Red Dead Redemption 2 launches on Stadia and PC in November - CNET

red-dead-redemption-2-analisis — Red Dead Redemption 2 will make its way to PC and Stadia.
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After much speculation, Red Dead Redemption 2 will be available on PCs on Nov. 5 and will be a launch title for Google Stadia sometime in the same month. Fans of Steam, however, will have to wait an additional month before buying the game.

Rockstar Games revealed the PC release of Red Dead Redemption 2 on Friday. The new version of the Western-themed open-world game will come with improved graphics and more content including bounty hunting missions, gang hideouts, weapons and more.

The news that the game will be a launch title for Stadia, Google's cloud-gaming platform, was a surprise. Stadia will go live on Nov 19.

Rockstar uploaded an 8K, 60fps trailer on Oct. 17 showing off the upgrade graphics available on the PC version of the game.

The developer also released the PC specs for them on its website:

Minimum Specifications

OS: Windows 7 - Service Pack 1 (6.1.7601)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-2500K / AMD FX-6300
Memory: 8GB
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB
HDD Space: 150GB
Sound Card: DirectX compatible

Recommended Specifications

OS: Windows 10 - April 2018 Update (v1803)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-4770K / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Memory: 12GB
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB
HDD Space: 150GB
Sound Card: DirectX compatible

Rockstar says the story mode in the newest version of the game will include three new bounties, two gang hideouts, two treasure maps and a new mission call "To The Ends of The Earth." There are also four more weapons, several horses, and five new trinkets.

Red Dead Redemption 2 pre-purchases will start on Oct. 9 at 8 a.m. PT until Oct. 22 on the Rockstar Games Launcher. Those who buy the game during this time period will also receive two previously released Rockstar titles for free.

The games include:

Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Bully: Scholarship Edition
L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition
Max Payne 3: The Complete Edition

The Rockstar Games Launcher came out in September and included a free copy of GTA: San Andreas for those who installed it.

Preorders for Red Dead Redemption 2 will start Oct. 23 at the Epic Games store, Greenman Gaming, Humble Store, GameStop and other digital retailers with a 25 gold bar bonus (That's the in-game currency for Red Dead Online.) Gamers who want to buy the game on Steam will have to wait until December.

Originally published on Oct. 4.
Update, Oct. 17: Adds new trailer and specs.

Correction, 10:34 a.m. PT: An earlier version of this story misstated when Stadia will launch. There's currently no specific date for its launch in November.