Red Dead Redemption 2 Marketing Campaign Kicks Off

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After all this time, the first sign that a big marketing push for Red Dead Redemption 2 is underway has appeared.

Fans have sighted a huge collection of posters going up in New York advertising the game. This is likely the first step in a much larger, international publicity campaign mirroring that of past releases.

Sighted in Lower Manhattan, New York City, near Rockstar's local offices, was a set of posters set up near one another. First reported by Tom Caswell and Instagram user Tary_n, the posters depict individual character art for John Marston, Dutch van der Linde, Sadie Adler and Charles Smith, as well as a large key art poster and a separate posted with the tagline "Outlaws for Life".

While none of these characters are new, the artwork used to depict them hasn't been seen before in other marketing material. The posters reaffirm the October 26 release date, and if it got printed on posters going up in such a prominent location, you can bet that that's when the game will be launched.

The key art poster showing the drawing of Arthur Morgan which also adorns the game's box is displayed higher up than the rest and has its own illumination, setting it apart from the other posters. It towers almost like a marker in an open world game, beckoning fans to visit it to see the other displays.

In a curious and almost certainly deliberate twist of fate, the large posters emblazoned with "Outlaws for Life" happens to be prominently displayed on a bank building. Whoever came up with that deserves a promotion, though we have the slightest hunch that the bank's employees may not be too cheery about the situation.

This was enough to ignite the fandom, many of whom are already hoping for some means to acquire character art posters in the future. This is also likely an indication of the beginning of Red Dead Redemption 2's marketing in earnest, which has been absent so far.

Rockstar Games previous high-profile release, Grand Theft Auto 5, allegedly had half of its $265 million budget dedicated to marketing, which manifested in the form of huge murals, liveries on the sides of trams, posters across multiple countries and widespread online advertising. Red Dead Redemption 2, which is intended to be publisher Take-Two's flagship release of the year, will likely get no less attention.

Hopefully the activation of the marketing engine doesn't only mean ads, but also more trailers, screenshots and gameplay details.

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[CMcC]

[LinXX]

YAY! This makes me happy. I am getting more and more excited as we get closer the game's actual release date. 

[CMcC]

Edited August 7, 2018 by CMcC

[Hazed0NE]

That is some good looking art right there. I haven't seen anything by me yet but if I spot something, I will post some pictures for sure. Glad they are going all out for this. 

[Benjo]

Looks amazing! Getting hyped now I must admit. 

[Purple Cactus]

They did a really nice job with these signs. The artwork really grabs your attention. Even if you never heard or the game, or even like it, you will notice it and I can't see anyone not liking it.

[Cokeyskunk]

[Kean_1]

Link to the new trailer which appears to be the first in a series to be released:

 

 

[Archbell]

New piece of Red Dead Redemption II Artwork.

[TheHansonGoons]

On 8/7/2018 at 12:26 PM, CMcC said:

Am I the only one who has issues with the traffic lines and that one SUV?

Playstation fans are lucky to get get some soundtrack tidbits and collectibles through Playstation Magazine later in the month. Too bad there isn't anything for Xbox fanbase yet. Fingers crossed.

Definitely getting hyped up.

[Fribbo]

2 hours ago, TheHansonGoons said:

Am I the only one who has issues with the traffic lines and that one SUV?

Playstation fans are lucky to get get some soundtrack tidbits and collectibles through Playstation Magazine later in the month. Too bad there isn't anything for Xbox fanbase yet. Fingers crossed.

Definitely getting hyped up.

Sadly Rockstar’s priority for RDR2 is PlayStation and not both, they will receive all DLC and different modes and add ons before Xbox do and have different privileges that Xbox players won’t.