Red Dead Online Beta adds a new mode and teases for the future

Rockstar Games have not even released Red Dead Online completely yet, but that has not stopped them from adding a new mode to the game, Gun Rush.

In Gun Rush, players will put survival instincts to the test, gathering weapons and ammunition while the play area shrinks in this new mode for up to 32 players. You can play the mode solo, or as part of a team, but the last one standing wins.

There is even more to look forward to as the beta is refined ahead of its full release, here is a sample of some of the things to come.

 

• Daily Challenges: Tackle new challenges each day covering every aspect of the game, from sharpshooting to evading the law.

• Law and Bounty Upgrades: Some changes are coming to the way the Law and Bounty systems work in Red Dead Online to reduce the enticements for griefing. Soon, players will get a bounty for committing crimes and will be incentivized to pay them off within an allotted time. Wait too long and bounty hunters from each of the states will track the player forcing them to either pay up or escape.

• Parley Changes: We’re making the Parley system easier to trigger so that you can avoid aggressive players more quickly. In addition, it will be easier to trigger Feuds, Posse Feuds and Leader Feuds to take on attacking players in structured competition.

• Proximity-Based Player Blips: Player location blips will soon appear only over short distances, reducing the range at which you are visible to others, decreasing the likelihood of being targeted by another player across large areas. Down the line, we’re also looking to introduce the ability to identify players who grief and kill indiscriminately with a progressively darkening blip that becomes more visible and at a longer range, so everyone in a session can identify potentially dangerous opponents at a glance and from a safe distance.

 More to ComeWe are working on lots of new content that we will be releasing this year. Just a few of the updates in the works are: 

• All-new missions to build on your Story in A Land Of Opportunities – from previously established characters like Horley and Jessica LeClerk, and some new ones as well.

• A range of Dynamic Events throughout the world

• Lots of new competitive modes including new Showdown Modes and Races

• Plus new weapons and clothing, and lots more that we’re not quite ready to announce just yet…