It became known that the co-founder of the famous studio Rockstar games, who held a key position in the development of all the company’s projects, including GTA 5 and Red dead redemption 2, decided to leave the company after 20 years of work at Rockstar.
Well-known producer, screenwriter and creative vice president of Rockstar Dan Houser, after a long vacation, decided to quit his job in the gaming industry and permanently leave his company Rockstar Games. According to Gamebomb.ru, 45-year-old Dan Hauser has worked at Rockstar for 21 years since the company was founded in 1998. Dan Hauser has been producing almost all Rockstar releases, and has been the lead screenwriter for major hits such as Red Dead Redemption 2, Grand theft auto v, Max Payne 3, Red Dead Redemption, Grand Theft Auto IV and many others. It is reported that Dan Hauser will remain in his post until March 11, after which he will finally leave Rockstar.
Information about the departure of Hauser has already been commented on by many well-known industry journalists, for example, Jason Schreier, who noted that leaving such an influential person as Dan Hauser will have huge consequences for both Rockstar and its future projects, and for the entire industry . The network also appeared that despite the departure of Dan Hauser from his post, his brother Sam Houser (Sam Houser), will remain at Rockstar Games. Sam Houser also took an active part in creating the company’s projects until 2013, and along with Dan was a screenwriter for the Grand Theft Auto series of games, but did not help write GTA 5. Sam Houser is currently president and chief producer at Rockstar.
It is not yet known how Dan Hauser’s departure from Rockstar Games will greatly influence the development of future projects of the company, including GTA 6. It is also unclear whether Dan Hauser managed to work on the script for Grand Theft Auto 6. According to Gamebomb.ru, the official announcement of the game is still not yet, but many expect this to happen this year.