{"id":21777,"date":"2026-07-30T07:12:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T02:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21777"},"modified":"2026-07-30T07:12:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T02:12:39","slug":"massive-red-dead-redemption-3-map-includes-amazing-gta-reference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21777","title":{"rendered":"Massive Red Dead Redemption 3 Map Includes Amazing GTA Reference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Grand Theft Auto 6<\/em> is obviously Rockstar\u2019s hottest ticket item for the foreseeable future, especially when an online component eventually rolls around, but <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/tag\/red-dead-redemption\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Red Dead Redemption 3<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is no less exciting to look forward to, even if it could potentially be another decade or longer before it sees the light of day. Of course, with <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/red-dead-redemption-2-forgotten-frontier-fan-expansion-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\">no <em>Red Dead Redemption 3<\/em> officially announced<\/a>, we know virtually nothing about what it could entail.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<p>Still, some things seem like a no-brainer, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/red-dead-redemption-3-prequel-guaranteed-opinion\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Red Dead Redemption 3<\/em> being a prequel<\/a>. More than a century separates them, yet fans are interested in the idea of <em>Red Dead Redemption 3<\/em> finally establishing that the <em>Red Dead<\/em> and <em>Grand Theft Auto<\/em> franchises are in fact intertwined after all.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"rdr3-could-be-a-prequel-in-more-ways-than-one\">\n                        RDR3 Could Be A Prequel In More Ways Than One<br \/>\n               <\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/51f4fe951843a60de35a96d2e5b3e5d3.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;&quot;\">\n<figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/51f4fe951843a60de35a96d2e5b3e5d3.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/51f4fe951843a60de35a96d2e5b3e5d3.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/51f4fe951843a60de35a96d2e5b3e5d3.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/51f4fe951843a60de35a96d2e5b3e5d3.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/51f4fe951843a60de35a96d2e5b3e5d3.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/51f4fe951843a60de35a96d2e5b3e5d3.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/><img width=\"1650\" height=\"928\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Red Dead Redemption 2 camp scene with fire\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/51f4fe951843a60de35a96d2e5b3e5d3.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/51f4fe951843a60de35a96d2e5b3e5d3.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/>\n        <\/picture><figcaption style=\"display: none;\">Red Dead Redemption 2 camp scene with fire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> On Reddit, user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/RDR3\/comments\/1uhxbx4\/red_dead_redemption_3_concept_map\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">DanyMok22<\/a> has shared a concept map they created that attempts to predict what the map will look like in <em>Red Dead Redemption 3<\/em>, including which regions of the US players might be able to go to, based on speculation about the threequel and its place in the franchise\u2019s timeline<\/p>\n<p>Most intriguingly, this user has included <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/grand-theft-auto-6-map-gta-los-santos\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Grand Theft Auto<\/em>\u2019s<em> <\/em>Los Santos<\/a> (Los Angeles) on the map, positing that it would be neat for players to experience Los Santos as it was more than 130 years ago: \u201c<em>It would be a small dusty town at the beginning of the game, but railroads and industry would cause it to boom by 1890, so it could grow rapidly over the course of the game<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Users <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/RDR3\/comments\/1uhxbx4\/red_dead_redemption_3_concept_map\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Unlucky_Exercise_702<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/RDR3\/comments\/1uhxbx4\/red_dead_redemption_3_concept_map\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Accurate-File1600<\/a> love the idea of being able to go to Los Santos, with the <em>Red Dead Redemption<\/em> series then technically establishing itself as a prequel to the <em>Grand Theft Auto<\/em> series. Fans seem to be open to this connection, too, with user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/RDR3\/comments\/1uhxbx4\/red_dead_redemption_3_concept_map\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TopBee83<\/a> writing: \u201c<em>Rockstar can very easily retcon that and say \u2018eh they\u2019re connected now,\u2019<\/em>\u201d in order to make them part of the same universe.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"move-over-gta-6-we-want-red-dead-redemption-3\">\n                        Move Over GTA 6, We Want Red Dead Redemption 3<br \/>\n               <\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rdr2-key-art.png\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;&quot;\">\n<figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rdr2-key-art.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rdr2-key-art.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rdr2-key-art.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rdr2-key-art.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rdr2-key-art.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rdr2-key-art.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/><img width=\"1650\" height=\"928\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"rdr2 key art\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rdr2-key-art.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rdr2-key-art.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/>\n        <\/picture><figcaption style=\"display: none;\"><em>Red Dead Redemption 2<\/em>\u00a0key art.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/red-dead-redemption-3-new-era\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rockstar\u2019s <em>Grand Theft Auto<\/em> and <em>Red Dead<\/em> franchises<\/a> do not canonically share a universe\/continuity, and so the chances of <em>Red Dead Redemption 3<\/em> (or <em>Grand Theft Auto 6<\/em>, for that matter) making such a concrete connection are low. Plus, in order for this user\u2019s concept map to be considered potentially accurate at all, it\u2019s conceived based on the assumption that <em>Red Dead Redemption 3<\/em> will leap back further and be a prequel to <em>Red Dead Redemption 2<\/em>, like <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/red-dead-redemption-3-new-gang-hopes\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>RDR2<\/em> was a prequel to <em>Red Dead Redemption<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>User <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/RDR3\/comments\/1uhxbx4\/red_dead_redemption_3_concept_map\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Asbew<\/a> laments, \u201c<em>This wouldn\u2019t even come out in my grandkids\u2019 lifetimes<\/em>.\u201d It\u2019s a sad thought, but it probably will be an excruciatingly long wait for <strong><em>Red Dead Redemption 3<\/em><\/strong>, if it ever does come to pass, and if it doesn\u2019t make a concrete, explicit universe connection with the <em>Grand Theft Auto<\/em> franchise, we may never get 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