Former Rockstar and GTA lead Dan Houser says gaming can "either go somewhere really interesting or somewhere that gets overly focused on making money"

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"I think there's always that danger with any commercial art form"

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Rockstar Games co-founder and the former lead writer on almost every mainline Grand Theft Auto game - except for the upcoming GTA 6 - thinks the gaming industry is faced with the "danger" of being too focused on printing money instead of simply making interesting games.

GTA and Red Dead Redemption 2's lead writer, Dan Houser, appeared on Channel 4's Sunday Brunch show to talk about his past and future projects, where he was also asked about where the games industry in general will go next. According to the Rockstar veteran, gaming can go down one of two roads.

Kaan Serin
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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he'll soon forget.

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