Red Dead Redemption hoping for 'emotional response'

If you believe the hype, one of the biggest video games out this year is hitting shelves across the UK this weekend.

Red Dead Redemption is the latest release from video game pioneers Rockstar, the people behind the Grand Theft Auto and Manhunt series.

This new open world game has already topped pre-order charts and follows an ex-outlaw making his way through the American Wild West.

We put some of your questions (as well as some of our own) to Lazlow, one of the game's developers and the radio DJ featured in the GTA games. Here's what he had to say.

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Nadine Coyle: How did you get into the gaming industry and where did it happen?

Gary Speer: How much time and work is involved in making one of your games?

Dan Whitworth, Newsbeat technology reporter: How does it feel when you release one of these games after so much work?

RDR is set in the Wild West and took about five years to produce

Heather Prue: How do you feel about accusations that games such as yours are responsible for more violence among young people?

Bawn Trouble: How do you get round the certifiers?

Scott Fulton: Why do you think so many people love your games?

Jack Thompson/Robin Gaden: Is there going to be a GTA set in modern London or the UK in the next ten years?

Joanne Hutchinson: Do you think the video game industry has become too politically correct, affecting where you can go with new games?

William Hobson: How much of the character Lazlow in the GTA series is based on you and your life?

Lazlow thinks it's got easier to make less 'politically correct' games

Gary Speer: Did the success of the open world design on GTA affect your work on RDR?

Colin Mackie: What's better, PS3 or Xbox?

Dan Whitworth, Newsbeat technology reporter: What are your hopes for RDR?

Gary Maeslan: Can I have a job?