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Red Dead Redemption remaster might be in the works

South Korea’s rating board strikes again

Marco Wutz

Red Dead Redemption remaster might be in the works
Red Dead Redemption remaster might be in the works /

Update (July 27, 2023): As reported by Tez2, who closely monitors all things Rockstar, the developer's website has been updated with a new reference in the games list that names a Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Presents Version). 

This might confirm earlier hints around a remake of the wild west game you can find below.

Original (June 28, 2023): That notorious menace of video game publishers’ marketing departments, the Game Rating and Administration Committee of Korea (GRAC), has struck again: Gematsu reports that the board has given a new rating for Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar’s Wild West RPG from 2010.

All three previous editions of the game released in South Korea – the original launch, the Undead Nightmare Collection, and the Game of the Year Edition – have been rated separately by GRAC, so this indicates a different version of the title becoming available on the market.

This previously unknown edition of Red Dead Redemption was given the classification number CC-NV-230615-001 on June 15, 2023. The “NV” indicates that the product will be a console title, though it doesn’t necessarily deny the existence of a PC version. Red Dead Redemption never got a PC port, unlike its sequel.

GRAC’s overview page for the game reveals that content modifications were reported on June 27, 2023, which usually impact the decision the board makes for the age rating of a game. Red Dead Redemption was already rated suitable only for ages of 18 and above, which still seems to be the case according to the website, which lists depictions of nudity, sexual intercourse, extreme violence, crime, gambling, drugs, and scenes that might induce disgust and fear.

Red Dead Redemption rating in South Korea from June 2023.
The new Red Dead Redemption rating doesn't state a platform yet, but the age rating is already fixed / GRAC

Rockstar has not officially confirmed any Red Dead Redemption remakes or remasters to be in development, but the South Korean authorities are pretty notorious for publishing information on ratings before games have officially been announced, so there seems to be something in the bush.

Even GRAC did not list a release date or platforms for the game, though, so at this point we can only speculate about the exact nature of this version of Red Dead Redemption.

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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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