Announcing the Spring 2012 Official Social Club Multiplayer Events Calendar - Including the First Max Payne 3 Multiplayer Dates

Posted: March 07, 2012 2:40PM | Author: R* Y

Presenting the spring 2012 calendar in our long-running Social Club multiplayer events series of live streaming action where you get to play with and against us online - and including dates for the very first of many Max Payne 3 multiplayer dates that will begin in full force following the game's release this May. We'll have developers from Rockstar studios worldwide jumping online in those sessions to celebrate and go all out with some Gang Wars, Payne Killer and more - of course, stay tuned for lots more details about the Max Payne 3 multiplayer experience in the coming weeks and months.

We'll also have more details about some new special features being added to the Events themselves in time for Max Payne 3's release - along with our traditional live video stream, live Social Club chat with Rockstar, and prize package giveaways that all happen at the Social Club official multiplayer events page.

On top of the live streaming dates listed in the calendar, you can also expect to see us playing Max Payne 3 online in sessions every single day in May beginning May 15th - we'll be giving a shout exclusively via Twitter and Facebook to let you know when we're powering on our consoles and booting up our PCs to throw down.

And while we're all very excited to kick off the first Max Payne multiplayer events - there'll also be action this spring from Liberty City to Chuparosa with scheduled dates for Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition (including Undead Nightmare) and Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition (including modes from both Episodes).

CALENDAR OF MULTIPLAYER EVENTS

• Thursday, March 8 (5-8PM Eastern)
  Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition w/ Triple XP
  For PlayStation 3 on PSN
  PSN IDs: RedDeadDev3, RedDeadDev4, RedDeadDev5, RedDeadDev6

• Friday, March 23 (4-7PM Eastern)
  Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition w/ Triple XP
  For Xbox 360 on XBL

• Thursday, April 5 (4-7PM Eastern)
  Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition
  For PlayStation 3 on PSN

• Friday, April 20 (4-7PM Eastern)
  Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition w/ Triple XP
  For PlayStation 3 on PSN

• Friday, May 18 (4-7PM Eastern)
  Max Payne 3
  For PlayStation 3 on PSN

• Saturday, May 19 (1-4PM Eastern)
  Max Payne 3
  For Xbox 360 on XBL

• Friday, May 25 (11AM-2PM Eastern)
  Max Payne 3
  For Xbox 360 on XBL

• Saturday, May 26 (12-3PM Eastern)
  Max Payne 3
  For PlayStation 3 on PSN

• Friday, June 1 (4-7PM Eastern)
  Max Payne 3
  For Xbox 360 on XBL

• Saturday, June 2 (1-4PM Eastern)
  Max Payne 3
  For PlayStation 3 on PSN

• Sunday, June 3 (1-4PM Eastern)
  Max Payne 3
  For PC

Look for Gamertags, PSN IDs, special event updates on prize giveaways and any special guest players as well as details on how to find us in each event to be posted a day or two before each of the dates listed above.

And as mentioned before, we'll be playing Max Payne 3 online every day for two weeks straight beginning on May 15th. We'll also be playing some of our other titles in March and April during dates and times not listed above, and the only place you'll be able to find out that we're getting online is via Twitter and Facebook. That includes Triple XP announcements for Red Dead, so keep a close eye out and see you online...

• Xbox LIVE
• Xbox 360
• Undead Nightmare
• The Lost and Damned
• The Ballad of Gay Tony
• Social Club
• Red Dead Redemption
• PSN
• PLAYSTATION 3
• PC
• Outlaws to the End
• Multiplayer Event
• Max Payne 3
• Liars and Cheats
• Legends and Killers
• Grand Theft Auto IV
• Grand Theft Auto
• Game with Developers
• Episodes From Liberty City

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Recap with Screens, Fan Video & Prize Winners from the Red Dead Redemption Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on PSN (January 13)

Posted: January 24, 2012 2:50PM | Author: R* Y

Thanks to everyone that joined us in kicking off the first Social Club Multiplayer Event of the New Year on January 13th, with a 3+ hour session of Red Dead Redemption multiplayer on PSN. Special congrats to Social Club member hoeky61881 for winning the event’s sweepstakes Grand Prize: two custom, hand-painted Red Dead PlayStation 3 controllers. Our custom controllers are not available for sale anywhere and the only way to try and nab a pair is through these event giveaways, so stay tuned for more.

