Insider NateTheHate just doubled down on his claim that Red Dead Redemption 2 is getting a next-gen upgrade for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2 before the end of 2026.
This counters rumors that the upgrade had been delayed to 2027, or even canceled entirely, after Rockstar announced a remaster of the first Red Dead Redemption instead back in November 2025.
After months of speculation and multiple false alarms, which, so far, have included a voice actor tease that turned out to be just a cast reunion, NateTheHate is maintaining that the upgrade exists and will be released this year. When asked directly on X/Twitter about the status of the project, he responded: “Yes, they exist. I have no update on timing for release.”
That’s not exactly reassuring for fans who have been waiting since 2020 for Red Dead Redemption 2 to receive the same treatment that Grand Theft Auto V got with its PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions. The game currently runs on current-gen consoles only through backward compatibility, which locks it at 30 frames per second with no meaningful performance improvements.
For a game that’s considered the fourth best-selling video game in history, with over 82 million copies sold, the lack of a native next-gen version has been a sore point for years.
NateTheHate has been making this claim since June 2025, when he first suggested the upgrade would arrive in late summer or early fall alongside a Nintendo Switch 2 version. That obviously didn’t happen.
Then, in November, when Rockstar announced the Red Dead Redemption remaster instead of the RDR2 upgrade everyone expected, NateTheHate admitted confusion. “Was told about RDR2, specifically,” he wrote. “I can’t imagine my contacts confused RDR1 for RDR2; but will try to get an update.”
Now, three months later, he’s reaffirming the claim. The upgrade is still coming, just… later. Whenever Rockstar feels like announcing it. Which could be tomorrow, or six months from now, or never.
You can’t blame NateTheHate nor his contacts for the lack of clarity. Rockstar doesn’t announce things according to anyone’s schedule but their own. The fact that NateTheHate still has sources inside Rockstar is an achievement. Rockstar has already fired dozens of employees for leaking sensitive information.
With that said, it’s characteristic for Rockstar to drop news of the re-release of Red Dead Redemption 2 independently, possibly on a random weekday without much fanfare, just like what happened with the Red Dead Redemption remaster.
Ultimately, we can bet on NateTheHate. The insider has a solid track record with Nintendo-related leaks, but their RDR2 claims have been consistently off-target. They said it would come in late summer/early fall 2025. It didn’t. They said the ports “exist” in October 2025. No announcement came. Now they’re saying it’s still coming in 2026.
Maybe they are. Or maybe Rockstar changed their plans. Or maybe the information was wrong from the start. Without official confirmation from Rockstar or Take-Two, all of this remains speculation. And given Rockstar’s legendary secrecy around GTA 6, there’s no guarantee they’ll say anything about RDR2 until the day it actually releases.
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