Dan Houser’s latest project has been revealed. This was announced by the co-founder of Rockstar Games and co-creator of Grand Theft Auto Silly Projects It will generate a new IP address on all platforms and for all formats.
Houser, who left Rockstar in 2020, hired a company called “Absurd Ventures in Games” in mid-2021. Thursday’s statement is Houser’s first official statement that he’s behind a new studio.
“We are building Absurd Ventures to create new worlds and tell great stories, where and how we can,” Houser said in a press release. Absurd Ventures seeks to create narrative worlds and characters for “a variety of genres, regardless of medium, to produce for live action and animation; video games and other interactive content; written books, graphic novels and podcasts,” the statement read. .
Absurd Ventures was officially announced with a two-minute video that embraces the absurdity of the company’s name. Comprised of what appears to be archival and original footage (one scene shows a group of zombies dancing; another shows a young man clearing a forest), the video asks “Can I dream again , or are you going to try to sell me something? » Is it okay to ask questions or not? That you’re going to pull me out and shoot me?
Houser, 49, started Rockstar Games with his brother, Sam, in 1998. The studio/publisher is best known for the Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption series, as well as the Max Payne franchise and recent titles like bully, chaseAnd Los Angeles Black.
He was the main writer of Auto grand theft 5 And Red Dead Redemption 2, Two of the biggest launches, in terms of sales, of the last decade. He was also a producer and writer stalker (2006) and Max pay 3 (2012).
Rockstar announced in February 2020 that Dan Houser would be leaving the company, after the extended hiatus that followed. Red Dead Redemption 2Fall 2018 launch.
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