Spider-Vice Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 (edited) In an unexpected move from Rockstar, some book retailers and Amazon seem to be listing an art book called "The Art of Red Dead Redemption II"! As known to everyone, Rockstar does not like releasing pre-release art or assets from their games, they like being secretive and leaving all the intricacies of their games' designs a secret. Not this time it seems. Starting today, several Amazon branches (US, UK, Germany) and even Barnes & Noble have started listing a book named "The Art of Red Dead Redemption II", to be released four days after the game releases, on October 30 2018. According to the page, this is the description of the book: Makers of the groundbreaking Grand Theft Auto series, award-winning Bully, Max Payne, L.A. Noire, and many others, Rockstar Games crafted for Red Dead Redemption II the story of outlaw Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang as they rob, fight, and steal their way across the vast and rugged heart of America at the turn of the twentieth century in order to survive. The Art of Red Dead Redemption II is the official visual companion to Rockstar Games' highly anticipated game release, and is a peek behind the curtain of Rockstar Games and its intensely guarded approach to the creation of the lush, Old West open-world gameplay. A first for this secretive company, Rockstar Games has released storyboards and behind-the-scenes inner workings of the game's creation, with a mix of detailed original art, concept, story, and character studies, sketches, and actual screengrabs of the end result that led to the creation of this spectacular game. The Art of Red Dead Redemption II is equal parts a collection of behind-the-scenes art of this epic adventure and a pictorial love letter to the western genre, and Red Dead Redemption II is sure to captivate both a new gaming audience and devoted fans of Rockstar. Promising huh? The book will apparently contain storyboards (hand-drawn comic-book like strips to conceptualise scenes in the game), concept art (used to define a certain vision for an area, or a character, which the 3D artist will then use to transpose the art to the game), story and character studies, sketches and everything, which is an extremely welcome first from the oh so secretive Rockstar Games! UPDATE: More websites are starting to list the book. It has also been listed in the Netherlands and in Belgium. Book Depository reports 150 illustrations for the book! Edited April 28, 2018 by Spiderman slimeball supreme, Duxfever, Rafae and 10 others 13 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
livejoker Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 There's also rumors that to read the last 50 pages you have to buy a Bear Cardtm, the new in-game currency for RDR2. jpm1, Original Light, Alexander and 1 other 4 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070211780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrelith Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 I f*cking love these artwork/behind-the-scenes books of games, so this'll be a must have for me. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070212463 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yan2295 Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Already bought mine because why not. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070213203 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KENNYOUT3 Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 this is interesting. the art book still hasn't been released. perhaps this could be a cut artbook that we never got to see considering the fact that it has been now a week after rdr2's release. i mean it could still come but i think that they would of put it in with like a special or ultimate edition or something. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070522483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikezilla2 Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 pity theres Nothing Like this For GTA ! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070522757 Share on other sites More sharing options...
universetwisters Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 17 hours ago, mikezilla2 said: pity theres Nothing Like this For GTA ! ?????? lol232, Imetsivispaceminperson, [...] and 3 others 6 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070523719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nico Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 There was also a book called "The Art and Science of Rockstar Games" around the time IV came out, but I recall they had issues with printing. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070524001 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikezilla2 Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 i forgot about the IV book suffice to say that book is almost a nothing Burger Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070542292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jje1000 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 So when should we hope for the book to come out? October 30th has come and gone- I'm actually interested in seeing the concept art developed for RDRII. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070543390 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeTheOne Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) @joshua969 No luck yet... Happy new year! Edited January 11, 2019 by MostWantedMVP Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070610451 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshua969 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Last I heard the release was February 26th. Oh well, the waiting continues... Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070613457 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollschuh2282 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 i wonder when we will get it Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070676448 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Vice Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 That's another art book cancelled by R*, they really hate showing off their work. jje1000 1 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070677099 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeTheOne Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 19 hours ago, Spider-Vice said: That's another art book cancelled by R*, they really hate showing off their work. I think it's all part of their roadmap until RDonline is out of BETA....They've started retweeting journalists again on Twitter, hopefully this means something. The only reason I can think of the Artbook getting delayed is if a Story expansion is planned and includes art from it, other than that there is no reason not to release it. