Do you like playing Red Dead Redemption multiplayer? Do you like being rewarded for playing games online? Do you love rhetorical questions? Hope so, because Rockstar Games has kicked off a new multiplayer XP challenge for its award-winning Western that will give John Marston wannabes the chance to dress up their PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 avatars in some stylish new Red Dead inspired duds just in time for...well, it's not exactly timely, but fun's fun, am I right?

Here's how it works: as more and more XP is earned by players skinning their smoke wagons in any of the game’s public multiplayer modes, the PS3 and 360 MP XP counters will rise until the goal is met. You can keep track of the counters over at Rockstar Games Social Club site. It isn’t clear how much XP it will take to unlock the outfits, but I’m sure that will become clear once the XP starts being tracked.

For 360 players, here’s what’s on the table:

For PS3 players, here are the PlayStation Home avatar outfits you can look forward to:

It isn’t known what the items will cost once they’re unlocked (or if they’ll be made available for free), but we’ll keep you posted.

Source: Rockstar Games

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