Red Dead Redemption Getting Four New DLC Packs

Following the free DLC Outlaws to The End Co-Op Mission Pack released last month for Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar is planning a series of DLC set to release over the next few months. Announced today there will be four packs hitting Red Dead Redemption starting with the Legends and Killers Pack set to release at the begging of August. Unlike the Outlaws Pack each of the add-on content will cost money but it’s not bad considering what you will be gettinig. The first pack will consist of new map locations and new weapons while the rest of the DLC will include things like new multiplayer mini-games (poker and liars dice), new multiplayer modes, new free roam content, and ZOMBIES.

This is everything that will be included in the upcoming downloadable content:

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)

There is a ton of content here, even for those who don’t play competitive modes. The price for the free roam content not being announced kind of worries me, because I’m thinking that could mean it will cost more than the other packs. Rockstar will release more details on these upcoming packs as it gets closer to each release.

[Source: rockstargames.com]