The Red Dead Redemption 2 wait is over – trailer coming this week

Rockstar has officially issued a statement about the 2017 sequel to its Western epic and promises 'a brand new online multiplayer experience'

After two days of teasing messages on Twitter, Rockstar has officially announced Red Dead Redemption 2. The sequel to the company's 15m-selling western adventure will launch next autumn. A trailer will arrive on YouTube this Thursday.

In a brief press release sent out on Tuesday afternoon, Rockstar referred to the sequel as "an epic tale of life in America's unforgiving heartland". The publisher, best known for the Grand Theft Auto series also promised, "a brand new online multiplayer experience". It's probably some sort of persistent multiplayer world, similar to the hugely successful GTA Online is in development to accompany the single-player campaign.