The good news. “Red Dead Redemption 2” has officially been announced by Rockstar Games. The bad? We have to wait until next October for it. Thankfully, the previous game holds up phenomenally and will tide us over for the next 12 months.

How soon will they begin torturing us with footage? How about this coming Thursday @11am EST.

RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2
Coming Fall 2017#RDR2https://t.co/ZacUJ48wvE pic.twitter.com/lffZvn42pR

— Rockstar Games (@RockstarGames) October 18, 2016

Fans of “Grand Theft Auto” will love “Red Dead Redemption”, which is an open world, western action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar San Diego and published by Rockstar Games, Wiki explains. It was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles in May 2010. It is the second title in the “Red Dead” franchise, after 2004’s “Red Dead Revolver”. There’s speculation that this game will be a prequel to the first game, although the several silhouettes in the above title seem to indicate one of two things: either multiple player or a reference to The Magnificent Seven (maybe both?).

The game, set during the decline of the American Frontier in the year 1911, follows John Marston, a former outlaw whose wife and son are taken hostage by the government in ransom for his services as a hired gun. Having no other choice, Marston sets out to bring the three members of his former gang to justice.

And while the game was already violent enough to warrant talk here on Bloody Disgusting, Rockstar released the expansion, “Red Dead Redemption:” Undead Nightmare” the following October. As a standalone episode, it added a zombie horror-themed single-player campaign, two multiplayer modes, and spooky cosmetic additions to the environments and characters of the open world Western action-adventure game. The alternate timeline story follows the returning protagonist and former outlaw John Marston as he seeks to find the cause and cure for a zombie plague that has infected his wife and son. Marston liberates towns overrun by the undead and assists other non-playable characters with quests along the way (source).

I recently revisited the game on my Xbox One and, even after all of these years, it’s still astounding. It’s telling that the game has somehow avoided becoming dated, which makes expectations sky high for the third game in the franchise. Just how big of an open world could Rockstar pull off now? Will we see another “Undead Nightmare” expansion? Will there be a VR component? I have so many questions, but even more goosebumps.