Rockstar Games know how to make games, we know this, but when they craft a  Grand Theft Auto set in the Wild West, well, we’re extremely excited over the prospect.

Judging from this new batch of in-game screenshots, Rockstar clearly are staying true to their deeply rooted foundation of excellence in subtle detail.

Other than that though, these new shots show off massively-scaled Western environments, fiery explosions, and a grisly John Marston gun-dueling someone who’ll likely be dead, very soon.

Red Dead Redemption comes to Xbox 360 and PS3 early 2010.

Eddie Makuch is Blast's Director of Video Game News. Reach him at Makuch.E@BlastMagazine.com.