Red Dead Redemption on PC? Didn’t happen. How about RDR2? That’s also a dead horse, well-whipped. But that hasn’t stopped one eager publisher from putting up its hand and offering to handle the desktop version of Rockstar’s upcoming open-world gunslinger.
[referenced url=”https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/08/our-first-look-at-red-dead-redemption-2gameplay/” thumb=”https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_lfill,w_768/rxwhmhrxguqcgahnhvzo.png” title=”Our First Look At Red Dead Redemption 2 Gameplay” excerpt=”Rockstar today showed off a first look at the western Red Dead Redemption II, which comes out October 26 for PS4 and Xbox One, and it looks like a fascinating evolution of the first one. Most importantly, this time you can brush your horse.”]
In response to the news of RDR2‘s online beta, Devolver Digital, best known as the publisher behind the Serious Sam franchise and recent Shadow Warrior revivals, decided to have some fun at Rockstar’s expense.
Let’s break this down. You see the first tweet and you think “you’re telling me… there’s a chance?”
Hello, we’d like to publish your new cowboy game on PC.
— Devolver Digital (@devolverdigital) September 20, 2018
By the second one, it’s clear we’re in joke territory.
We’re based out of Texas so we are familiar with horses and chewing tobacco. Also, we own a gun. That last part isn’t threat, just that knowing about guns seems a plus for this game.
— Devolver Digital (@devolverdigital) September 20, 2018
And upon reading the third one… well…
Nobody has to know, we can keep this a secret from TakeTwo. We know a person at Steam and can set you up with PC dev kits. Like this tweet if you want to talk more.
— Devolver Digital (@devolverdigital) September 20, 2018
Somehow — and I might be jumping the gun here — I don’t think Rockstar’s going to take up Devolver’s rather kind offer.
[referenced url=”https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/04/red-dead-redemption-pc-mod-for-gta-5-goes-down-in-legal-flames/” thumb=”https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/04/rdrgta-768×432.jpg” title=”Red Dead Redemption PC Mod For GTA 5 Goes Down In Legal Flames” excerpt=”Alas, a project to bring Red Dead Redemption to the PC using Grand Theft Auto 5 has come to a sad, yet predictable end. It appears developer Rockstar and publisher Take-Two didn’t take the work of modding group White Team too seriously… that is, until it released a trailer. Shortly after the drop, the video disappeared from YouTube.”]
@devolverdigital [Twitter, via DSO Gaming]
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