Red Dead Redemption TV Movie Saunters to XBLA , PSN

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Red Dead Redemption TV Movie Saunters to XBLA , PSN

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Good news for all you Red Dead Redemption fans: The TV movie that Fox aired in May is now free to download on XBLA and PSN.

Back in May, Fox and Rockstar teamed up to deliver a <a href=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/100935-Red-Dead-Redemption-Animated-Film-Coming-This-Weekend>30-minute film created from <a href=http://www.amazon.com/Red-Dead-Redemption-Xbox-360/dp/B001SH7YMG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1280948193&sr=8-2>Red Dead Redemption cutscenes (with some gameplay footage mixed in for dramatic effect) to tell the story of the game's first act. The result was a surprisingly decent short film, showcasing John Marston's hunt for Bill Williamson, and now the video is available for download on both the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. The best part of this news is that the movie's completely free.

If you're still planning to play the Red Dead Redemption, you might want to hold off on seeing the movie since it acts as a spoiler to a large part of the game's story. That said, if you don't care about such things, there are worse ways to spend a half hour of your time then watching Marston recruit a posse to take down Williamson's hideout/fortress in a final shootout.

Of course, the story differs at the end of the film from that of the game, since scenes from a few (very) different missions were spliced together to create the final moments of the movie. That Rockstar is letting gamers download this for free is pretty cool. While the developer hasn't announced any other such movie projects in the future, one has to wonder if similar movie projects are in the works.

Source: Aeropause

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[Marik2]

Oh wow thats pretty cool of them to give it away for free.

Kudos Rockstar.

 

[nYuknYuknYuk]

Very neat. I like it when publishers release content like this for free, rather than charging or not releasing at all.

 

[Grey_Focks]

Cool. I loved RDR, and maybe this movie will motivate me to go play it some more.

 

[Dr. wonderful]

Hey, that's pretty awesome.

 

[Zaydin]

I saw this 'movie' when it aired. I wasn't impressed; it was just a bunch of reworked cutscenes spliced together, and shots of the environment.

 

[Stone Wera]

I thought it was pretty neat.

 

[hurfdurp]

John Marston, my endless loveee~.

 

[Jared]

Well, thats nice of them. Will have to grab that later!

 

[Kapol]

Yea, that's pretty cool. At least they aren't trying to charge everyone for it like they would normally do.

 

[number2301]

Only available to Gold members at the moment. Hopefully they'll release it to silver later.

 

[squid5580]

And let me guess not available in Canada. Or am I looking in the wrong spot?

 

[kevinsux909]

has anyone here actually been able to find it on PSN?

 

[Antiparticle]

Lemme guess, it's only for America again?

 

[Magic Muffin Man]

Another fine film by John Hillcoat. I think I prefer the ending of the film to the actual end of RDR act 1.

 

[DTWolfwood]

If you played the game, you've watched the movie. <.<

I can take all the cutscenes and compile it together and call it a short film too