Dan Houser’s (Rockstar Co-founder) new studio Absurd Ventures working on “open world action adventure”

[Gamernyc78]

Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser’s new studio is making an open world action-adventure game | VGC

It’s seeking to “deliver best-in-class combat and third person action across multiple game modes”…

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The Santa-Monica, California-based studio is currently recruiting for seven game development roles, including a lead gameplay designer.

“Become the primary vision holder and hands-on contributor for character, controls, and camera design in an open world action-adventure game,” reads the job listing in question.

Having co-founded Rockstar in 1998, Houser left in early 2020 before announcing Absurd Ventures last year.

Launching in 2024, its first two “universes” are American Caper, which will begin life as a graphic novel, and A Better Paradise, which is an audio fiction series.

It emerged in November that Rockstar veterans Lazlow Jones and Michael Unsworth were working alongside Houser at Absurd.

As co-chair of Rockstar’s production department, Jones was previously responsible for in-game creative audio and video content, while former Red Dead Redemption series writer Unsworth worked on virtually all of Rockstar’s major releases during 16 years at the company.

 

[Gamernyc78]

Also previously..

Longtime Rockstar devs jumping ship to Dan Houser’s new company

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[Polyh3dron]

in order to ship their game they will need The Benz.

 

[Kokoloko]

I wonder as a co founder, how much money did he make to now fund his new project. Considering how much the GTA series made, Im interested to see if the co found of GTA can create something to rival it now

 

[Zzero]

I really, really, really hope he succeds.

 

[Sloane_Ranger]

If we could get a SP focused open world GTA quality game with the OG satire - I woud be there day 1. Wishing his company the best of luck!

 

[Jim Ryan]

Is this the game where you can become any object or is that Leslie's game?

 

[Gamernyc78]

Hope whatever he does is magical and dope.

 

[Gamernyc78]

Is this the game where you can become any object or is that Leslie's game?

I think we hvnt gotten details until now of it being open world, action.

 

[2spooky5me]

This is Leslie's game ("Everywhere"):

EVERYWHERE

Welcome to EVERYWHERE. EVERYWHERE is community-driven gaming, a place where you can unleash your imagination to build, play, and connect.

everywhere.game

I had to do a double take on the topic/topic title, because I got mixed up with Leslie and Dan, thinking (originally) "Leslie opened ANOTHER studio!???".

 

[Jim Ryan]

This is Leslie's game ("Everywhere"):

EVERYWHERE

Welcome to EVERYWHERE. EVERYWHERE is community-driven gaming, a place where you can unleash your imagination to build, play, and connect.

everywhere.game

I had to do a double take on the topic/topic title, because I got mixed up with Leslie and Dan, thinking (originally) "Leslie opened ANOTHER studio!???".

Definitely has potential.

 

[Gamernyc78]

Definitely has potential.

Nice!

 

[Gamernyc78]

Rockstar Co-Founder Dan Houser's New Game Will Be an Open World Adventure Set in a Sci-Fi Expanded Universe - IGN

Rockstar Games co-founder and Grand Theft Auto writer and producer Dan Houser is hard at work on a new game with his new studio, Absurd Ventures. And we think we know a little more about what that game looks like, including its setting in a new sci-fi universe the studio is creating called A...

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