{"id":3504,"date":"2026-04-13T18:34:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2125867"},"modified":"2026-04-13T18:34:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:34:16","slug":"red-dead-online-is-getting-a-standalone-release-next-week-on-pc-and-consoles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/red-dead-online-is-getting-a-standalone-release-next-week-on-pc-and-consoles\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Dead Online is getting a standalone release next week on PC and consoles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you’ve ever eyed up Red Dead Redemption 2 but walked away on the basis that there’s just too much darned single-player game in there<\/em> for your tastes, Rockstar has good news; it’s giving the game’s multiplayer component, Red Dead Online, a standalone release next Tuesday, 1st December, on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.<\/p>\n

Red Dead Online, you might recall, initially launched in beta form<\/a> around a month after Red Dead Redemption 2’s October 2018 release, giving players the chance to root and toot against fellow humans across the single-player game’s expansive map. It didn’t have the smoothest of starts, admittedly, particularly as Rockstar struggled to remedy what many felt was an especially egregious griefing problem<\/a>, but by the time it left beta the following May, there was a sense it was beginning to move in the right direction<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since then, Rockstar has continued to update<\/a> the multiplayer experience (if not always regularly and without incident<\/a>, to the frustration of fans), adding new missions and features ranging from competitive fishing to class-like Roles, including the recent naturalist role<\/a>. And now, as the second anniversary of its beta launch – and the imminent arrival of its Bounty Hunters expansion – approaches, Rockstar is giving Red Dead Online a new shot of life by severing its solo component and dramatically reducing its price.<\/p>\n

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