Dan Houser produced and helped write the games of Grand Theft Auto (GTA), one of the most lucrative video game titles of all time, and catapulted the Rockstar Games studio, which he built with his brother.
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It is expected that GTA 6 will be released at the end of the year coinciding with the launch of the new generation of consoles, the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X.
“After a prolonged pause that began in the spring of 2019, Dan Houser, creative vice president of Rockstar Games, will leave the company,” Take Two said in a statement Tuesday night targeting regulators in the US market.
The firm added that Houser’s last day of work would be March 11 in the studio, which is also known for the game Red dead redemption.
Following the release of the last Rockstar Games title, Houser sparked controversy when talking about working conditions in the studio and the video game industry in general by saying that certain developers had worked up to 100 hours per week to meet the release date to the market.
Take Two shares fell 3.6% towards noon in prices, while Nasdaq, with a large technological component, rose 0.24%.
Source: AFP
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