Red Dead Revolver: New Details & Pics

Latest screens and fresh details on wild west gun slinging action in Rockstar's Red Dead Revolver, which should actually come out soon!

Originally a Capcom title revealed at E3 2002, Red Dead Revolver offered a relatively fresh theme to the traditional action shooting affair, with a distinctive western flavour. After a lengthy silence surrounding the intriguing project, it was announced at the end of last year that Rockstar picked up the fantastically authentic and stylish shooter. We're looking forward to a thorough hands-on with the latest version of the game in a couple of weeks, so it's probably the right time to update you with some fresh details and these latest screens...

Our story begins in the late 1880s. There is no Red Dead Revolver, just Red, a young kid living with his family on the western frontier. His family strikes gold-strikes it rich in fact-but it is not long before news of their good fortune reaches the ears of General Diego, a rogue Mexican general, who sends his bandits on a mission to massacre Red's family and steal their gold.

Red's family is slaughtered before his eyes, his mother burned, his father shot down. Red has only revenge on his mind. He quickly picks up his dad's gun - which fell into the fire - burning his hand and leaving an imprint as a permanent scar and reminder of what happened. But he gets off a single shot, hitting one of the bandits in the arm as they ride off. Now, many years later as a man, Red's prepares to act on his lifelong thirst for revenge.

Read Dead Revolver offers arcade style gameplay in a blazing third person gun slinging action game, fueled by a revenge driven storyline and "punctuated with humour", according to Rockstar.

You will learn the ways of the untamed frontier as a bounty hunter, in your quest for justice. Red's arsenal includes a variety of weapons including pistols, rifles, shotguns, and dynamite. During levels Red can carry one side arm, one long arm, and one thrown weapon. In total there will be around 30 different weapons.

The Wild West is realized with a wide variety of environments. Dusty towns, windswept prairies, rugged saloons - all of the elements that one would expect to see in a classic Western movie respectfully integrated into the game.

"With this game, we have pushed ourselves technically, stylistically and gameplay wise further than ever before," said Diego Angel, president of Rockstar San Diego. "We are aiming to make a western experience that sparks memories of the past as well as looks forward with an inventive new approach."

The game looks really quite good from the various show outings we've seen it at to date, and although some gameplay tweaks were needed back then, we're hoping these will be in effect in the latest version - which we'll be getting hold of at the end of the month, so stay tuned.

Adam Doree
Director, Kikizo.com