Save for the Grand Theft Auto series, Red Dead Redemption may be Rockstar's most popular game ever. Cowboys, outlaws and shoot-outs are nothing new to gaming, but the 2010 open-world adventure nailed the setting like few titles ever have.
Everything, from the weaponry to the atmosphere to the story to the horses, was pitch-perfect ... and sadly, there's been no news on any sort of follow-up whatsoever.
It's not that there's no interest in the series, either: after sitting at the top of Microsoft's most-requested Backwards Compatibility titles for months, sales of old Red Dead Redemption copies shot up following the announcement that the game would join the Xbox One library. Few titles can claim to hold gamers' attentions for more than a few months, let alone six years.
Then again, if Red Dead Redemption is still so popular, why hasn't there been a sequel? Considering that development on Grand Theft Auto V closed some time ago, many were expecting to see some sort of announcement at E3 2016, only to be disappointed when Rockstar revealed nothing. It seemed like the perfect time to reveal the next entry in the Red Dead saga — so why isn't Rockstar talking about it?
Is Red Dead Redemption 2 in development? In all honesty, it's impossible to say for sure at this point.
The success of the series certainly seems to imply that a follow-up would be inevitable ... but there's no real guarantee, either. If anything, the surge of interest in the original Red Dead Redemption should at least tell Rockstar that there'd be plenty of support for a sequel — other than that, fans will have to wait and see.
At the very least, Xbox 360 version of Red Dead Redemption will be joining the Xbox One Backwards Compatibility line-up on July 8.
