Creative Co-Founder and Vice President Rockstar Games Dan Hauserwho participated in the creation of all games of the line Grand Theft Auto and series Red dead redemptionofficially leaves the company in March 2023. This is stated in a statement by management Take-two.
No information on the reasons for the dismissal of the developer is not given. In the spring of 2019, he went on a long vacation, from which he did not actually return to his duties. After March 11, Hauser will cease to be an employee of the company.
Take-Two noted that it is “extremely grateful” to Dan Hauser for his contribution to the development of Rockstar Games, which was able to create some of the most successful franchises in the history of the industry.
Dan Houser’s brother, Sam Houser, will remain president of Rockstar Games.
Dan Hauser was the lead screenwriter for all of the company’s hits, including Red dead redemption ii and Grand theft auto v, and was also listed as a producer or executive producer of many of Rockstar Games’ key blockbusters.
In 2014, he got along with his brother Sam and general manager of the Grand Theft Auto franchise Leslie Benzis in the Hall of Fame of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
In 2016, Benzis accused the Hauser brothers of misappropriating deductions from Grand Theft Auto V and sued. He stated that the co-founders of the company were “mired in intrigue” and came up with a tricky way to survive it from Rockstar Games in order to divide the percentage that was due to it among themselves.
At the beginning of 2023, a rumor went around the network that Take-Two executives were exerting pressure on Rockstar Games, trying to force the company to release new games more often.. For the current generation of consoles, she has developed only one new project – Red Dead Redemption II.
According to rumors, Rockstar Games is now preparing to release Grand theft auto vi.
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