Earlier this year, it was reported that Rockstar Games was working on a remaster of the GTA trilogy and, if that was successful, would do the original Scarlet Dead Redemption subsequently that. Given the sheer popularity of these titles and the fact that Rockstar typically goes years between releases, information technology was heady news for fans of both franchises.

It should be noted, withal, that Rockstar has withal to comment on these reports. In fact, the only real thing that has been said is that it's equanimous of K Theft Auto three, Vice City, and San Andreas, and various sources have said the release date could be equally early as fall 2021 or in belatedly 2022. This could all modify at the driblet of a dime with a single word from Rockstar, and inherently, this impacts the Red Dead Redemption remaster also.

Notably, notwithstanding, that may exist only one barrier on the route to Red Expressionless Redemption being remastered. Considering development time on it alone would likely put it a year or two after the aforementioned GTA trilogy, simply at the same time, Red Dead Redemption 2 may serve as another roadblock.

Red Expressionless Redemption 2 on PS5 and Xbox Series X

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Red Expressionless Redemption 2 has often been hailed as one of the most beautiful and best games of the PS4 and Xbox One generation, and for that reason and much more, many are hoping the game somewhen gets a proper PS5 and Xbox Series 10 port. Yard Theft Auto five'south Enhanced and Expanded Edition is just that for GTA 5, and while unconfirmed, it stands to reason that Red Expressionless 2 would accept near, if not every bit, long to develop.

GTA 5's upgrade was announced in June 2020 but isn't set for release until Nov 2021. Now, the pandemic probable factored into this, just with nearly a year and one-half betwixt declaration and release, that means Red Expressionless Redemption 2 on PS5/Xbox Serial Ten could have as long—if it is not already in the works.

And that presents a problem—even for a company as big every bit Rockstar, its slow-only-gold reputation isn't likely to be shaken. The programmer is reportedly working on Grand Theft Automobile 6, these GTA five enhancements, and the GTA remastered trilogy. Fifty-fifty with all the back up of its studios, throwing Red Dead Redemption 2 on PS5 and Xbox Series X, as well every bit Ruby-red Dead Redemption remastered, into the mix ways fans could be getting ports for almost of the decade.

It's non uncommon for developers to solicit outside support when information technology comes to remastering, and if Rockstar took this route, that could speed up the development process. That said, Rockstar isn't exactly known for remasters and and so all of this is upwards in the air equally far every bit to what Rockstar is planning.

Blood-red Dead Redemption i Remastered Ports

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With this in mind, the GTA Trilogy isn't likely the one reason RDR1 remastered could exist years away. Just, on a generous non-pandemic timeline, it stands to reason that GTA five Enhanced and Expanded releases in 2021, GTA remastered trilogy in 2022, RDR2 on PS5 and Xbox Serial 10 in 2023, and finally RDR1 remastered in 2024. This would provide a lot of goldies while fans wait for a release of GTA half dozen, which could fit snugly in the middle of the decade.

Nevertheless, development time, marketing, and release schedule aside, there are two more problems that whatever sort of port of Red Expressionless Redemption 1 and even 2 that has to be addressed. Rockstar Games, in theory, could just skip RDR2 upgrades or make small adjustments, with the latter being acceptable but the sometime hurting a lot of fans.

All of this comes on the premise that fans want to play both games on the strongest hardware possible, which is how Rockstar deals with RDR2 on PS5 and Xbox Series X presents the commencement major obstacle. After all, it doesn't make a lot of sense to remaster the get-go game for the latest generation of hardware when RDR2 isn't updated for it either.

The 2d is Scarlet Dead Redemption's ports itself. It is playable via backward compatibility of some sort on PS4 and Xbox 1, only information technology should be noted that the game simply saw a proper release on PS3 and Xbox 360. It stands to reason then that getting Red Expressionless Redemption Remaster on PS5 and Xbox Series X would take extra elbow grease, and even and then, it depends on how far this remaster went.

It should be noted that the keyword here is remaster, which could come downwardly to enhanced graphics, but information technology wouldn't get every bit far as a full remake of RDR1 in the vein of RDR2 (which would take longer merely well-nigh certainly be welcome). Remasters can, at times, discover the center ground where information technology'southward not just a new coat of pigment just comes with several QoL updates—something that would do good RDR1 greatly simply also further increase development time.

At the end of the day, Rockstar and parent visitor Have-Two Interactive are the only ones "in the know" near this. Its plans for remasters are currently kept cloak-and-dagger, but Take-Two has several remasters in the work. No matter how long it takes, many fans likely promise that Red Dead Redemption 1 finds itself amid them.

Ruby-red Dead Redemption 2 is available on PC, PS4, Stadia, and Xbox One.

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When Joshua Duckworth received Pokemon Xanthous for Christmas at five-years-former, his fate every bit a gamer was set. Since then, he's been involved with every stride of the gaming industries' growth from the aureate PS1 era and the dying days of the arcade to whatever current gaming tendency. When he's non writing, playing his own games, or thinking about writing or playing his games, he's probably the 2d player to his son's Pokemon Let's Go, Pikachu! file. Joshua has an MA degree in English language from Jacksonville State University.

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