New Red Dead Redemption DLC Announced

Rockstar today announced four new DLC content packs for the fantastic, Red Dead Redemption which will hit the Playstation Store over the course of the next couple of months or so. The 4 new DLC packs are ‘Legends and Killers Pack’ which will be released at the start of August, ‘Liars and Cheats Pack’, ‘Free Roam Pack’ and ‘Undead Nightmare Pack’. The one pack that sounds fantastic and really caught my eye straight away is the ‘Undead Nightmare Pack’ which includes zombie characters and also various settings with a twist like Ghost towns and cemeteries. Sounds like great fun. All the details regarding the new DLC packs for Red Dead Redemption are listed below –

The upcoming downloadable content includes:

Legends and Killers Pack (Releasing beginning of August 2010)

New active map locations, characters and more:

• 9 New Multiplayer map locations — more than doubling the amount of territories in the Multiplayer Competitive modes
• 8 New Multiplayer characters— play as characters from Red Dead Revolver
• Introducing a new projectile weapon: the Tomahawk, with corresponding Challenges for single player and multiplayer
• New Achievements/Trophies
• Pricing: $9.99 (PlayStation Network), 800 Microsoft Points (Xbox LIVE)

Liars and Cheats Pack

New Competitive Modes, Multiplayer Mini-games in Free Roam, and more:

• ‘Attack and Defend’ Multiplayer Competitive Mode and Challenges
• New Multiplayer Horse Races complete with mounted combat
• Play as the heroes and villains of Red Dead Redemption as well as 8 additional multiplayer characters
• Multiplayer versions of Liars Dice and Poker from the single-player game
• Introducing a new weapon: the Explosive Rifle, with associated Challenges available in single-player and multiplayer
• New Achievements/Trophies
• Release date TBC
• Pricing: $9.99 (PlayStation Network), 800 Microsoft Points (Xbox LIVE)

Free Roam Pack

Delve deeper into the world of Red Dead Redemption with new Modes, Challenges and Gang Hideouts to discover:

• Additional Free Roam Challenges
• New action areas and defensive placements
• Posse Scoring / Posse Leaderboards
• New ‘anti-griefing’ measures in Free Roam
• Release date and pricing TBC

Undead Nightmare Pack

Ghost towns and cemeteries come alive in a West gone horribly wrong:

• Brand new single player adventure, Challenges and quests
• 8 New Multiplayer Zombie characters
• Additional animals unleashed in the world
• New Dynamic events
• More details to follow…
• Release date TBC
• Pricing: $9.99 (PlayStation Network), 800 Microsoft Points (Xbox LIVE)

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