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Grand Theft Auto Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser left the studio because of how long GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 took to make: "I don't know if I had another one of those games in me"

Two bikers posing with a revolver and a motorbike in Grand Theft Auto 6 area Ambrosia

Grand Theft Auto Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser confirms GTA 6 is "not going to be a story I wrote," but "I think it's going to be exciting"; "I think the world's probably had enough GTA from me"

Red Dead Redemption 2 screenshot showing the silhouette of a man with a cowboy hat on horseback, a glowing sun seen behind him

Red Dead Creating Red Dead Redemption 2 was "not that fun," Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser says, as it wasn't "coming together" and was "over budget so much I didn’t want to think about it"

Red Dead Red Dead Redemption 2 "was the best thing" that Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser worked on, not GTA 5: "The best single realization of open-world storytelling thematic consistency"

Grand Theft Auto Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser says rumored GTA 5 Trevor DLC was about "half-done" when it was canceled, but if it released, the devs "probably wouldn't have gotten to make Red Dead 2"

Red Dead Red Dead Redemption 3 "probably will happen," says Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser, but he'd be "sad" about it: "It was a cohesive two-game arc"

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Grand Theft Auto Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser says "no one" was excited for GTA 3 outside of the studio, but the devs believed there was "something really magical" about it

Grand Theft Auto 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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Grand Theft Auto GTA 6's delay reportedly had nothing to do with recent Rockstar Games firings and alleged union busting, but it could impact production further down the line

Grand Theft Auto Rockstar accused of "ruthless" firing ahead of GTA 6, cutting over 30 employees tied to dev union: Take-Two claims "gross misconduct," labor group says "we won't back down"

Grand Theft Auto Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser couldn't kill GTA 4's Niko Bellic as fans needed to be able "to play forever," so he killed Red Dead Redemption's John Marston instead

Grand Theft Auto The GTA 4 story is "really dark" because Rockstar's co-founder was "single and miserable" while making it: "We constantly thought we may be shut down"

Grand Theft Auto Take-Two CEO says "we've never regretted" a delay as GTA 6 slips again, and points to companies that ignored necessary delays "at their peril"

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Rockstar co-founder left because of how long GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 took to make

He described how leading development on games the size of what Rockstar produces "swallows all of your time for many years at a time."

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