Earlier this week, it seemed like some big Red Dead Redemption news was in the pipeline as John Marston voice actor Rob Wiethoff said he had “such exciting news” that he couldn’t share. On its own, that doesn’t necessarily mean anything, but given he was playing Red Dead Redemption and said “I truly cannot think about anything else, especially playing this”?
I mean, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the exciting news that a game reminds you of might, in fact, be related to that game. It seems like poor Wiethoff’s either had a stern talking-to by Rockstar, or that he’s recognised folks were getting a wee bit overhyped—because he’s popped back up to course-correct.
Standing on his porch in a quite frankly beautiful-looking garden, about to livestream a workout, Wiethoff breaks the bad news: “I do have something I’m really excited about—I truly am, and I think you will be too … But I possibly misled some people, when I announced that I have something to announce that I can’t talk about right now.”
While it’s clear Wiethoff wants to temper expectations, it’s not like there’s nothing in the docket. But he wants to be very clear (reasonably so) that he doesn’t speak for Rockstar Games. “Just please recognise—and I know that you know this, but let me remind you I guess—I do not make announcements for Rockstar Games.”
He’s very insistent about that fact, actually. “We all know that. I’m just reminding you. I do not make announcements for Rockstar Games. Rockstar Games makes announcements for Rockstar Games. And they don’t use me—” he adds, laughing, “—to do that. So please know that.”
That’s not to say there’s zilch on the horizon, though. “Again, I still think, a lot of you are gonna be really excited about this news,” he clarifies, but “also, I can’t share it with you yet! And I’m so sorry, but I truly am that excited. That’s all I’m gonna say about that for now.” He then immediately shows the audience some bugspray called “begone bug”.
If I had to put my money anywhere—this is a hypothetical, one should not bet on charming voice actors getting effusive on a livestream—I’d wager RDR’s due some graphical upgrades for the Switch 2. Potentially with some re-recorded lines, if Wiethoff’s involved. That, or John Marston’s getting added to the next Smash game. It’s anyone’s guess. Or Dead by Daylight, inexplicably—though I guess there’s a throughline there with Undead Nightmare… Hm.
