After years of ready and months of reignited rumors of a remaster, Rockstar Video games has lastly revealed a port for the primary Pink Lifeless Redemption. Over a decade after its launch, the critically-acclaimed third-person shooter is making the soar to PlayStation four and Swap on August 17, however a “next-gen” improve for PS5, Xbox Collection X/S, and PC is seemingly not taking place.
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The PS4 and Swap variations will likely be $50, with a bodily launch transport on October 13. Whereas the ports received’t embody any modifications to the underlying recreation, they may include Undead Nightmare, a zombie story marketing campaign that was added to the Recreation of the 12 months version of Pink Lifeless Redemption over a decade in the past. Should you have been hoping for a 4K replace or 60fps mode, nonetheless, you’re out of luck. The PS4 and Swap ports received’t help multiplayer both.
The unique Pink Lifeless Redemption takes place 4 years after the occasions of Pink Lifeless Redemption 2 and follows rancher and former outlaw John Marston as he’s tasked with capturing his former gang members. Whereas nonetheless sprawling, it’s a extra centered story than the prequel that proceeded it, but it surely additionally suffered from an honest variety of bugs and limitations, like the truth that Marston can’t swim.
Pink Lifeless Redemption – Coming August 17th! (Nintendo Swap)
The frenzy across the potential return of the unique Pink Lifeless Redemption kicked off in June when it appeared on the South Korea recreation ranking physique’s checklist of submissions. The sport was by no means ported to PC and, amongst comparatively present consoles, may solely be performed on Xbox One and Collection X/S through Microsoft’s backwards compatibility program. It had briefly been out there to stream by means of PlayStation Now, however turned inaccessible on PS5 after that program merged with PlayStation Plus.
Kotaku beforehand reported {that a} fullblown remaster of Pink Lifeless Redemption had been shelved after the debacle across the 2021 Grand Theft Auto remaster trilogy, which included tons of points, together with a subpar HD transformation of the unique video games’ look and elegance. Regardless of a bevy of post-launch updates to handle most of the bugs and efficiency issues, some diehard followers nonetheless stay sad with the general state of the remasters.
Rockstar Video games is currenlty working Grand Theft Auto VI, a few of which leaked final yr in an unprecedented hack that led tons of prototype footage to look on-line. It co-stars a girl and will set in Miami, and whereas it doesn’t have an official launch date but, writer Take-Two has strongly hinted that it expects the sport to arrive someday earlier than April 2025, that means it may launch as quickly as subsequent yr.
Replace 8/7/23 10:22 a.m. ET: Added extra details about the value from Rockstar’s web site.
Replace 8/7/23 11:03 a.m. ET: Added data about multiplayer help.
