GameStop Red Dead Redemption Pre-Order Costume Winner Announced

The winner of the Red Dead Referendum program to determine which of three costumes would be offered along with a GameStop pre-order of Rockstar Games' open-world, western game Red Dead Redemption has been announced.

Your pre-order will net you a code for the chance to earn the "Deadly Assassin" costume for protagonist John Marston. That's right: earn. A pre-order alone isn't enough to unlock the outfit, which also allows John to regenerate "Dead-Eye" targeting much faster. Once the code is redeemed, the following challenges must be completed:

• Win a Duel in Armadillo - Travel to the town of Armadillo, and accept

  the challenge to fight a duel. Just make sure to win.

• Capture or Kill Mo Van Barr - While in Armadillo, find the wanted

  poster for Mo Van Barr, accept the Bounty Hunting mission and bring this notorious member of the Walton Gang to justice, dead or alive.

• Solve the Mystery of the Missing Townsfolk - People have been

  disappearing for weeks from the outskirts of Armadillo. Track down the clues, solve the mystery and live to tell the tale.

• Search Coot's Chapel - Find the ruins of Coot's chapel in the wilds of

  Cholla Springs, and search it for treasure.

• Complete the Twin Rocks Hideout - Find the legendary criminal hideout

  of Twin Rocks, located North of the town of Armadillo, to complete this final challenge.

Now, I'm no lawyer, but this sounds like a pre-order assignment, not a bonus. Red Dead Redemption was recently delayed and will be released on May 18th in the US and May 21st elsewhere on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.Different pre-order bonuses are available at other fine retailers.