Rockstar Video games co-founder Dan Houser has confirmed that he was not a part of the writers’ room for Grand Theft Auto 6. Houser left Rockstar Video games over half a decade in the past, however many followers questioned whether or not he contributed to GTA 6 in some capability earlier than his departure — a query he has now addressed.
Houser, alongside his brother Sam (present president of Rockstar Video games), has remained virtually fully out of the general public eye because the late Nineties, preferring to let Rockstar’s video games communicate for themselves. Outdoors uncommon statements, akin to Sam’s preliminary announcement of GTA 6 Trailer 1, the Houser brothers have garnered a status for secrecy. Nevertheless, Dan abruptly exited Rockstar Games in February 2020, which, given his writing credit for 12 GTA video games and each Crimson Useless Redemption titles, bred considerations amongst some followers.
GTA 6 Does Not Function Any Hint of Dan Houser
The considerations centered round whether or not GTA 6 can be as sturdy on the story and world-building fronts as its predecessors with out Houser’s involvement. Nevertheless, since GTA 6‘s development timeline suggests pre-production began earlier than Houser left the studio, loads of followers reckoned he might’ve contributed his writing chops to the sport. That notion was lately debunked by Houser himself throughout a live in-person interview with IGN. Houser famous that he had written the “final 10 or 11” entries within the franchise and that the world has “had sufficient GTA” from him. “They’re at all times a brand new story. It is not going to be a narrative I wrote or a personality set that I developed, however I feel it should be thrilling,” he added.
I wrote the final 10 or 11 [GTA games]. I feel the world’s most likely had sufficient GTA from me. They’re at all times a brand new story. [GTA 6 is] not going to be a narrative I wrote or a personality set that I developed, however I feel it should be thrilling. The sport shall be nice, I am positive.
Although Houser admitted it could really feel “unusual” to play a brand new GTA recreation with out figuring out its full story, he stays assured that GTA 6 “shall be nice.” From each GTA 6 trailers that Rockstar has launched up to now, the sport appears no much less potent than prior sequence entries in weaving a compelling story inside a well-executed parody of the actual world. It was additionally throughout this interview that Houser spilled the beans on why Bully 2 never happened, stating that Rockstar Video games was unfold too skinny with titles like GTA 5, Crimson Useless Redemption, LA Noire, and Max Payne 3 to tackle one other huge undertaking.
GTA 6 is scheduled to launch on Might 26, 2026, and it ought to be fascinating to see how nicely the writing of Rockstar’s first new recreation put up Dan Houser’s exit holds up. As for Houser himself, he is at present spearheading a number of new inventive tasks at Absurd Ventures, the multimedia firm he based in 2021. Absurd Ventures recently struck a publishing deal with Smilegate for an upcoming AAA sci-fi open-world action-adventure recreation that is at present in early improvement, and the studio can be set to launch a brand new graphic novel dubbed American Caper this November.
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Might 26, 2026
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Ranking Pending – Doubtless Mature 17+
