Red Dead Redemption 2 launches Oct. 26, but Rockstar Games’ open-world Wild West epic originated in a 2004 game, Red Dead Revolver, that was originally being published by Capcom. Rockstar acquired the game’s developer, Angel Studios, and the rest is history.
The story of the Red Dead series, one of the biggest and most renowned in gaming, starts long before its current home at Rockstar Games. In fact, it starts in the ’80s in Carlsbad, California, at Angel Studios — a company initially not known for video games, but for 3D work in films and music videos.
