Red Dead Redemption pre-order DLC sold separately this week

RDR's pre-order bonus items are to be sold separately, while Rockstar notes L.A. Noire's bonuses will be available "much, much sooner."

Alice O'Connor

April 11, 2011 7:00 AM

The Red Dead Redemption in-game items that were offered as pre-order bonuses will be released separately as downloadable content, Rockstar has announced announced.

The fame-increasing Golden Guns Weapon Pack, Dead Eye-boosting Deadly Assassin Outfit and super equine The War Horse will be released on Tuesday, priced at 99¢ (80 Microsoft Points) apiece.

Rockstar apologises that it took so long to release the items separately, explaining that "there were some unanticipated technical delays."

The company also notes that L.A. Noire's pre-order bonuses, which range from items to whole new cases, will become available "much, much sooner."

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- baron calamity
  
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  April 11, 2011 7:12 AM
  
  Cool. I just started playing. Good timing for me.
- ShXIII
  
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  April 11, 2011 7:13 AM
  
  PC version? /sigh
  - dantastic
    
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    April 11, 2011 7:21 AM
    
    give it up
    - Pneum0
      
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      April 11, 2011 7:57 AM
      
      What do you have against him wanting it on PC? I bought and completed it on PS3 but i'd rebuy for PC just to see it run in all it's glory.
      - frdranger
        
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        April 11, 2011 8:09 AM
        
        I'm with ShXIII - I too would like a PC version even though I already own it for the PS3. :(.
      - dantastic
        
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        April 11, 2011 8:16 AM
        
        i don't, it just seems to have become a tired meme for every single RDR thread in existence on shacknews. it's like a "first!" post for RDR threads here. it's just as annoying
        
        you figure there'd be an announcement by now if it were coming out. it's been almost a year
        
        ShXIII
        
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        April 11, 2011 8:26 AM
        
        Just hoping someone at Rockstar comes by this site and sees that people still want it. Not that it means much anyways.
        
        CrustaR
        
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        April 11, 2011 8:26 AM
        
        Mr. D, it is no meme. It's a serious question.
        
        dantastic
        
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        April 11, 2011 9:10 AM
        
        a serious rhetorical question perhaps? nobody is going to answer it :\
        
        Thick Axelrod
        
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        April 11, 2011 5:00 PM
        
        I don't think it memes what he think it memes.
        
        dedgecko
        
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        April 11, 2011 8:34 AM
        
        I'd still like to see the breakdown of the sales of the three platforms that GTA IV was released on. the 3/11/2011 announcement that GTA IV sales have exceeded 20 million copies is great to hear, but there isn't shit for information on the PC version's numbers since 2008 (who's only numbers were reported at retailed by NPD, which has been proven to be completely useless).
        
        I'm perfectly content to not play RDR, sure I'm missing out on a great game, but I'm voting with my wallet.
        
        roushimsx
        
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        April 11, 2011 8:53 AM
        
        GTA IVs sales numbers on pc wouldn't really matter since I suspect it hasn't been moving much at retail and I'm sure an overwhelming majority of the copies sold were both via digital distribution and at a vastly reduced price (~75% off retail or more).
        
        Plus, if a port of RDR ever magically happened, it wouldn't matter. The "pc port?" subthreads would be replaced with people bitching about GFWL and the R* social club or the lack of AA support in the engine. You know, typical "this port sucks!" threads.
        
        ShXIII
        
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        April 11, 2011 8:57 AM
        
        True, the GTAIV port was crap. Rockstar can learn from their mistakes right?...right?
        
        roushimsx
        
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        April 11, 2011 9:05 AM
        
        I thought the port was quite nice, all things considered. Just really CPU intensive, but worth it for the insane view distance and increased resolution
        
        Modulus
        
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        April 11, 2011 1:39 PM
        
        This. I really enjoyed GTA IV on the PC, and would rather play a PC port of RDR.
        I haven't bought RDR yet as I am waiting for new on if they will do a PC port. So I'm stuck in a limbo waiting for a definitive answer as to if there will be a PC port.
        If not I'll go get a console version; else I will wait for the PC port.
        
        djdisco
        
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        April 11, 2011 2:51 PM
        
        I completely agree with this post. I am also waiting in limbo. If I do buy a console version, it will be USED for cheap which means no one at RockStar gets my money... :( Their loss.
        
        dantastic
        
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        April 11, 2011 9:08 AM
        
        they're most likely negligible compared to console sales which is why you don't see RDR or LA Noire PC ports.
        
        dedgecko
        
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        April 11, 2011 9:53 AM
        
        That it may be, but at least the game is in our hands to do with it as we please. And GTA IV is not a shitty port in the same vein as Saints Row 2. The added editor adds a whole new level of awesome that console versions didn't get.
        
        fatheadwilson
        
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        April 11, 2011 1:18 PM
        
        Although you are missing a good game, I'm glad to hear you're voting with your wallet. I wish more gamers would, and then it would actually work.
        
        [deleted] 1271987451
        
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        April 11, 2011 2:53 PM
        
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        Thick Axelrod
        
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        April 11, 2011 5:00 PM
        
        I don't think it memes what you think it memes.
      - orgcaptainnemo
        
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        April 11, 2011 9:58 AM
        
        No one has a problem with him wanting it. We have a problem with people posting about it. It's like asking for a fucking pony all year when you KNOW you're not going to get one. WHINE MORE, PLEASE.
        
        ShXIII
        
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        April 11, 2011 2:07 PM
        
        Sounds like someone else here is doing the whining
      - ChiefSquattingBear
        
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        April 12, 2011 9:56 AM
        
        Own, completed, but would still repurchase for PC!
    - deject
      
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      April 11, 2011 8:15 AM
      
      http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=25670466#itemanchor_25670466
    - ajvitaly
      
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      April 11, 2011 5:02 PM
      
      Or he, along with the many many other people, can continue to say he'd buy a PC version of the game.
- Batmanshack
  
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  April 11, 2011 5:28 PM
  
  Best DLC "Undead Nightmare" still to this date... If they would of put even more content in it, I would of thought it was the full game...