{"id":196596,"date":"2022-07-11T09:14:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T07:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=196596"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:35:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:35:35","slug":"red-dead-redemption-focus-gta-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/red-dead-redemption-focus-gta-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockstar ends Red Dead Online support as focus shifts to GTA 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We\u2019ve been waiting for a long time for an update on Rockstar\u2019s highly-anticipated GTA 6. The company has now confirmed that it has shifted focus to the development<\/strong> of the next chapter in the Grand Theft Auto franchise, but at the cost of further improvement of Red Dead Online. <\/p>\n\n\n

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\u2018Over the past few years, we have been steadily moving more development resources towards the next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series – understanding more than ever the need to exceed players’ expectations<\/strong> and for this next entry to be the best it can possibly be and as a result, we are in the process of making some changes to how we support Red Dead Online.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fanbase of Red Dead 2 has not taken well to the news that the western-themed game is essentially now on life support. Fans even announced an in-game funeral<\/strong> to be held for the live component of RDR2 to mark what many now see as \u2018one year of RDR2 being abandoned\u2019. Rockstar maintains that minor improvements will still make their way into the game, but that there won\u2019t be any more \u2018major themed content updates like in previous years.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Instead, Red Dead Online players should expect events highlighting existing content, plus “seasonal special events<\/strong> and experience improvements.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fans of Rockstar\u2019s most popular franchise, however, are chomping at the bit for more information and potential release dates for the highly-anticipated<\/strong> GTA VI. We previously covered that this next title could be the most ambitious title in gaming history, potentially taking place over numerous continents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Rockstar has been focussing on developing GTA VI<\/strong>, however, numerous aspects of Red Dead Redemption seem to have been forgotten and have not won the developer any respect from fans of the game. One of the more prominent fan-run Twitter accounts for the game, Red Dead News<\/a>, has taken to the social media platform to voice its discontentment with the way the developer has handled the franchise of late. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That said, Rockstar's management of Red Dead Online has been a series of failures, from the botched implementation of a premium currency & content passes, to game breaking bugs that still exist and a complete lack of protection for PC players against modders.<\/p>— Red Dead News (@RedDeadRDC) July 7, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>