You'll Have To Wait An Extra Month To Play This. It'll Probably Be Worth It.

Boo! It was originally due in April, but Rockstar have told Kotaku it's been delayed for an extra layer of polish.
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“We at Rockstar have always prided ourselves on the uncompromising quality of our games – and will always opt to take a bit longer to polish and fine-tune a game to be as perfect as possible when we think it necessary,” Rockstar told Kotaku.

“With Red Dead Redemption, we felt that these extra few weeks will make a big difference in helping us deliver you an experience beyond your expectations.”</blockquote>

Interestingly, Take Two's CEO Ben Feder claimed the delay was due to "optimal release timing". Whatever the reason, the delay means an extra months wait for what is being heralded as the "next generation of sandbox games". Bummer.