20 runners-up also won a prize pack featuring a Rockstar shirt, stickers and Red Dead playing cards: Mr_Kevin01, Kreepman, l50CaLiBeRl, Matt0201, laZardo, Neo6918, ZombBomb, Lockmat666, Kingspark88, scareface1970, xcel1sior, CruelFurcas, Jeff_McRae, Patricks_Lame, chielr, SAV-UK, fab1qaz, Xiadox, AvengedInstinct and Marstonboy432. A tip of the hat goes out to all who entered.

Kudos to a pair of Social Club members that recorded their own footage from the event and uploaded it to YouTube: cahill7777 posted some intense Grab The Bag action, while ahetFIN captured a few Grand Prix races in the video above.

Screenshot highlights abound in the gallery below, featuring some of the most interesting and explosive moments from select rounds.

Xbox 360 players, join us this coming Thursday, January 26th for the next event on our calendar, the first Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition Xbox LIVE event of 2012, from 5-8PM Eastern. We'll have Gamertags, details and prizing info here on the Newswire later this week in the run-up to the event.

And if you’re looking for more Red Dead Triple XP and chances to play multiplayer with us online, follow our Twitter and Facebook pages for instant notification of our weekly impromptu play sessions. See below for the customary roll call of event participants, and as always please let us know if we’ve accidentally overlooked anyone...

Previously:
Recap with Screens and Fan Video from the Red Dead Redemption Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on Xbox LIVE (December 15)
Recap with Fan Videos and Screens from the GTAIV & Episodes from Liberty City Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on PC (December 2)
Recap & Screens from the Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on PSN (November 18)

• Undead Nightmare
• Social Club
• Red Dead Redemption
• PSN
• PLAYSTATION 3
• Outlaws to the End
• Multiplayer Event
• Liars and Cheats
• Legends and Killers
• Game with Developers

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Win Limited-Edition Controllers in the Red Dead Redemption & Undead Nightmare PSN Official Social Club Multiplayer Event w/ Triple XP (January 13, 4-7 PM Eastern)

Posted: January 13, 2012 4:00PM | Author: R* Y

Update: The event has ended. Thanks to everyone that joined us, whether you were playing, watching the live stream, chatting or just dropping by to enter the sweepstakes.

How about a little Undead Nightmare for Friday the 13th? 

Get Triple XP all weekend in Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition and enter for your chance to win two custom PlayStation 3 controllers in the Social Club multiplayer event on PSN.

It all begins Friday January 13th with the multiplayer event from 4-7PM Eastern when we'll be posse'ing up in-game, broadcasting live with a video stream and chatting on the multiplayer events page. Any version of Red Dead or Undead Nightmare is compatible with Game of the Year Edition multiplayer - so even if you don't have the Game of the Year Edition release, you can join us to play in any of the applicable modes on PSN. Triple XP will be active for both PSN and Xbox LIVE all weekend.

Our quality custom controllers are painted by hand with several coats and then finished to shine.

If you want to know where, how and when to enter the sweepstakes, it's simple. During the event on January 13th, head to the multiplayer events page between 3:00 and 8:00 Eastern US time. Under 'Sweepstakes Entry' at the bottom of that page, you can enter your details for a chance to win the two specially customized Red Dead Redemption PlayStation 3 controllers you see above. Once you enter, you'll also have the chance to win one of 20 runner-up Rockstar prize packs that includes an official t-shirt, deck of Red Dead playing cards and assorted stickers.

OFFICIAL ROCKSTAR PSN IDs

FORMING A POSSE
To start the game, invite your friends, form a posse and find Rockstar, follow these steps:

1. From the main menu, press 'Start' and then enter 'Online Multiplayer' by pressing the 'Square' button, and choose 'Normal'.
2. Once in a Free Roam lobby, press the 'Select' button to open the in-game multiplayer menu.
3. Press the 'R1' button and then the 'Triangle' button to 'Show Friends'. Invite at least one friend into your posse using the 'X' button.
4. Once your friends are in the game, press the 'Triangle' button again to return to the 'Players' menu and select them with the 'X' button to 'Propose New Posse' or 'Send Posse Invite'.
5. Once you and your friends are ready to go, start up the game mode we're currently playing. We'll announce modes in the chat.
   

Future events include some Grand Theft Auto IV & Episodes from Liberty City for PC and Xbox LIVE, and a Red Dead event for Xbox LIVE. See the events calendar for full details.

If you want more chances to play with Rockstar, and lots more Triple XP for Red Dead, follow us on our Twitter and Facebook pages. We usually hop on once or twice a week and play our games, so grab your controller or keyboard and mouse and join in...

