Repeat it after me; another week, another hint that Red Dead Redemption will eventually find its way on the PC platform. Earlier this month, we informed you about the presence of a PC reference in the source code of Red Dead Redemption 2’s Social Club. And while Rockstar has removed that code, another PC clue surfaced a while ago.
By using some HTML commands on Rockstar’s Social Club RDR2 stat page to change the PlatformIcon, players can reveal a PC logo/icon for Red Dead Redemption 2. This PC logo is not a placeholder or a generic icon, and if you use a different command (like for example “switch” or “whateveryouwant”) the site will default at the Xbox One logo.
Not only that, but the PC icon for the GTA V stat page is completely different to the one used on Red Dead Redemption 2, implying that this PC logo was created solely for the RDR 2 stat page.
I don’t know whether Rockstar will also remove this PC hint from Red Dead Redemption 2’s Social Club now that it has surfaced, though it wouldn’t surprise me as the team did exactly that with the previous PC hint.
Anyway, we already knew that Red Dead Redemption 2 would be coming on the PC and these latest hints make it crystal clear that the developers have indeed plans for such a version.
Unfortunately, Take-Two and Rockstar have not announced anything official yet so we don’t really know when RDR2 will come out on the PC. As I’ve said and before, I expect the PC version to come out alongside a possible next-gen console re-release. If that’s the case, we can at least hope that Rockstar will implement real-time ray tracing effects to it (so we can at least have better visuals on the PC).
Those interested can find below a video showing how you can change the PlatformIcon setting on RDR 2’s Social Club stat page.
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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