{"id":196916,"date":"2022-07-14T09:38:49","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T07:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=196916"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:35:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:35:07","slug":"fans-memorialize-red-dead-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/fans-memorialize-red-dead-online\/","title":{"rendered":"#RedDeadFuneral &#8211; fans memorialize Red Dead Online"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The online version of Red Dead Redemption 2 has potentially taken its final breath &#8211; for now, at least. The news that Rockstar is shelving any further development on Red Dead Online in favor of the continued development of GTA VI has fans feeling mournful and as if they\u2019ve<strong> lost a friend<\/strong>. In a manner of speaking, many fans have. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Red Dead Redemption II\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-logo-xl,f_auto\/p\/9b335ffa-580a-4de6-9226-e2d751e10ac9\/1089303883\/red-dead-redemption-2-1089303883.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Red Dead Redemption II<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/red-dead-redemption-2.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/red-dead-redemption-2.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Red Dead Redemption Online may not have received all the attention that Grand Theft Auto Online does, but the platform meant a great deal to its <strong>loyal fanbase<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the wake of Rockstar\u2019s announcement, fans have taken to Twitter, where #RedDeadFuneral is currently trending, to say their last goodbyes to an icon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2018RIP <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RedDeadOnline?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>#RedDeadOnline<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Forever in our hearts.<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RedDeadFuneral?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>#RedDeadFuneral<\/em><\/a><em>\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2018I find quite fitting to be in an abandoned graveyard like Odd Fellow&#039;s rest as a tribute to the abandoned online <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedDeadRDC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>@RedDeadRDC<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RedDeadFuneral?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>#RedDeadFuneral<\/em><\/a><em>\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2018A beautiful game, ruined and abandoned because of greed. <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RedDeadFuneral?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>#RedDeadFuneral<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaveRedDeadOnline?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>#SaveRedDeadOnline<\/em><\/a><em>\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2018What a great community<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What a great game<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What a great time<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaveRedDeadOnline?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>#SaveRedDeadOnline<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RedDeadFuneral?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>#RedDeadFuneral<\/em><\/a><em>\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are just a few of the sorrowful gestures that have been flooding Twitter since the announcement. Of course, we have to keep in mind that all Rockstar has done is shelf any further content and development on the Red Dead Online platform while the company <strong>shifts focus<\/strong> to potentially the most ambitious video game in history &#8211; Grand Theft Auto VI. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Rockstar focus shifts to GTA 6\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/f_auto,t_article_cover_xl\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/07\/Rockstar-ends-Red-Dead-Redemption-Online-support-as-focus-shifts-to-GTA-6.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Rockstar focus shifts to GTA 6<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/gta-6.en.softonic.com\/articles\/red-dead-redemption-focus-gta-6\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/gta-6.en.softonic.com\/articles\/red-dead-redemption-focus-gta-6\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>However, many fans see the issue a little differently. To them, this is just the final blow for a game and platform that Rockstar <strong>hasn\u2019t paid much attention to<\/strong>, apart from content drops. Many fans even used #RedDeadFuneral as a platform to vent and voice their frustrations with the game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;We cannot fault players for feeling this way when the facts paint the same picture. Red Dead Redemption Online is, for all intents and purposes, a forgotten game. Rockstar has another online variant of a popular game &#8211; GTA Online, a multiplayer experience tied to GTA V. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though GTA V is five years older than Red Dead Redemption 2, the former<strong> still receives regular updates<\/strong> and increased developer attention. This is while fans have had to suffer with Rockstar\u2019s lack of support toward Red Dead Online.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many believe that it is not necessarily the announcement, but rather <strong>Rockstar\u2019s blatant disregard<\/strong> of Red Dead Online\u2019s fanbase that brings players to the in-game cemetery beside Blackwater Chapel. Fans have flocked to the Valentine settlement location to take photographs of their characters dressed in black and to down a virtual stiff one at the nearby Smithfield Saloon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The online version of Red Dead Redemption 2 has potentially taken its final breath &#8211; for now, at least. The news that Rockstar is shelving any further development on Red Dead Online in favor of the continued development of GTA VI has fans feeling mournful and as if they\u2019ve lost a friend. In a manner &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/fans-memorialize-red-dead-online\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;#RedDeadFuneral &#8211; fans memorialize Red Dead Online&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9222,"featured_media":196919,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[2598,1617],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-196916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionred-dead-redemption-2","tag-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323526,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196916\/revisions\/323526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196916"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=196916"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=196916"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=196916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}