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The Red Dead games are a series of Western action-adventure third-person shooter video games published by Rockstar Games and developed by Rockstar San Diego. The two main installments in the series are Red Dead Revolver, a 2004 game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox, and Red Dead Redemption, a 2010 game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. A downloadable content pack for Redemption called Undead Nightmare was released later in 2010.

Revolver

Originally developed by Capcom, borrowing elements from their 1985 title Gun.Smoke, the Revolver project was dropped in 2002. Subsequently, Rockstar Games purchased the game and expanded on it. Changing the feel from that of an American Western to a Spaghetti Western allowed the developers to add more blood and over-the-top characters. The game reproduces a "grainy film" effect and uses music from various Spaghetti Western films, including those composed by Ennio Morricone.

Redemption

Most of Redemption's story takes place in the year 1911, during the decline of the American Old West. The game follows John Marston, a former outlaw, while he sets out to hunt down his former gang members. Marston's wife and son are taken hostage by the government in ransom for his services as a bounty hunter. Having no other choice, he sets out to bring his three former gang members to justice. Upon its release, Red Dead Redemption was met with high critical acclaim, averaging 95% on both review aggregate websites Metacritic and GameRankings, making it one of the highest rated video games for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on both websites. It won several "Game of the Year" awards. Reviewers praised the visuals, music, acting, open world gameplay and the story. As of September 2011, the game has sold over 12.5 million total copies. A Game of the Year edition containing all additional content was released in October 2011.

Undead Nightmare

Undead Nightmare follows the exploits of John Marston, as he searches for a cure for an infectious zombie plague that has swept across the American Old West. A standalone disc titled Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare Collection which does not require the original Red Dead Redemption game to be played, was released on November 22, 2010 in North America and November 26, 2010 in Europe. The disc includes three DLC packs: Legends and Killers, Liars and Cheats & Undead Nightmare Pack.

References

1. Staff (2003-08-12). "Capcom cancels Red Dead Revolver and Dead Phoenix". GameSpot. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
2. Orland, Kyle (September 14, 2011). "Grand Theft Auto IV Passes 22M Shipped, Franchise Above 114M". Gamasutra. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
3. "Rockstar Games Announces Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition Release on October 11, 2011". businesswire.com.

• Red Dead
• PlayStation 2 games
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• Third-person shooters
• Video game franchises
• Video games set in the 19th century
• Western (genre) video games
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