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070678125 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Vice Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 Rockstar has an infamous history of announcing (or them getting leaked) concept art books and media and then them getting silently cancelled. There was going to be a multi-volume book about the Art of Rockstar Games in general and that just died. jje1000, Hmmm nice bike and just do it bob1 3 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070678130 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeTheOne Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 18 hours ago, Spider-Vice said: Rockstar has an infamous history of announcing (or them getting leaked) concept art books and media and then them getting silently cancelled. There was going to be a multi-volume book about the Art of Rockstar Games in general and that just died. I see, that's a shame I'd love to see unseen Artwork especially from GTA IV. just do it bob1 1 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070678899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
just do it bob1 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 On 3/15/2019 at 10:58 AM, MostWantedMVP said: I see, that's a shame I'd love to see unseen Artwork especially from GTA IV. Agreed, had they released the RDR2 art book, I would have bought it. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070695881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hmmm nice bike Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 They seem to really not be keen on showing off their concept art. It's kind of a shame, I remember looking forward to that multi-volume book coming out until it was eventually forgotten about. It's like they suddenly decide to keep it all a secret. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070701720 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollschuh2282 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) hey guys, seems like they now have a new release date on the store page. and the date is soon for R* standarts Spoiler 2 January 2080... Edited April 9, 2019 by rollschuh2282 Len Lfc 1 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070704209 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabalous Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 (edited) They're used to work in complete secrecy, so it'd be hard for them to suddenly open up. They probably felt great about sharing a little from behind the scenes, but then remembered that it's not their habit to do so and reverted back to their true practices. I've nothing against that, but they should just stop trying because it's not in the company's blood to come out of secrecy and show off. Edited April 22, 2019 by Jabalous Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070717999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeTheOne Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070725861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmi Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Meanwhile I cancelled my pre-order at amazon. I don't think this will ever see the light of day. lol Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070727389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUT THE BENZ Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 R*.I.P. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070730687 Share on other sites More sharing options...
universetwisters Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 It isn't the first time Rockstar bailed on a book ROCKSTAR MANIC and Spider-Vice 2 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070740416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Vice Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 10 hours ago, universetwisters said: It isn't the first time Rockstar bailed on a book That one was a lot more meaningful too, it was going to have DVD's of stuff to see and interact with too. universetwisters 1 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070740942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jje1000 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 (edited) I honestly don't know what could lead to these sorts of things repeatedly happening. It has to be a top-down decision, as I doubt staffing issues would really have an impact on the release of a book (other studios seem to do it perfectly fine). Paranoia by management? The Housers? Do they want to write the book themselves to avoid secrets leaking out? We've already have had rumors on how powerful management is in guiding Rockstar's internal decisions. And that soundtrack- are they re-recording everything? Or are they having disputes over revenue splits? Also another thing that shouldn't take that long to release. Edited June 7, 2019 by jje1000 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070762874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helegad Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 It's all business and HR. Take Two would be responsible for indefinitely delaying the books, talking sh*t about "showing weakness by admitting that some ideas were rejected" and "disappointing customers with content that did not appear in the final product". Betaz are a big hype train for some reason, I mean I find it fascinating myself, from an angle that in every game's development history there was at one point some perfect combination of elements that somehow turned out better than the final product, but the time I spend reading about them would truly be better spent elsewhere. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070785500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streck Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Doesn't look like the Amazon listing is really active anymore, but I love these art books. Hopefully it pops up again for pre-order soon. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070811347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloThunder Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 On 5/17/2019 at 10:48 AM, universetwisters said: It isn't the first time Rockstar bailed on a book It's such a shame that "the art and science of Rockstar games" was cancelled,from what i can tell.It was supposed to be a very interesting book. Also if you click on this link and scroll down all the way to the page 133,you can see the preview of that book,nothing too interesting sadly,just a few concept art images and some illustrations.https://web.archive.org/web/20101128060957/http://www.steidlville.com/pictures/pdf/Steidl_Catalogue_FW09.pdf Here is another promo: ClaudeTheMan, universetwisters, Alexander Pierce and 4 others 7 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/908744-amazon-lists-the-art-of-red-dead-redemption-ii/?do=findComment&comment=1070880460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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