Rockstar might have leaked Red Dead Redemption 1 on PC, for the third time

Alleged metadata for Red Dead Redemption on PC had, for a short period of time, been flashed to people’s Rockstar Launcher files, revealing a few new projects. ‘Americas’ is the codename for GTA VI, while ‘GTA V (Gen 9)’ refers to the BattlEye Anti-Cheat that is soon to be introduced. However, the most significant (and simultaneously the least significant) was the presence of Red Dead Redemption files finally landing on PC.

It’s not the first time it has been leaked, which is why I am perhaps less excited about this appearance. In May, the metadata for the Rockstar Launcher also revealed that “Red Dead Redemption, and it’s zombie-horror companion, Undead Nightmare [are] now playable on PC.” Four months later, and it still isn’t.

IGN has also reported that the PlayStation Store showed that the second Red Dead game (the first being Revolver) is “Now on PC” despite not being true, again. Rockstar is pretty on it with ensuring that it is represented well online. I mean, it sued the flippin’ BBC a few years ago. You would have thought that they would have got that right, at the very least.

The most recent leak was first spotted by @videotechUK on X (formerly Twitter). The metadata, which you would have been able to find in your documents/rockstar games folder, showed off Red Dead Redemption on the PC for the first time. It has since been patched, though it has been verified by multiple sources, including @TezFunz2 – a popular leaker who is very rarely proven wrong.

Does this suggest anything new? Maybe. We don’t know much about a release date, which seems like it’s going to be a long while off anyway, though it’s clear that most effort is going to be directed towards GTA 6 anyway.

A SteamDB page has been linked to the game by Tez too – though is still unconfirmed. Changes have been recorded for the last 11 months, which adds up. We saw RDR1 hit PS4 and Nintendo Switch last August, meaning that Rockstar could have used the last year to port it onto PC.

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Amaar Chowdhury

Amaar is a gaming journalist with an interest in covering the industry's corporations. Aside from that, he has a hankering interest in retro games that few people care about anymore.