There’s little doubt that, for many players out there, Red Dead Redemption 2 remains one of the best games of all time. It’s certainly true that it’s narratively stunning, and though it concludes its own part of the story during the runtime, it left a lot of tongues wagging for more tales of the Wild West from Rockstar specifically.
That said, the developer seemingly moved on from the game pretty quickly, and we didn’t even get any DLC this time around, let alone news that work had begun on a third game in the series. Since then, things have been very quiet on that front, with almost all of the focus being taken by GTA VI’s release in November of this year.
Happily, all hope might not be quite lost just yet for fans of the series, if recent revelations from those in charge of Rockstar are to be believed.
In a recent conversation with The Game Business, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick shared some insights into how things are going at the company. Though he didn’t say anything about Red Dead specifically, he did discuss how new technology could allow them to produce a new game in the series more quickly and easily.
“I wouldn’t confuse long development cycles with a lackadaisical approach to development cycles. Everything we do is in the context of milestones, budgets and delivery dates … Certain titles are so complex and so challenging to build, they take a long time. It is possible that recent developments in technology will allow us to compress some development timelines without comprising quality, and we will hope to do that,” Zelnick said.
There’s no doubt that development cycles have quickly become ridiculously long, leaving a decade or more between releases in some of the most iconic franchises in gaming. That obviously doesn’t benefit players in any way, but if they can streamline development to get a third Red Dead game to us sooner, that can only be a good thing.
That said, we must always remain wary of the use of generative AI and other tech that can harm jobs and lead to a worse product, particularly while companies seemingly remain so keen to integrate it into their workflow. A new Red Dead Redemption game would certainly be a brilliant and exciting thing, but the expedited process can’t come at the cost of a final product that doesn’t live up to the expectations of players.
- Released
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October 26, 2018
- ESRB
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M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Use of Drugs and Alcohol
- Engine
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RAGE
- Multiplayer
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Online Multiplayer
- Cross-Platform Play
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N/A
- Cross Save
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N/A