Summary
- A clear reference to a PC port of Red Dead Redemption 1 was found on one of Rockstar's websites.
- The leaked product description states that the yet-to-be-announced PC version of the game will include the Undead Nightmare expansion.
- May 18 will mark the 14th anniversary of Red Dead Redemption, which may be when Rockstar is planning to make its PC port official.
Rockstar has inadvertently hinted at a PC port of Red Dead Redemption being on the horizon. Specifically, a clear reference to the PC version of the first Red Dead Redemption game has been dug up from one of the company's websites.
May 18 will mark the 14th anniversary of the critically acclaimed Western action adventure. Back in August 2023, Rockstar finally treated the game to a re-release for modern platforms. But that Red Dead Redemption comeback was limited to the Switch and PS4, much to the annoyance of the PC gaming crowd.
Reference to Red Dead Redemption 1 PC Port Found on Rockstar Website
Nine months later, it would appear that the PC port of the game may at last be on the horizon. That's suggested by a product blurb dug up from the Rockstar Launcher website by Twitter user and long-time leaker Tez2. The description is part of a JSON file that's still not visible on the website's frontend, but clearly references the first Red Dead Redemption, with the name of its key being "RDR_ProductPromotion_Intro_Body." Paired with this reference is a succinct description of the hit 2010 game, which ends by stating it is "now playable on PC."
Aside from pointing at another re-release of Red Dead Redemption, the newly leaked blurb also suggests that the PC version of the game may be content-complete, as it explicitly states that the Undead Nightmare standalone expansion is part of the yet-to-be-announced package. If the game's 2023 Switch and PS4 versions are any indication, the purported PC port will presumably also include the Red Dead Redemption Deadly Assassin Outfit add-on and other minor DLC packs that Rockstar put out over the years.
When Might Rockstar Announce the Red Dead Redemption 1 PC Port?
Given the timing and contents of this leak, the Red Dead Redemption PC port announcement may be imminent. If Rockstar were to use this purported re-release in a commemorative manner, then the official confirmation of its existence may arrive on or around this Saturday, May 18, which will mark the game's 14th anniversary.
The current prospects of the game's long-overdue PC port remain unclear. While PC gamers have long been asking for a chance to play it, its recent console re-release has been met with a polarizing reception from the fandom, as underlined by the fact that Red Dead Redemption ended up being review-bombed. Many fans participating in this pushback said they did so out of frustration over the lack of the game's much-requested remake.
Red Dead Redemption
- Released
- May 18, 2010
WHERE TO PLAY
America, 1911. The Wild West is dying. When federal agents threaten his family, former outlaw John Marston is forced to pick up his guns again and hunt down the gang of criminals he once called friends. Experience an epic fight for survival across the sprawling expanses of the American West and Mexico, as John Marston struggles to bury his blood-stained past, one man at a time.
Red Dead Redemption is a Western epic, set at the turn of the 20th century when the lawless and chaotic badlands began to give way to the expanding reach of government and the spread of the Industrial Age.
- ESRB
- M For Mature 17+ Due To Blood, Intense Violence, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Use of Drugs
- Developer(s)
- Rockstar San Diego
- Publisher(s)
- Rockstar Games
- Franchise
- Red Dead Redemption
- Platform(s)
- Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Android, iOS
- Genre(s)
- Open-World, Adventure
- Metascore
- 95