Previously:
Recap with Screens and Fan Video from the Red Dead Redemption Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on Xbox LIVE (December 15)
Recap with Fan Videos and Screens from the GTAIV & Episodes from Liberty City Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on PC (December 2)
Recap & Screens from the Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on PSN (November 18)

• Undead Nightmare
• Social Club
• Red Dead Redemption
• PSN
• PLAYSTATION 3
• Outlaws to the End
• Multiplayer Event
• Liars and Cheats
• Legends and Killers
• Game with Developers

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Red Dead Redemption Double and Triple XP for the Holidays

Posted: December 23, 2011 12:00PM | Author: R* Q

Starting at midnight eastern tonight and running through January 2nd, we're serving up a holiday bounty of Double XP in Red Dead Redemption, where multiplayer activity across all online modes of the game will earn you 2X the multiplayer experience points, including Undead Nightmare and the recently released Game of the Year Edition.

Plus, as an added bonus, we will be dialing it up to 3XP specifically for the holiday weekends of December 24th-25th & December 31st-January 1st. Celebrate Christmas and New Year's this year by doling out buckshots to bandits and the undead alike - frontier justice is always better to give than receive. Enjoy, all.
 

• Xbox LIVE
• Xbox 360
• Undead Nightmare
• Social Club
• Red Dead Redemption
• PSN
• PLAYSTATION 3
• Outlaws to the End
• Multiplayer
• Liars and Cheats
• Legends and Killers
• Downloadable Content

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Announcing the Jan-Feb 2012 Official Social Club Multiplayer Events Series Calendar

Posted: December 16, 2011 9:50AM | Author: R* Y

Announcing the first scheduled Official Social Club Multiplayer Events of 2012 with our January and February slate of Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto IV sessions across PSN, XBL and PC. Mark your calendars to join us for live streaming online multiplayer action plus live chat with Rockstar and other Social Club members at the Events page, along with prize pack giveaways, special guest players, and more. 

Look for another calendar with dates for March and beyond after we've announced the release date for Max Payne 3 - for now, let your mind run wild with what the future will hold by reading up on the first multiplayer details for Max Payne 3 as revealed at IGN this week.

CALENDAR OF MULTIPLAYER EVENTS

• Friday, January 13 (4-7PM Eastern)
  Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition w/ Triple XP
  For PlayStation 3 on PSN
  The first multiplayer event of 2012, battling it out on PSN with you and your whole posse across modes from the entire Red Dead Redemption online multiplayer experience - including Undead Nightmare's Undead Overrun. (Note you do not need the Game of the Year Edition specifically to play in this or any of our Red Dead events. Any version will do as long as we're playing relevant modes.)

• Thursday, January 26 (5-8PM Eastern)
  Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition
  For Xbox 360 on XBL
  Since our most recent GTA console event was held on PSN, the Xbox LIVE crowd gets there proper due with some Cops n' Crooks, GTA Race, Witness Protection and just about every other multiplayer mode from the original Grand Theft Auto IV as well as the Episodes, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony.

• Friday, February 10 (4-7PM Eastern)
  Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition w/ Triple XP
  For Xbox 360 on Xbox LIVE
  Red Dead on Xbox LIVE with everything from Grand Prix Horse Racing to Gold Rush to Stronghold to Undead Overrun and plenty more. As with most of our events, we'll have 20 runner-up prizes and one Grand Prize. Good luck...

• Friday, February 24 (4-7PM Eastern)
  Grand Theft Auto IV & Episodes from Liberty City
  For PC on Games for Windows LIVE
  Yup, 32-player mayhem crashing things up in Race, going wild in Free Mode, and some classic Deathmatch - will be just part of this one.
  

These official multiplayer events are your chance to:

• Play online multiplayer with Rockstar Games, including folks from some of the development teams who helped create the games themselves 
• Enter Social Club member-exclusive event sweepstakes at the multiplayer events page during the event, including prize giveaways you won't see anywhere else like custom controllers, consoles and more
• Watch the live video stream broadcast of the online play at the official multiplayer events page
• Join the live event chat to discuss the stream and challenge other players as the action unfolds
• Gain Triple XP in Red Dead Redemption in addition to during our separate Twitter/Facebook announced playsessions such as these

HOW TO PLAY WITH ROCKSTAR
Look for Gamertags, IDs and details on how to find us in each event to be posted a day or two before each of the dates listed below. Keep in mind that the easiest way to get in on a game with us during these playsessions is to send a friend request the night before and then request in the chat or the corresponding Newswire post to be invited.

