 pistol is completely new, while the High Roller Revolver, Le Mat Revolver, and Evans Repeater were only available before in the online version. Players will have an expanded range of mounts that includes two Arabians, an Appaloosa and Andalusian, along with three new color variations/breeds for wild horses. Five new trinkets have been introduced to do things such as facilitate quicker horse bonding, decrease stamina drain, and increase looted ammo. Graphics have been tweaked and the game will provide a 4K/60 FPS visual experience. The textures of fur and grass have been enhanced and there will be improved reflections and a higher resolution for shadows.
FiveM announced that it’s already been hard at work creating multiplayer tools for use in the PC game that it’s dubbed RedM. The tools are planned to be launched about a month after the release of RDR2 on PC. Gaming fans have waited a long time for Red Dead Redemption 2 and the wait has been exacerbated by the fact that the original Red Dead Redemption was never released on PC. There were several reasons for that. Rockstar Games said it was waiting for it to be viable technically and business-wise. Translation – when it will make enough money. Evidently the company believes that RDR2’s potential is such that it warrants PC play. Gamers think so, too.
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