Red Dead Redemption Hackers Beware

Starting on Tuesday, August 24th – Rockstar Games are bringing out the ‘hammer of justice’ and  banishing all Gamertags and PSN IDs that have been detected  with hacked game saves. Rockstar had this to say, “Such cheating is a clear violation of our code of conduct, and punishable at our sole discretion”

“If you are one of these people, we are giving you this last chance for REDEMPTION to restore your HONOR: you have one week from today to delete your hacked game save to be spared the hammer’s swift justice on the 24th”

Things to be aware of:

- This will not apply to those people who simply took advantage of temporary exploits to rapidly grind up XP a few weeks ago.
- Banned hackers will also be removed from the leaderboards.
- To be spared, any hacked saves that you have will need to be deleted – single player as well as multiplayer.

These are the only exceptions:

- Players would keep any Achievements/Trophies they had already earned.
- All pre-order items tied to their accounts would be unlocked for them upon signing in and creating a new save while connected to Xbox LIVE or PlayStation Network
- Any cheats earned through Social Club would be unlocked for them upon signing in and creating a new save while connected to Xbox LIVE or PlayStation Network

After deleting your hacked game save(s), you will then need to go online with Red Dead Redemption (prior to August 24th) for it to register that you’re now playing clean. For single-player saves, you will need to re-play the game while connected until you gain access to the safehouse at MacFarlane’s ranch.  For multiplayer saves, you will need to play one full game online or complete one Gang Hideout.