It may have been a long time coming, but Rockstar Games has finally decided to release the original Red Dead Redemption on PC. The game was originally released on PS3 and Xbox 360 all the way back in 2010, but now, in 2024, it’s ready to make its debut on PC. Finally!
Rockstar Is Finally Bringing Red Dead Redemption to PC
As announced in a post on the Rockstar Games Newswire, the original Red Dead Redemption game is finally getting its long-awaited PC port. This represents the first time the game will be available on PC in an official capacity. And gaming modders are likely to have a field day with it.
PC gamers will get the original Red Dead Redemption plus the zombie-inspired side story titled Undead Nightmare. There’s no multiplayer element, but gamers will get two amazing single-player experiences to play through, all enhanced to make use of the improved hardware.
Red Dead Redemption will be released on PC on October 29, 2024. You’ll be able to purchase the game through Steam, the Epic Games Store, or the Rockstar Store. Pricing has yet to be revealed, but a game as epic as this is well worth the price of admission. Especially if you like Westerns and/or sprawling open-world games.
The game has been ported to PC in collaboration with Double Eleven, and some new bells and whistles have been added to ensure it looks and plays as well as it should on PC. This includes native 4K resolution at up to 144hz, monitor support for both Ultrawide and Super Ultrawide, HDR10 support, and full keyboard and mouse functionality. There’s also support for NVIDIA DLSS 3.7 and AMD FSR 3.0 upscaling technologies.
Is It Too Late to Get Excited About the Original RDR on PC?
For anyone who hasn’t yet played either title, I cannot recommend them highly enough. Red Dead Redemption 2 is actually a prequel to the original title, and tells the story of Dutch van der Linde’s gang, of which John Marston is a member. But the first title is set several years later, when the Wild West is being tamed a little, and John has a very different mission to undertake.
The only question is whether this is too little, too late. A lot of gamers have been begging Rockstar to release the original Red Dead Redemption on PC, but can a 14-year-old game possibly live up to the expectations and hype? It really all depends on the quality of the port, and whether the PC-specific enhancements make it worth playing again.
