L.A. Noire was a curious omission on PC given its genre. It launched on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and it was only after weeks of waiting that Rockstar delivered the official word that a PC version would be coming before the year was up. Each time I’ve covered a story about Noire’s PC port, I’ve mentioned the absence of another Rockstar hit, Red Dead Redemption, on PC — it’s been out for upwards of 16 months and Rockstar has still given no indication it plans to bring the game to computers.
The subject of Red Dead on PC and Rockstar allegedly abandoning the platform came up in an FAQ Rockstar published this week. The answer didn’t dive into any specifics, which is what we really want to know, but it did imply RDR on PC wouldn’t be viable.
“We hope that with the announcement that L.A. Noire is coming to PC this fall, and the knowledge that our next big game Max Payne 3 will have a PC release (plus that we’ve released both Grand Theft Auto IV and the Episodes from Liberty City for PC), we can finally put to rest any misconceptions that we’ve ‘abandoned the PC platform,'” the FAQ reads. “We do know that, yes, there is just one title absent from our PC release plans — that game of course being Red Dead Redemption, and of course we’re well aware that some fans have been asking for it.
