Pink Lifeless On-line is displaying indicators of life after Rockstar added new missions to the sport, and as you’d count on followers are as soon as once more speculating {that a} next-gen replace for Pink Lifeless Redemption 2 is within the works.
Most followers had come to phrases with the concept that Rockstar had moved on from Learn Lifeless On-line again in 2022, however the developer has unexpectedly launched the brand new Unusual Tales of the West replace, which incorporates 4 new missions and a tease of extra to come back.
The brand new trailer, under, is the primary Rockstar has launched for Pink Lifeless On-line since 2021.
This is the official blurb:
Writer Theodore Levin can’t consider the rumors and missives he’s been receiving from the 4 corners of the American frontier. He’s engaged on an anthology of those unexplained and peculiar phenomena and he wants your assist investigating the wildest claims that cross his desk.
Unusual Tales of the West would require steely resolve and braveness within the face of the odd, twisted, and downright supernatural. Embark upon these 4 new Telegram Missions by choosing up Mr. Levin’s letter at any Submit Workplace or out of your Camp’s Lockbox, then opening it by way of your Satchel or launching Telegram Missions out of your Participant Menu.
The 4 new missions are Unusual Tales of The Plague, Unusual Tales of Fashionable Science, Unusual Tales of The Bayou, and Unusual Tales of The Wilderness. As reported by @videotechuk_ on X / Twitter, the replace provides a brand new zombie contaminated mode, the primary mission of which takes place in Armadillo.
Rockstar has launched a brand new zombie “contaminated” mode in Pink Lifeless On-line as a part of the brand new Unusual Tales of The West telegram missions
The primary mission takes place in Armadillo and the principle goal to kill contaminated and convey them to a wagon as a group.
Contaminated carry knives. pic.twitter.com/TC9uOuIDEI
— ben (@videotechuk_) July 1, 2025
Followers are nonetheless digesting the information, with posts throughout social media and subreddits displaying the extent of pleasure.
However what does this imply for Pink Lifeless On-line and guardian recreation Pink Lifeless Redemption 2? Given the zombie nature of the replace, some are questioning if Rockstar has ready an Undead Nightmare-style enlargement for Pink Lifeless Redemption 2. That might come as an enormous shock given the studio’s all-hands-on-deck give attention to subsequent yr’s Grand Theft Auto VI, however maybe extra possible is a next-gen port.
In Might, GameReactor reported {that a} Nintendo Change 2 model of Rockstar’s Wild West romp was on the way in which, together with a “next-gen improve patch” that may enhance the sport for current-gen methods (PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X and S). Each may very well be launched later in 2025, in accordance with the location.
Followers have lengthy referred to as for an up to date model of Pink Lifeless Redemption 2, which is taken into account a masterpiece. IGN’s Pink Lifeless Redemption 2 overview returned a ten/10. We mentioned: “Pink Lifeless Redemption 2 is a recreation of uncommon high quality; a meticulously polished open-world ode to the outlaw period.”
For now, Pink Lifeless On-line followers are having fun with digging into Unusual Tales of the West, which is formally described as Vol.1. This means one other content material drop is coming. Regardless of the future holds, it appears Pink Lifeless On-line is again from the useless.
Wesley is Director, Information at IGN. Discover him on Twitter at @wyp100. You possibly can attain Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
