Become a Better Liar & Cheater with Red Dead Redemption’s Upcoming DLC

New details have emerged on the DLC that will be available on September 21st of this year for Rockstar’s widely popular Old Western-style sandbox title called Red Dead Redemption (I’m going to assume you’ve heard of it).  And lucky you, I’m here to tell you about it!

First off, the DLC will be called the “Liars & Cheats Pack”, and will be focusing mostly on the expansion of the free roam games already available within the RDR world.  In addition to adding online multiplayer functionalities to many of the games-within-the-game, content that was previously announced in the “Free Roam Pack” will be bundled with this DLC (which, interestingly enough, the “Free Roam Pack” was originally announced as free add-on content, but had to be included in a paid add-on pack, due to restrictions of how much free DLC can be handed out for no monies).

So without further ado, here’s what is included in on the new “Liars & Cheats Pack”, available once again on September 21st:

Multiplayer Poker & Liars’ Dice – Now you never have to leave your home to see your friends…  Why have a card night with the guys when you can just veg out on your couch in your underwear and play poker over X-box Live or PSN?

Multiplayer Horse Races – This one seems a little better fitting for DLC.  It makes sense to have a multiplayer racing game added to a sandbox title (it does, at least, if you’ve ever played a GTA title in your life).

The Explosive Rifle – This is a weapon being added to the game, which will include both single and multiplayer challenges.

New Gang Hideouts – 7, count ‘em, 7 of them.  Grab your posse and level up.  Be selfish and blow away anyone who dares try to steal your hideout from you.

4 New Hunting Grounds – These will be visible for everyone to see, where you can go out and kill animals and skin them and eat them and do whatever else you want with them, so you don’t have to go out and do this IRL.

Stronghold Competitive Multiplayer Mode – Take turns attacking and defending in competitive gaming…  Again, this is stuff that’s standard and seems like it should’ve been included as original content when the game was initially released.  But what do I know?

In addition to all of these tasty updates, 15 more characters will be made available from RDR as multiplayer characters, and you can bet your sweet bippy that new Achievements and Trophies will be included as well.  So if you enjoyed Red Dead Redemption and would like to continue living vicariously through John Marston as a rough and tough Old Western outlaw, I’d recommend purchasing this DLC for 800 Microsoft Points, or $9.99 on the PSN in September.