Red Dead Redemption

Although sales of boxed copies traditionally take a hit after Black Friday, FIFA 19, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 don't seem to care much as they got to keep their stranglehold on the UK physical sales chart.

We'd normally say that Activision have pulled quite the feat dethroning Red Dead Redemption 2 in the UK, had there not been for the fact that Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!'s combined sales actually made it the winner.

Eight years on from Red Dead Redemption 1, but 12 years earlier in the story of the blood-thirsty van der Linde gang and its members, Red Dead Redemption 2 has been teasing us for a year since its first announcement. Is it worth the wait?

Trusted Reviews have posted a public apology to Take-Two Games for publishing a Red Dead Redemption 2 leak in February 2018. The apology further states that the website will donate one million dollars to charities chosen by the company.

Among the last companies to hop aboard the crunch critique train are indie publisher Devolver Digital, who recently reflected on what seems to be a pressing matter in the gaming industry at the moment - the dreaded crunch time culture.

Rockstar Games may have outdone themselves yet again by creating Red Dead Redemption 2, which is one of the best looking games of all time. Yet no matter how good your Quality Assurance, there is no such thing as a glitch-free game.

Even though Rockstar's HR department allowed and encouraged its employees to freely discuss working conditions on social media, we're hearing conflicting information when it comes to Red Dead Redemption 2's crunch, even with official stats.

In an attempt to put a stop to allegations of health-threatening work environment in Rockstar, the company's human resources department lifted their no-work-talk policy on social media and let their employees speak openly on the issue.

Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2 is one of the most anticipated titles on the market and it's somewhat understandable that they keep it under wraps, since everyone is anxious to see where the company's creative choices take the franchise.

It appears that Rockstar's PR machine has started hitting the gas pedal early as Red Dead Redemption 2 posters already started appearing in New York. As usual, the gaming rumour mill churned out the possibility of a new trailer coming.