Update 17/06/2025: John Marston actor Rob Wiethoff, who started all the curiosity about a Red Dead Redemption-related announcement coming this week, has clarified his comments, but also hasn't directly denied that they could be Red Dead-related.
"I do not make announcements for Rockstar Games. Rockstar Games makes announcements for Rockstar Games, and they don't use me to do that," he said at the beginning of a work out live stream from today.
That said, he still couches the statement by emphasizing that he's still very excited about the news that's not yet public, even while also saying he fears he "misled some people" with his original statements.
Original Story:
Rob Wiethoff, the actor who plays John Marston in Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2, teased in a live stream this past Saturday while playing Red Dead Redemption, that there's 'something' coming this week related to the Red Dead series, likely closer to Friday, that he is incredibly excited to share and discuss with players, once the news is made public.
"I've got such exciting news. I can't share it with you right now, and it's absolutely killing me," he began. "By the end of this week, hopefully sooner. Not this week, I guess. Probably, not as soon as tomorrow, but definitely before Friday. Oh my goodness, the news that I have to share - and I won't be the only one sharing it. I cannot wait for you to know what's going on. And that's all I can say."
What made it seem like a direct reference to Red Dead and a Red Dead-related announcement coming is that he ended his vague and excited statement by saying "I'm so excited, but I truly cannot think of anything else, especially playing this game, I can't think of anything else."
Adding to Wiethoff's vague statements after the live stream was Roger Clark, the actor who plays Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2. When asked if he knew what Wiethoff was talking about on X, he replied with a simple "Yes," and a gif of a grinning dog, smiling like they have a secret no one else knows.
Then, Noshir Dalal, the voice actor for Charles in Red Dead Redemption 2, replied to Clark's tweet with his own vague tease, adding even more weight to the pile.
It's possible that all three actors are hinting that we'll finally get the reveal of the long-awaited current-gen update for Red Dead Redemption 2, a game that originally launched on PS4 and Xbox One, and is still without a native PS5 and Xbox Series X/S version. Red Dead Redemption 2 looks great on PC, even better with certain mods, but console players are still left playing the last-gen version. A PS5 and Series X/S version would be a huge announcement for fans of the series.
And now that the first Red Dead game has a remastered and graphically upgraded version, it's high time the sequel gets its due.
It could also be that Rockstar is about to add another game to the Nintendo Switch 2 lineup, with a Switch 2 version of RDR2 coming. It could also be that the game is coming to Switch 2, and it's getting a native PS5 and Xbox Series X/S version with graphical upgrades.
Or it's none of them, and instead we're getting some sort of Red Dead adaptation or just something else entirely. Who knows at this point, but you have to imagine that Wiethoff and company wouldn't get players riled up if there wasn't something big behind it. Just weeks ago, we saw voice actors from the original Persona 4 cast make subtle hints in the lead-up to Persona 4 Revival's reveal. Hopefully, these teases are leading towards a similar level of announcement.
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