Rockstar Games has announced that Red Dead Redemption will launch digitally for the PS5 and Nintendo Switch on 17 August 2023. It will include the downloadable content “Undead Nightmare.” The physical edition will launch on 13 October 2023.

Red Dead Redemption was originally launched for PS3 and Xbox 360 in May 2010. The reason why the new port is not on Xbox is because the Xbox 360 version is already playable on Xbox One and Xbox Series consoles via backward compatibility.

The game will also be available on the PS5 via backwards compatibility.

One of the most critically acclaimed games of all time with over 170 Game of the Year Awards, Red Dead Redemption tells the story of former outlaw John Marston as he journeys across the sprawling expanses of the American West and Mexico to track down the last remaining members of the notorious Van der Linde Gang in a bid to save his family.

The events of the game chronologically take place after 2018’s Red Dead Redemption 2 as Marston hunts down his former friends and outlaws Bill Williamson, Javier Escuella, and his former gang leader, Dutch van der Linde as the era of the cowboy comes to its end.

In the meantime, head on over here for my review of Red Dead Redemption 2.

Check out the trailer below: