The latest trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2 has finally revealed that the last game’s protagonist, John Marston will make an appearance.

We see two brief shots of a younger Marston, fresh from receiving his trademark scars, and clearly in trouble with what looks to be a rival gang.

It was always likely that Marston would appear considering his connection to the Van Der Linde gang. In the first game, Marston was coerced into tracking down members of the gang he was once a part of. The new game, set before the events of the first, sees you play as Dutch Van der Linde’s right-hand man, Arthur Morgan.

In terms of wider story, a Rockstar press release has fleshed out the plot a little more than previously:



"After a robbery goes badly wrong in the western town of Blackwater, Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang are forced to flee. With federal agents and the best bounty hunters in the nation massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal and fight their way across the rugged heartland of America in order to survive. As deepening internal divisions threaten to tear the gang apart, Arthur must make a choice between his own ideals and loyalty to the gang who raised him."

But there's more! Come back to IGN tomorrow at 7am PT / 3pm BST / midnight AEST to see our exclusive first-look coverage of Red Dead Redemption 2.

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