Dan Houser will soon no longer be a part of the Rockstar Games team.
Dan Houser will be leaving Rockstar Games next month. Houser had been taking an extended break from the company since last year. According to an SEC filing (via PlayStation LifeStyle), Houser's last day will be on March 11th. The company released a brief statement on the matter:
"After an extended break beginning in the spring of 2019, Dan Houser, Vice President, Creative at Rockstar Games, will be leaving the company. Dan Houser's last day will be March 11th, 2020. We are extremely grateful for his contributions. Rockstar Games has built some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful game worlds, a global community of passionate fans and an incredibly talented team, which remains focused on current and future projects."
Houser founded Rockstar Games with his brother Sam in 1998 as a part of Take-Two Interactive. Houser played a big part in the making of popular franchises such as Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, Bully, and Max Payne. He served as the lead writer on many of these games, and was one of Rockstar's main creative forces. Though Dan Houser will be leaving the company, his brother Sam will continue to serve as the President of Rockstar Games.
Two of the games that Houser had a hand in, Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2, have both been commercial successes. Rockstar revealed that Grand Theft Auto V was the best-selling game of the decade in the US, based on dollar sales. It was also revealed that Red Dead Redemption 2 was the best selling game of the last four years.
It is unclear as to why Houser will be leaving Rockstar. It is also unclear as to how his departure will affect the production of the projects that Rockstar has in development at this time.
