A new and unexpected Red Dead Redemption 2 update has been released by Rockstar Games. It removes features from Red Dead Online. This change by Rockstar has annoyed some fans. A similar change was made to GTA Online earlier this year.
Despite no new major content updates in years, Rockstar Games are still continuing to perform basic updates and Event Months. This time, a downloadable patch was not required as the changes were made server side by the game’s developers.
The changes have been made to Posse and Horse names in Red Dead Online. All custom names for Posses and Horses are no longer publicly visible. This means whatever you decide to name your horse or posse will only show up to you.
What names will replace the custom names have been confirmed by Rockstar. All horses will have their horse breed displayed instead of a custom name. As for posses, all players that are part of one will appear publicly as members of their leader’s Posse.
This move is not totally unexpected. Rockstar Games added restrictions to GTA Online’s custom organisation names earlier this summer. This also resets player names for the organisations. The restrictions were eased following backlash as some genuinely fine names were caught in the blacklist.
Below are the patch notes for the latest update shared by Rockstar Support:
Patch Notes
[September 24, 2024] – General
- Custom Posse names are no longer visible in Red Dead Online. All players in a Posse will now appear publicly as members of their leader’s Posse
- Custom Horse names are no longer visible in Red Dead Online. All owned Horses will now appear publicly as their Horse breed
In other Red Dead news, Red Dead Redemption 2 was the 4th most downloaded PlayStation 4 game last month. Red Dead Redemption 1 for PC was also leaked by Rockstar yet again.
Other Red Dead Online happenings
The current Red Dead Online event month is still on until the end of the month. You can find out everything that’s live in the game here. Be on the lookout at the start of next month when we cover what will happen next in Red Dead Online.
For more Red Dead Redemption 2 and Red Dead Online news, stay tuned to RockstarINTEL.
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I better see a damn refund for the $200 I had to spend in-game to make a permanent posse, then…. Aint no reason to have one if theyre just gonna start stripping all the features from it…. I’ll make a new one every time i get in-game, for free……… Literally no reason to have one if there’s no content to benefit from paying for one…..