Red Dead Redemption 2 may launch on Nintendo Switch if a ratings board is to be believed.
11.09.2023 - 12:49 / gameranx.com / Peter Safran / James Gunn / Red Hood / Gotham Knights / Nintendo
The ESRB seems to have revealed a new upcoming port for Gotham Knights.
The ESRB rating for the game has added the Nintendo Switch to its list of platforms on its rating page. The game is still rated T for Teen, with a description indicating violence, blood stains, alcohol, smoking, and some expletives.
Gotham Knights, originally released in October 21, 2022, was developed by WB Games Montreal, and featured a scenario where Batman had died, leaving the job of protecting Gotham City up to the Bat Family, namely, Nightwing, Batgirl, Robin, and Red Hood.
While the scenario was fresh and fans were hopeful, the game ultimately did not meet both critical and sales expectations. It launched with serious technical issues on consoles, but also did not live up to the Batman Arkham games when it came to its own gameplay and design. Warner Bros did not disclose if the game at least broke even, but it seems they haven’t given up on it completely.
Only two months after releasing Gotham Knights, WB Games Montreal was reportedly already working on a new game. Earlier this year, Warner Bros’ DC related video game projects received a shakeup, when DC assigned a new team, led by James Gunn and Peter Safran, to take charge of the superhero megaproperty. Gunn revealed to the public their planned 10 year program called Gods and Monsters. Video games would be part of the mix, alongside movies and TV shows, and all these media would share the same cast of actors to play the same superheroes.
So all indications seemed to point to Warner Bros giving up on Gotham Knights immediately after its launch. It should be pointed out that Warner Bros did not have to take this direction. Other companies like CD Projekt Red and Hello Games revealed that games that flubbed at launch, like Cyberpunk 2077, and No Man’s Sky, can continue development to get their issues addressed, and earn their redemption arc.
So this news may be an indication that Warner Bros is going this direction, or it may be not. When Warner Bros makes this news official, they will most likely tie it to the coming release of the Batman Arkham Trilogy to the Nintendo Switch. That may also come with an announcement that Warner Bros has assigned a studio to keep working on Gotham Knights on its current platforms, until it meets expectations, and may get a re-unveiling.
But, it’s also possible that Warner Bros hired a capable porting studio, like Virtuos or Panic Button, to make a relatively cheap port of Gotham Knights to the Nintendo Switch, with no real changes or enhancements to any version of the game. This could just be a basic attempt to cash in on the game while it’s still fresh, for however it can still earn.
Either way, it seems likely that Nintendo will be
Red Dead Redemption 2 may launch on Nintendo Switch if a ratings board is to be believed.
A Nintendo Switch version of Red Dead Redemption 2 has shown up on the Brazilian ratings board's website.
A Nintendo Switch version of Red Dead Redemption 2 has been spotted on the Brazilian ratings board’s website.
Red Dead Redemption 2 could be in line for a surprise launch on the Nintendo Switch, as per a classification rating for the game in Brazil.
There was a real surprise when Rockstar Games unveiled they were bringing Red Dead Redemption back. However, some fans were surprised that this port would be coming to the Nintendo Switch. While the port was relatively well received, it was thought that you would have to continue this franchise with a game on a competitor platform. Red Dead Redemption 2 is readily available to pick up right now on PC, PlayStation 4, and the Xbox One platforms. However, a new rating revealed that a port might be coming to the Nintendo Switch platform.
The Nintendo Switch is long past the traditional lifespan for a console and its technological limitations are rendering it unable to stand up to current generation systems for new games. Titles such as have struggled in making versions that can run on the outdated system, and Nintendo itself appears to be focusing heavily on remakes and remasters. As beloved as the Switch has been, and with as popular of a console as it continues to be, the next system will need to include many impressive features if it hopes to see similar numbers in sales.
Sometimes, gamers must ask out loud, “Who asked for this?” Usually, those moments come when a video game arrives that quite simply doesn’t live up to the hype or the long development time it took to get made. When Gotham Knights was released last year after a long wait, many gamers indeed wondered who asked for a title like that. While the concept was good, the execution was lacking, leading to many woes, including optimization across all platforms. Now, a new rating again implies that the Nintendo Switch will get a version of the title.
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Xbox has announced that Gotham Knights’ Game Pass debut will occur on October 3, and those of you who don’t want to pay for it can check out the game after its mediocre critical response. Party Animals, Cocoon, and PayDay 3 also join the Xbox Game Pass lineup over the next few weeks.
Microsoft has unveiled the lineup for its second wave of additions to the Game Pass library for the month of September, and subscribers of the service have quite a bit to look forward to in the coming days. That starts, of course, today itself, with Neowiz’s acclaimed Soulslike action RPG Lies of P now being available via Game Pass on cloud, console, and PC.
September gets its second batch of new Xbox Game Pass games this week, kicking off with today’s launch of the well-received Lies of P. The long-awaited Payday 3 invites players to its world of multiplayer heists, the promising and mysterious indie game Cocoon arrives, and the multiplayer DC action game Gotham Knights lands on the service for the first time.
Microsoft has announced new titles coming to Xbox Game Pass from late September to early October, which includes Party Animals, Gotham Knights, PAYDAY 3, and more.