The fans have spoken - the Deadly Assassin has won the Rockstar Games and Gamestop Red Dead Referendum by a landslide - beating out The Savvy Merchant and The Expert Hunter to be the top vote-getting outfit and officially making it the exclusive Gamestop pre-order bonus for Red Dead Redemption.

The Deadly Assassin Outfit will cause your Dead Eye meter to regenerate at twice the speed. With more Dead Eye, you have more time to place each shot with total accuracy, making you the deadliest gunslinger in any fight. Watch the video above to see the Deadly Assassin in action!

Of course, Red Dead Redemption followers in the UK can also get the Deadly Assassin by pre-ordering through Game.  For a roundup of pre-order deals available across the US and UK for Red Dead Redemption, check out www.rockstargames.com/reddeadredemption/preorder.

Over the course of last week - IGN have been publishing a series of highly comprehensive articles relating to Red Dead Redemption, an upcoming game from Rockstar, as well as its relation to other games and how it could possibly change the future of games.

Part One: The Revolution of Red Dead - the story behind the journey from Red Dead Revolver to Red Dead Redemption. "By 2006, a core team was in place, headed by veterans of the first game as well as talent plucked from Rockstar's many global studios. Christian Cantamessa, whose experience from working on GTA: San Andreas no doubt helped when fulfilling the scope desired for the new game, was joined by Ted Carson, Josh Bass and Daren Bader from Red Dead Revolver as work began in earnest on what's Rockstar's most ambitious game to date."

Part Two: Into The Wild - Solving the challenges of creating an open world game without the advantages of a structured and dense urban landscape. "Red Dead Redemption is a game that's more than strong enough to stand on its own two feet, and those scanning the skies for news of the next GTA should halt their search; the answer to where the open world genre is going next is just around the corner."

Part Three: The Rockstar Effect - How Rockstar's games have pushed the frontiers of gaming. "For nigh on twelve years Rockstar has been pushing boundaries, pursuing unexplored areas and delivering games that have been both bold and unique. It's somewhat appropriate then, that its latest sees them returning to the Wild West with Red Dead Redemption, and it's tempting to see a little of the company's character embodied in the heroes that typify the narratives of the era."

Part Four: Rockstar Next - What Red Dead Redemption could mean for Rockstar's future games. "In order to get a handle on what Rockstar will be offering next, it's worth looking at what's important to them now – and Red Dead Redemption's embellishments to the open world template give a good idea of what direction its games are taking."

By the early years of the 20th century, change was coming fast to America – and nothing brought change faster than the rapid evolution of weapons technology.  From hand-packed muskets to repeater rifles, from single shot pistols to the iconic revolver and the terrifying early machine guns that forever changed the face of war – these are John Marston’s tools, and the weapons of Red Dead Redemption.

People of the West

The American frontier and its promise of freedom attracted people of all kinds: entrepreneurs and outlaws, priests and prostitutes, dreamers and conmen.  Some made a home for themselves on the land, some found wealth at the end of a mineshaft, and others died penniless and friendless, or at the end of a gun.

Click here to meet just a few of the friends and foes that you, as John Marston, will meet across the frontier.  Stay tuned for more updates, including more characters from the world of Red Dead Redemption, as well as additional game features

The guys at IGN are so excited about Rockstar’s 'Next Big Thing' aka Read Dead Redemption that they have been posting a few articles discussing Red Dead Redemption as well as Rockstar Games in general. They may be seen below:

The Revolution of the Dead: – Rockstar tells us how it brought the Wild West to the current generation.

Into the wild: - Taking the open world genre from the town to the country.

The Rockstar Effect: - How Rockstar helped push back the frontiers of gaming.

Rockstar Next: - What Red Dead Redemption could mean for the future of Rockstar’s games.

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