If you want more chances to play with Rockstar or, as mentioned, get more +XP in Red Dead, be sure to follow us on our Twitter and Facebook pages. At unscheduled dates and times, every now and then we like to tweet out that we're about to play one of our titles online, and we invite everyone by posting a Gamertag. If Triple XP is happening, we'll let you know about how long it will be on. We've recently been keeping it on at least 24 hours a week. Watch closely for the next one...
 

• Episodes From Liberty City
• Game with Developers
• Games for Windows
• Grand Theft Auto
• Grand Theft Auto IV
• Legends and Killers
• Liars and Cheats
• Multiplayer Event
• Outlaws to the End
• PC
• PLAYSTATION 3
• PSN
• Red Dead Redemption
• Social Club
• The Ballad of Gay Tony
• The Lost and Damned
• Undead Nightmare
• Xbox 360
• Xbox LIVE

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Triple XP, Custom Controller Giveaway and More in the Red Dead Redemption GOTY Xbox 360 Official Social Club Multiplayer Event (December 15, 5-8PM)

Posted: December 15, 2011 5:00PM | Author: R* Y

Update: The event has ended. Thanks to everyone that joined us in the event, whether playing, chatting, watching or just stopping by to enter the sweepstakes.

Join us Thursday December 15th from 5-8PM Eastern for the Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition multiplayer event on Xbox LIVE, the latest in the Social Club Multiplayer Events Series and the very last one for 2011. Triple XP will be switched to the on position all weekend long worldwide in every Red Dead multiplayer mode for Xbox LIVE as well as for PlayStation Network.

Stay tuned for a brand new calendar of multiplayer events to be posted here very soon, announcing the first events of 2012.

For the event, a pair of limited edition Xbox 360 controllers will be up for grabs in the sweepstakes, enterable on the official multiplayer events page. All of our custom controllers are styled with premium automotive grade paint and several applications of clear coat, polished and sanded with care by hand. 20 runner-up winners will receive a Rockstar prize pack with an official t-shirt and stickers. Don't sleep!

Additionally, and as a show of gratitude for another awesome year of Red Dead Redemption fan support, we've invited some folks from a few of the longstanding Red Dead fansites to join us as special guest players: Psy from @iRedDead, al[e]ssio and Daniel from RedDead-Series.com and Rafioso from @RDRvision. You can add Gamertags from Rockstar and from our special guest players as seen below and read on for further details. 

OFFICIAL ROCKSTAR GAMERTAGS

• RedDeadDev3 (Live video streaming)
• RedDeadDev4
• RedDeadDev5
• RedDeadDev6 

FANSITE SPECIAL GUEST GAMERTAGS

• Psyware (@iRedDead)
• THE M4D J0K3R (Daniel, RedDead-Series.com)
• alessioseries (Nicholas, RedDead-Series.com)
• GVRafioso1 (@RDRvision)

EVENT COUNTDOWN
Don't know when the event begins in your time zone? Check above in this article on the day of the event for a countdown.

HOW TO FIND ROCKSTAR
Start up multiplayer from the main menu. This will place you into a Free Roam lobby. Add one of the Gamertags above as a friend, and while you're waiting to receive an invite check out the chat and live stream on the multiplayer events page. Also feel free to play through a few rounds with other players.

HOW DOES FREE ROAM WORK?
Free Roam is the hub of your online experience. Supporting up to 16 players, Free Roam allows you to explore with your friends and enemies, take out the gangs of outlaws launch into more structured gameplay using the markers placed around the world. We'll be forming posses and then heading into several game modes across all of the original multiplayer and the downloadable content during the evening.

To form a posse, press the 'Back' button and use the menu. This menu gives you several gameplay options and access to the list of players in your session.

FORMING A POSSE
To start the game, invite your friends, form a posse and find Rockstar, follow these steps:

1. From the main menu, press 'Start' and then enter 'Xbox LIVE Multiplayer' by pressing the 'X' (blue) button.

2. Once in a Free Roam lobby, press the 'Back' button to open the in-game multiplayer menu.

3. Press the 'RB' button and then the 'Y' (yellow) button to 'Invite Friends'. Invite at least one friend into your posse using the 'A' (green) button.

4. Once your friends are in the game, press the 'Y' (yellow) button again to return to the 'Players' menu and select them with the 'A' (green) button to 'Propose New Posse' or 'Send Posse Invite'.

5. Once you and your friends are ready to go, start up the game mode we're currently playing. This can be found in the chat as the event rolls along.

As stated, pay close attention to the chat to know what game mode we're currently playing.

