Red Dead Redemption – is a sequel about to be announced?

Those hoping to see a new game from Rockstar – perhaps even Red Dead Redemption 2 – may get their best shot this June.

The publisher of Borderlands and XCOM, and the owner of Rockstar, has promised that as far as the E3 expo this June goes, ‘We will be there in a big way’.

The comment came from company boss Strauss Zelnick, in an interview with MCV. He was mainly talking about how Take-Two had had an unfortunately quiet year in 2015, and how it was determined to do better in 2016 and beyond.

At the moment the only games they have on their slate are Battleborn, which will have been out for months by the time you get to E3, and Mafia III.




Presumably they’ll be more WWE and NBA games this year, but beyond that everything else is a mystery – which implies major new announcements at E3.

As for Rockstar, they almost operate like a separate company and it’s often unclear whether Take-Two are talking about both them and their 2K brand, or just 2K itself.

Usually it’s both when speaking from a business perspective like this, which suggests Rockstar could be about to announce a new game. Perhaps Red Dead Redemption 2 or the ever mysterious Agent.

As for 2K themselves, it’s hard to guess. Developer Gearbox has suggested Borderlands 3 is still some way off, but it is a long time since 2K did anything with the BioShock franchise. Or there could be a new game from Civilization and XCOM makers Firaxis.

The fact that 2K still see E3 as important is interesting in itself, as EA has already said it won’t have its usual attention-grabbing booth at the event. As we understand it another major publisher is also looking to follow a similar tactic, which could result in the biggest shake-up the press-only show has seen in years.

Rockstar rarely attend themselves, but they have had stands in the past. Although if they do have a big announcement to make you’d probably expect it to be at either Microsoft or Sony’s pre-show conferences.

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