And it does certainly look absurd

Again in 2020, Dan Houser left Rockstar following a protracted hiatus. Being the driving pressure behind the tales of Grand Theft Auto 5, each Pink Lifeless Redemption video games and Max Payne 3 means his absence may result in some adjustments for future titles from the GTA developer. That stated, seeing as the corporate has but to launch a brand new sport since his departure, we are able to’t actually know for positive.

Nevertheless, Houser is again together with his new firm, Absurd Ventures. In keeping with a report from Polygon, this outfit will give the author and producer a brand new outlet for some upcoming tasks. In a press launch, Houser stated that he and his workforce are “constructing Absurd Ventures to create new universes and to inform nice tales, wherever and nevertheless we are able to.”

Simply what the studio really has in thoughts would be the subject of a lot dialogue going ahead, little doubt. You’ll be able to take a look on the Absurd Ventures web site for some faint clues, although there’s little or no there to say about what’s within the pipeline. There’s additionally a video selling the corporate, nevertheless it’s a sequence of weird imagery that basically leaves extra questions than solutions. We’ll simply have to attend to see what the studio conjures up, however given the identify that’s hooked up, it’s going to be of curiosity to lots of people.
Alongside together with his brother Sam, Dan Houser is accountable for one of many greatest franchises in gaming historical past through the Rockstar model. Grand Theft Auto started life in 1997, with Dan being credited as both author, co-writer, or producer on just about each entry because the London 1969 growth from method again within the day.

To many followers, it is going to be slightly unusual not seeing his identify within the credit for GTA 6, when that really comes out. Nevertheless, there’s little doubt that what he has deliberate for Absurd Ventures will flip heads, particularly with the phrases “is it OK to dream once more?” seen within the promo video.

Andrew Heaton

Andrew has been a gamer because the seventeenth century Restoration interval. He now writes for numerous on-line publications, contributing information and different articles. He doesn’t personal a powdered wig.

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