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Released on 21/05/2010

• Brad Pitt saddling up for Red Dead Redemption film?

  Every few years it seems like Hollywood suddenly falls in love with the Western again. Generally that's because Kevin Costner is experiencing one of his bi-decade revivals, but this time there's an altogether better reason behind it. According to various internet reports, Tinsel town has got a thing for Red Dead Redemption - and it wants Brad Pitt in the lead role.

  If the Showbiz Spy website is anything to go by, Mr Angelina Jolie is "the hot favourite to play renegade outlaw John Marston in an epic cowboy shoot-em-up based on the PlayStation game". (Thanks, Eurogamer.)

  Pitt apparently hasn't acknowledged whether there's any truth to this story, but a source has said, "This is an exciting project with a great character at the center of it. The idea is to make this in the style of an epic Western movie but with a few modern touches. Brad is perfect for the role and he is being given first refusal."

  Whether the movie gets off the ground or not, Rockstar's game is plenty cinematic in its own right: a massive open world cowboy adventure with all the shooting, riding, and whooping - cowboys do that, right? - that you could possibly desire. Red Dead Redemption is out right now for the PS3 and Xbox 360. Check it out. Pardner.

• LA Noire dated?

  With Duke Nukem Forever finally getting a 6th May release date, it's only fitting that another long-awaited game should be touching down around the same time. A leaked trailer for the amazing LA Noire has suggested Rockstar's latest will be showing up in stores around 17th May.

  According to Eurogamer, it's not clear at the moment whether this date refers to a global launch or is purely when Americans can expect to play the game. Either way, it's hard to see a European launch tagging a long too far behind it.

  LA Noire was first unveiled way back in 2005, so we've waited long enough to get our hands on this intriguing game. Set in the 1940s, Rockstar's game sees you signing up with the Los Angeles Police Department and tackling crimes, via shooting and racing around in cars, of course, but also through interrogating suspects - a system that depends upon the game's amazing motion-capture that records every nuance of an actor's performance and processes it into the game.

  With a huge script and a brilliant setting, this should be just the ticket for anyone who's finished Red Dead Redemption and is itching for a bit more Rockstar brilliance. LA Noire will be available for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

• Rockstar hints at movie projects

  From GTA to Red Dead Redemption and now L.A. Noire, super-publisher Rockstar has specialised in games so cinematic that they should come with popcorn. Now it seems that the company might be eyeing a future on the big screen.

  Details have surfaced that the company has registered a trademark for a spin-off called Rockstar Films, and also owns two internet domains under the same title.

  The Rockstar Films trademark covers re-recorded video discs and other pre-recorded digital and electronic media in the field of live action programs, motion pictures, or animation featuring entertainment, namely, action, adventure, dramatic, comedic, children's and documentary themes./p>

  It has long been suggested that the publisher would make a move into movies, but in 2008 Rockstar quashed rumours that it was preparing a Grand Theft Auto movie. However, the publisher has dabbled in Hollywood, hiring director John Hillcoat (The Road) to put together a short film called The Man from Blackwater using footage from Red Dead Redemption.

• Final Red Dead Redemption DLC out this month

  Fans of Rockstar's acclaimed Red Dead Redemption can grab one final piece of downloadable content for the game later this month.

  The developer has announced that the Red Dead Redemption Myths & Mavericks Bonus Pack will be launched on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on September 13th 2011 free of charge, as a thank-you to its millions of loyal fans.

  It will add a number of new multiplayer arenas to the Western-themed sandbox action game, including Cochinay, Nekoti Rock and Beecher's Hope, as well as new Stronghold games in Armadillo, Tumbleweed and Chuparosa.

  The pack will also make a number of popular characters playable in multiplayer for the first time, including the likes of Landon Ricketts, Vicente DeSanta, Drew MacFarlane and Deputy Eli.

  Red Dead Redemption was launched last year and won considerable critical praise for its free-roaming recreation of the Old West.

  A number of content packs have subsequently been released, including the acclaimed Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare, which adds zombies into the mix.

  Published: 02/09/2011

• Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition announced

  Rockstar has announced that it will be releasing a definitive and comprehensive new edition of the hit Red Dead Redemption next month.

  Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition is coming to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in October 2011 and will include the award-winning original game, plus all of the additional content that has since been made available.

  This includes the hugely popular Undead Nightmare expansion pack, which adds zombie battles to the Wild West experience, as well as all of the free and paid downloadable content packs released to date.

  Sam Houser, founder of Rockstar Games, said: "We wanted to create a world that captured the spirit of the Western. We are thrilled that Red Dead Redemption's vision of the West resonated with so many people."

  Red Dead Redemption casts players in the role of former outlaw John Marston and allows them to explore a free-roaming recreation of the old American frontier.

  A sequel to Red Dead Revolver, the game topped the charts for several weeks on its launch in 2010 and has since won more than 160 game of the year accolades.

  Published: 14/09/2011

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