red dead redemption

  • Red Dead Redemption 2: The Kotaku Review

    Red Dead Redemption 2: The Kotaku Review

    From tip to tail, Red Dead Redemption 2 is a profound, glorious downer. It is the rare blockbuster video game that seeks to move players not through empowering gameplay and jubilant heroics, but by relentlessly forcing them to confront decay and despair. It has no heroes, only flawed men and women fighting viciously to survive…


  • Inside Rockstar Games’ Culture Of Crunch

    Inside Rockstar Games’ Culture Of Crunch

    In the final year of development on Red Dead Redemption 2, the upcoming Western game, the top directors decided to add black bars to the top and bottom of every non-interactive cutscene in hopes of making those scenes feel more cinematic, like an old-school cowboy film. Everyone agreed it was the right creative move, but…