RED DEAD ONLINE's Files Suggest Battle Royale And Story-Focused Missions Implementation

Rockstar announced yesterday that the highly-anticipated Red Dead Redemption 2 multiplayer component will start rolling out this week, as the mode launches today for owners of the game's pricey Ultimate Edition. Then, the tests will open up to anyone who played RDR2 on launch day. On Thursday - anyone who played the game between October 26th and 29th, leading to opening up to everyone on November 30th.

According to new leaks from data-miner Illogical Mods, it looks like the previously leaked Battle Royale mode for RDR2 is real and it may be similar to GTA Online's Motor Wars. That's not everything Red Dead Online will have to offer, as players can expect to participate in some co-op story-focused missions featuring the return of the honor system that will have a direct effect on your character.

Red Dead Online will also force you to make some moral decisions that will change the way NPCs see you. Rockstar will confirm (or deny) the leak later today when first players will join the muliplayer fun. The fact that the studio is officially staggering the launch should help Rockstar avoid many GTA: Online's launch problems, as it was filled with smaller and bigger technical issues.

America, 1899. The end of the wild west era has begun as lawmen hunt down the last remaining outlaw gangs. Those who will not surrender or succumb are killed. After a robbery goes badly wrong in the western town of Blackwater, Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang are forced to flee. With federal agents and the best bounty hunters in the nation massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal and fight their way across the rugged heartland of America in order to survive. As deepening internal divisions threaten to tear the gang apart, Arthur must make a choice between his own ideals and loyalty to the gang who raised him.