Today, Rockstar Games officially revealed Red Dead Online's beta start date for players of the incredibly successful open world western, Red Dead Redemption 2. Now, the video game developer has decided to offer a better idea of some of the content that fans should expect out of the beta period, with Rockstar having provided fresh details that relate to character customization and forming a Posse in RDR2's multiplayer component.

According to Rockstar, Red Dead Redemption 2 players will be able to have their own unique avatar in Red Dead Online thanks to character customization options that will allow one to tailor their abilities to suit their play style, facilitating the exploration of "a new frontier full of things to experience". Unfortunately, though, the developer failed to deliver specific examples of precisely how character customization works, but it promised there will be more revealed in regards to this feature soon.

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While the online world of Red Dead Redemption 2 can be explored solo, one can also team up with friends to either form or join a Posse with up to seven players and take part in a variety of different activities. For instance, Posses can gather around the fire at Camp, go hunting and fishing together, visit different towns, battle enemy gangs and attack their hideouts, and even hunt for treasure together. Additionally, being a part of a Posse will let one take on certain missions and interact with familiar RDR2 characters, fight against others in "spontaneous skirmishes and pitched set-piece battles", compete with other players and Posses in open world challenges, and much more.

Rockstar has stated that the initial launch of Red Dead Online is to signify the first step in what it intends to be a continually expanding and dynamic world. With this being the case, RDR2's Red Dead Online is first being launched via beta so as to mitigate as many issues as possible before providing full public access to an online experience of this scale and scope. After all, it's safe to presume Rockstar wishes to avoid the server problems that occurred during Grand Theft Auto Online's launch several years ago.

Taking all of this into account, it will be interesting to see what all else Rockstar has up its sleeves in order to make Red Dead Online as robust of an experience as it can. Thankfully, we won't have to wait too much longer to find out, as the Red Dead Online beta officially goes live tomorrow for owners of Red Dead Redemption 2's Ultimate Edition.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is available now for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.