Red Dead Online will support up to 32 players in multiplayer and open world modes.

Players will be able to form their own Posse in Red Dead Online with seven others, not only for specific game modes, but to hang out in the wild; fishing, hunting and camping, taking on enemy gangs and their hideouts, play co-op missions and interact with other non-player characters living in the world.

As well as spontaneous brawls with other Posses, Rockstar has mentioned “pitched set-piece battles” in amongst the open-world challenges.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is a Western-themed action-adventure game developed and published by Rockstar Games. It was released on October 26, 2018, for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles. The third entry in the Red Dead series, it is a prequel to the 2010 game Red Dead Redemption. Nov 28, 2018 - Aside from Free Roam and side missions, there are five multiplayer modes available in Red Dead Online. Red Dead Redemption 2.

Anyone who owns Red Dead Redemption 2 has access to the Red Dead Online beta, which is now live for all Xbox One and PS4 players.

As detailed on the back of the Red Dead Redemption 2 packaging, Red Dead Online will support 32 players at launch. Rockstar has said that it intends to build on Red Dead Online following the beta period, so player count could potentially rise.

If you’re still working your way through Red Dead Redemption 2, we have the biggest guide on the internet right here, including how to get perfect pelts, find bundles of gold bars, and how to upgrade your camp.

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We're barely a couple of weeks on from the release of Red Dead Redemption 2's online multiplayer mode and the news for the most popular game of this year continues to roll in every week.

This week we saw yet another update rolled out and whilst it perhaps wasn't as significant with the changes, the updates from Rockstar Games did include some rather noteworthy pieces of news.

First and foremost, this was the 1.05 update to the game and it wouldn't take too much space to download, only requiring 830MB on PS4 and 1.3GB on Xbox One.

Rockstar say that this latest patch 'has been released addressing general improvements to fix game stability, save data and to address exploits.'

Although, there were plenty more additions worth noting in the official patch notes blog from Rockstar Games.

Some of these updates related to incredibly important griefing features, others for future content coming to the game, whilst there's also been a nice surprise for all players in need of some extra money and gold.

Keep reading for the big new features worth noting for the future.