Again, look out for the new calendar of multiplayer events that will kick off 2012. And be sure to enter the sweepstakes on the multiplayer events page to have the chance to win the two Xbox 360 controllers or a Rockstar prize pack with t-shirt and stickers.

Previously:
Recap, Fan Video & Screens from the Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on PSN (October 14)
Recap & Screens: Red Dead Redemption Myths & Mavericks Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on Xbox LIVE (September 23)
Recap, Screens & Fan Video from the GTAIV & Episodes from Liberty City Social Club Multiplayer Event on PC (September 9)

• Xbox LIVE
• Xbox 360
• Undead Nightmare
• Social Club
• Red Dead Redemption
• PSN
• PLAYSTATION 3
• Outlaws to the End
• Multiplayer Event
• Liars and Cheats
• Legends and Killers
• Game with Developers

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Recap & Screens from the Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on PSN (November 18)

Posted: November 29, 2011 12:30PM | Author: R* Y

Congratulations to Alvin Ogando of Florida aka Social Club member NeoArod, for winning the Grand Prize in our Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition PSN event on November 18th. NeoArod will receive a pair of the limited-edition custom Red Dead Redemption PlayStation 3 controllers seen below - note that these coveted pieces are not available for sale and only acquirable in special sweepstakes events like this one. So along with the controllers, NeoArod will also receive the burden of preventing his friends from "accidentally" taking these stylish and rare items from his house. Best of luck in protecting your newfound riches.

The runners-up for the event (ChicagoEnigma, XboxLoof, D.E.LB, beardlace, Donn_88, hubbletrouble, lilmacki, ahetFIN, Markcoos, cdman17, funtimfrankieg, DR.PHILY, Arnooow, DeathStreak_UK, Master07Disaster, 1337Pilot, Austinsgrandpa, miked0292, HelterSkeltered and HerseyBoyRockz) will each get a Rockstar prize pack containing a t-shirt (like the reality warping Psychedelic Tee) and a collection of stickers. 

Cheers to everyone that participated, by chatting with us during the event, watching the video stream, playing in-game or just stopping by the multiplayer events page to enter the sweeps. And especially thanks to our special guest players from the Konsole Kingz squad in Atlanta who possed up on PSN with us, doing a stellar job keeping zombies off our back in Undead Overrun. Shout to CJ, Sergio da Pro and of course Sheneka Adams for joining us in the multiplayer mayhem, you can check their own full recap at the Konsole Kingz site.

Check out some highlight reel screens from the afternoon playing Gang Shootout, Undead Overrun, Grab the Bag and more with ye Social Club members and our guest players:

Below we've provided a list of participants that joined us in-game and in the chat. Let us know if you believe someone has accidentally been left out:

Our next event on the calendar is coming up this Friday December 2nd, playing Grand Theft Auto IV PC from 4-7PM Eastern on what happens to be the third anniversary since its release in 2008. We'll have a live stream, chat and you'll be able to enter to win one of 20 Rockstar prize packs.

Last but not least, if you want to be kept up to date on multiplayer events, including loads of Triple XP, follow us on Twitter and Facebook to get the word at the moment we're going online. It's never scheduled and we only announce it there...

Previously:
Recap & Screens from the Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on Xbox LIVE (November 3)
Recap with Screens, Video & Prize Winners from the Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition Official Social Club Multiplayer Event (October 21)
Recap, Fan Video & Screens from the Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on PSN (October 14

• Undead Nightmare
• Social Club
• Red Dead Redemption
• PSN
• PLAYSTATION 3
• Outlaws to the End
• Multiplayer Event
• Liars and Cheats
• Legends and Killers
• Game with Developers

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Gorge on Red Dead Quad XP All Thanksgiving Weekend (November 24-27)

Posted: November 22, 2011 1:43PM | Author: R* Y

Update: QUAD XP has ended. Look for some Triple XP sessions in the next few weeks, announced on our Twitter and Facebook pages.

What better way to celebrate the holiday weekend than with some gluttonous fan appreciation XP levels whilst you dole out frontier justice all across the land in Red Dead multiplayer. Beginning at 12:01am Eastern on Thanksgiving Day, this Thursday November 24th - and lasting all the way through Sunday November 27th, feast on four times the normal amount of multiplayer XP in all versions of Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare (including the recently released Game of the Year Edition).

• Xbox LIVE
• Xbox 360
• Undead Nightmare
• Social Club
• Red Dead Redemption
• PSN
• PLAYSTATION 3
• Outlaws to the End
• Liars and Cheats
• Legends and Killers

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