The much-requested remaster of Red Dead Redemption might finally be on the horizon, as suggested by a newly emerged regulatory filing. This development arrives less than a year since Red Dead Redemption became unplayable on the PS4 and PS5 after being removed from the PS Now streaming service.Released in May 2010, Red Dead Redemption is one of the most critically acclaimed games for the seventh console generation. And while it was never ported from the PS3 and Xbox 360, it was available via PS Now over a six-year period ending in late 2022. Its removal from that service left the Xbox Series X/S as the only modern systems that can play Red Dead Redemption, as Microsoft's ninth-generation consoles are capable of emulating its Xbox 360 version. Between that state of affairs and the fact that people are still playing the original Read Dead Redemption Online, many fans have spent years clamoring for a proper remaster. Those pleas might actually come to fruition in the near future, as Red Dead Redemption just received a classification from the South Korean Game Rating and Administration Committee (GRAC) on June 27. Rockstar parent Take-Two Interactive originally applied for the rating on June 15, with the GRAC deciding to uphold the game's original adult classification issued in 2010. The newly surfaced rating only mentions a nondescript console version of the game, although that doesn't preclude the potential for a PC port.
For example, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition received a rating from the GRAC on September 30, 2021, mere days before Rockstar officially announced that remaster bundle and only weeks ahead of its November 11 market debut. That particular release didn't go too well, as underlined by the fact that Rockstar had to apologize for the GTA trilogy due to how panned it was by players and critics alike. And while that's bound to make some fans skeptical about the prospects of a Red Dead Redemption remaster, this newly surfaced rating suggests that such a release might be coming nonetheless.
Apart from disclosing another incredible sales milestone for the Grand Theft Auto series, Take-Two's latest financial report also revealed that the Red Dead Redemption games hit 75 million in lifetime sales as of March 31, with RDR2 accounting for over two-thirds of that figure after shipping an additional 3 million units in the first three months of 2023. In light of that continued success, it's safe to say that interest in the franchise remains fairly high, so a potential Red Dead Redemption remaster shouldn't have any trouble finding an audience.
Red Dead Redemption is available on PS3 and Xbox 360.