Red Dead Redemption 2 Delayed

Rock­star Games has announced Red Dead Redemp­tion 2 has been delayed. Orig­i­nal­ly set to come out in spring 2018, it now will be released Octo­ber 26th 2018. In a short state­ment made on the Rock­star Blog, They con­firmed the delay and new release date, say­ing they are tak­ing extra time to pol­ish the final game.

Dear All,

We are excit­ed to announce that Red Dead Redemp­tion 2 will be released on Octo­ber 26th 2018. We apol­o­gize to every­one dis­ap­point­ed by this delay. While we had hoped to have the game out soon­er, we require a lit­tle extra time for polish.

We sin­cere­ly thank you for your patience and hope that when you get to play the game, you will agree the wait will have been worth it. In the mean­time, please check out these screen­shots from the game. We look for­ward to shar­ing a lot more infor­ma­tion with you in the com­ing weeks.

With thanks,
Rock­star Games

While this delay is dis­ap­point­ing, the extra pol­ish will only improve the play­ing expe­ri­ence. Not all is bad with this new delay, Rock­star did release some awe­some new screen shots from Red Dead Redemp­tion 2. Check them out below.