Last week, an update to the Rockstar website revealed evidence that a Red Dead Redemption-related announcement was incoming. Dataminers have been digging through the changes for days and it would seem that the upcoming Red Dead Redemption re-release may also come to Nintendo Switch. 

South Korea's Game Rating and Administration Committee recently rated a new version of Red Dead Redemption. This is a new listing, which could hint at a re-release, or perhaps even a remaster. The same ratings board also recently let slip the existence of a Quake 2 remaster.

Image credit: Take-Two/Rockstar Games. 

The image above is a newly created Red Dead Redemption logo found on the Rockstar website, as discovered by Rockstar serial leaker and dataminer, Tez2. Tez also found that a new Nintendo Switch logo has been added to the list of platform buttons displayed on the site for the game. While this isn't confirmation that the game will release on Nintendo Switch, it is a good indication that the Switch is in Rockstar's plans for remasters. Previously, GTA: The Definitive Edition Trilogy also released on Switch.

Not everything found in a datamine leads to an announcement. Previously, references to Oculus VR were found in the code for Red Dead Redemption 2 but no official VR support ever came to the game.

The codename for this new version of Red Dead Redemption is said to be “RDR1RSP”, which broken down, could be read as Red Dead Redemption 1 Remaster (or Remake), with the SP standing for Single Player, indicating that multiplayer features present in the original game won't be here.

Rockstar is typically very secretive but the company has been making a bigger push for remasters recently. Last year, we saw GTA V Expanded and Enhanced for new-gen consoles, adding features like ray-tracing and 4K resolution support. Rockstar also released the GTA Definitive Edition trilogy, revamping GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas in one package, although the Definitive Edition label did end up turning into a meme, as each of those remasters released in rough shape with plenty of bugs.

Previously, modders attempted to recreate Red Dead Redemption 1 using Red Dead Redemption 2 as the base. Unfortunately, those projects were shut down by Rockstar's legal team. Perhaps this was due to the fact that an official remaster was in the works.

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KitGuru Says: I'm not expecting a Red Dead Redemption remaster to offer RDR2 levels of visuals, but the more modern they can get the game looking, the better. 

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