Red Dead Redemption is the only limited-time PS3 game on PS Plus Premium – remastered?

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PlayStation Plus recently launched its updated services, including a range of PS3 games that are available on the Premium tier. That selection includes Red Dead Redemption, a game that’s been available on PS Now for a long time but has since moved to a new tiered subscription service. The only weird thing is that Red Dead Redemption seems to be one of the few games that is about to expire.

As noted by Rockstar Mag’s Chris Klippel, Red Dead Redemption is only available on PS Plus Premium until October 17th. After checking over 140 games available, Klippel found that the only other game that had expired was Undead Nightmare. Interestingly, Red Dead Redemption 2 on PS4 also has an expiration date, though it’s not the only PS4 game to have one.

“Yeah, it’s weird,” Klippel wrote in response to a Twitter follower. “We have tested 140 PS3 games ourselves. Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare are the only games that won’t stay indefinitely…”

This time limit may simply be the initial expiration of the game on PS Now. Or, as Klippel suggests, this could be the first concrete sign that Rockstar is working on a Red Dead Redemption remaster. Prior to the release of the remastered trilogy, GTA Rockstar removed all previous ports and remasters from digital stores.

A Red Dead remaster has been one of the more enduring rumors, but sources speaking to Kotaku last year said that if the GTA remasters sell well, Rockstar will turn to Red Dead Redemption. Despite a critical failure due to technical issues and surprisingly poor visuals, the remastered GTA trilogy has been a commercial success, selling 10 million copies as of February.

If all of this is true, we may be just a few months away from the return of Red Dead Redemption with enhanced visuals. In the meantime, you have until October to experience the original game via PS Plus, although it’s only available in 720p via cloud streaming.