Unfortunately, Rockstar Games has stated that there would be no such DLC for Red Dead Redemption 2, instead the company is focusing on its online counterpart, Red Dead Online. This is the same approach it took with Grand Theft Auto 5, and while there are key differences worth considering, hope for DLC dies with every passing month. The biggest culprit for building hype for this was the datamined map expansion, but perhaps, just maybe, there’s a future to that.
RELATED: Red Dead Redemption 2: Every Member of the Van der Linde Gang Explained
Red Dead Redemption 2’s Map Expansion - Mexico
Many likely remember last fall when dataminers discovered a potential map expansion for Red Dead Redemption 2, a big hint for DLC at the time, as it showed deactivated game models for Mexico. This included elements for the town Chuparosa, a Mexican Army soldier model, and even a bounty/wanted level for a region. It caused an uproar for a Mexico-related DLC, in fact, especially given that players had managed to glitch into Mexico well before these files were discovered.
But alas, like pyrite to real gold, this map expansion never came to fruition, and Rockstar’s message surrounding Red Dead Redemption 2 suggest it never will be. A mainline story expansion set in Mexico, the return of Undead Nightmare to RDR2, or even something small and surprising would still be welcome, and arguably it should be added at some point.
Red Dead Redemption 2 DLC
Rockstar’s attention may be on Red Dead Online content, but that’s not to say it could never shift its eyes back to the single-player campaign. After all, for a plethora of reasons, Red Dead Online isn’t as popular as Grand Theft Auto Online. There’s no doubt the latter’s popularity helped make GTA 5 the most profitable entertainment product of all time, so it makes sense from a business standpoint why it received a ton of support. On the other hand, that doesn’t seem likely to be the case for Red Dead Online, which means Rockstar could (and should) turn its eyes back
Reports indicate that Red Dead Online is comparable to GTA Online at a similar stage, but with the advent of next-gen consoles on the horizons, it’s worth wondering if it itself is sort of fool’s gold. Red Dead Redemption 2 itself, the main campaign and world, is incredibly popular, and that’s a guaranteed fact. Turning its eyes back to the single-player content, and actually releasing single-player DLC would make the game’s fan base incredibly happy.
Of course, it remains to be seen, as Rockstar Games has to do what’s best for it as a business, but it doesn’t hurt to cling to hope that it could be something more tangible for Red Dead Redemption 2’s main campaign and single-player…eventually.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is out now for PC, PS4, Stadia, and Xbox One.
MORE: Red Dead Redemption 2: How Dutch’s Final Words Defined the Entire Franchise
