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GTA 5 creators Rockstar took everyone by surprise Sunday night when they first started hinting at a follow up to Red Dead Redemption.

This was followed up earlier today with a new Red Dead tease that all but confirms a new game in the Wild West series.

The image has also been shared across all social channels for Rockstar and the Rockstar newswire, but they've not provided any further information beyond sharing the actual image.

Earlier this year the games new map was supposedly leaked via Neogaf, which we've written about at length here: New Red Dead Redemption 2 Map LEAKED.

However, what could have remained quite easily as just another rumour was given some validity when Tech Radar confirmed the legitimacy of the map, saying:

"A source close to the development of the new Red Dead game has now confirmed to us that the map is indeed the real deal, revealing that this is a "very recent" art direction map for the upcoming title."

Now the same journalist has suggested a trailer could be just a matter of days away.

Ex-TechRadar writer Hugh Langley who now works for Wareable, took to Twitter to suggest the new Red Dead trailer is coming Thursday (if not sooner), writing:

"Am told the Red Dead 2 trailer is scheduled for Thursday, though tbh wouldn't surprise me if R* decides to fire earlier"

In addition, Tech Radar say they have been in contact with Langly and confirmed that this new information comes courtesy of a source "close to the matter".

It was widely expected that the Red Dead Redemption sequel would be revealed with Sony at E3, but this Red Dead Redemption 2 reveal allegedly pulled due to a series of shootings in America around the time of the expo.

However, an excerpt from the official fiscal report for the company confirmed that Rockstar Games were "hard at work on some exciting future projects" that were said to be "revealed soon.”

The popularity of Red Dead Redemption is still obvious, as when the title was made backwards compatible by Microsoft earlier this year, bringing the game once more to Xbox One, sales for Red Dead Redemption in the UK shot up 5911% in a matter of hours.