Pink Lifeless Redemption 2 might be coming to Change 2 this yr

Third-party help was an enormous theme of the Switch 2 reveal earlier this yr, with many publishers seemingly eager to capitalize on each the recognition of the outgoing Change and the considerably elevated horsepower of its imminent successor. And in case you’re seeking to get third-party video games in your new system, they don’t come a lot a lot greater than Pink Lifeless Redemption 2, which might be making its technique to Nintendo’s new console later this yr.

Gamereactor says it has heard from sources near Rockstar (which it then corroborated with different sources) that the big open-world Western that first launched in 2018 is sure for Change 2, and will arrive both on the similar time, or after, a long-rumored next-gen replace for the PS5 and Xbox Sequence X. Pink Lifeless Redemption 2 is after all presently playable on each of these platforms, however in contrast to GTA 5, it’s by no means been patched to help the upper body charges and constancy afforded by the newer {hardware}.

This could not at all be taken as an official announcement, however Rockstar has supported the present Change fairly properly all through its life cycle, releasing ports of L.A. Noire, the unique 3D Grand Theft Auto trilogy, and most lately the primary Pink Lifeless Redemption. If the Change 2 can run its sequel, it’s a fairly secure guess to imagine that Rockstar would wish to do it, and the console is more likely to be roughly equal in energy to the bottom mannequin PS4, in response to Digital Foundry. It goes with out saying that we’ll know much more about how the Change 2 performs when the console is within the wild and put via its paces.

Each a Nintendo Change 2 port and current-gen patch for Pink Lifeless Redemption 2 can be a great way for Rockstar to bridge the hole between now and the discharge of GTA 6, which was recently delayed till Could 2026. With a 97 % rating on Metacritic, RDR2 is without doubt one of the developer’s most acclaimed titles up to now, and you may make sure that lots of people would fortunately hop again into the cowboy boots of Arthur Morgan whereas they wait to return to Vice Metropolis.