Players are encountering issues, particularly through the Rockstar Launcher.
What you need to know
- Red Dead Redemption 2 has come to PC today through the Rockstar Launcher and Epic Games Store.
- Many players are having issues in getting the game to run or even start.
- Red Dead Redemption 2 is also coming to Steam sometime in December.
Update: Nov. 5, 2019: One of our editors, Carli Velocci, was able to get the game running by verifying the integrity of the files and turning off Windows Defender and running it in safe mode at the same time.
Red Dead Redemption 2 has come to PC via the Rockstar Launcher and Epic Games Store, yet some players are reporting major issues in trying to start the game. A handful of these problems are fairly innocuous, like the chunky Arthur Morgan. Others are far more problematic and are keeping players from doing anything in game at all.
The Rockstar Launcher in particular is giving some players problems, causing the game not to open and players to receive the message that “Red Dead Redemption 2 exited unexpectedly” or “The Rockstar Launcher exited unexpectedly.” One of our editors, Carli Velocci, is also unable to get the game to start, even in safe mode and is receiving these same error messages. Despite the game not starting, Carli also noted that it is causing her CPU to essentially max out, which other players on Reddit have also noted.
While players using the Epic Games Store are reporting some performance problems as well, it seems like the Rockstar Launcher is the main issue faced at the moment. We’ll continue to monitor this situation and provide updates is a solution is made known or Rockstar Games issues a statement. Red Dead Redemption 2 is coming to Steam as well, though we don’t know when except that it is slated for sometime in December. It’s not a small game on PC, requiring 150 GB of free space. Red Dead Redemption 2 came to consoles in 2018, where it was the best-selling game of 2018 and the second-largest entertainment launch in history.