Dan Houser says Rockstar Games only attempted GTA London once in 26 years because the series is “so much about America” that “it wouldn’t really have worked i…

Rockstar Games has only branched out and taken its hit criminal series across the pond once with an oft-forgotten PS1 GTA ...
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Rockstar Co-Founder Shares Thoughts On GTA 6, Abandoned GTA 5 DLC, A Medieval Game, Agent, And More

Dan Houser, the former lead writer of the GTA and Red Dead Redemption games, has a lot to say about those titles.
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Dan Houser Reveals New Details About Cancelled Rockstar Spy Game, Agent

Dan Houser has revealed new details about Rockstar's cancelled 2000s era spy open world game, Agent, and why they didn't ...
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Dan Houser Is Not Thrilled Over The Idea Of A Red Dead Redemption 3

The Red Dead Redemption franchise was a huge hit, but despite that, Dan Houser doesn't seem to enjoy the idea of a Red Dead ...

'You needed guns, you needed these larger-than-life characters' – Rockstar Games co-founder discusses why Grand Theft Auto stuck to an America setting

In addition to co-founding Rockstar with his brother, Houser served as a writer for Grand Theft Auto 2, Grand Theft Auto 3, ...

Rockstar Games co-founder says GTA's identity is ‘Americana inherent’, won’t work if set outside the US

Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser says GTA's identity is inherently American and while the company had experimented with a ...
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We Never Got Rockstar's Agent Because an Open World Spy Game 'Doesn't Really Work'

Obbe Vermeij, ex-technical director at Rockstar North, shared his view on Agent a couple of years ago, telling a slightly ...

Rockstar (GTA) co-founder explains the real reason behind Agent’s cancellation, and it has to do with its open-world structure

Dan Houser, co-founder of Rockstar Games, reflects on the cancellation of Agent, the spy-themed GTA, and comes to a clear conclusion.
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Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser predicts GTA VI will break GTA V record, shares one-word reason why

Grand Theft Auto is one of the highest-selling video game franchises of all time and is gearing up for its next release, GTA ...
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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

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" Open World ...
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‘I don’t think it works’: GTA writer Dan Houser says Rockstar’s Agent never happened because spy games don’t suit open-world

Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption writer Dan Houser has explained why Rockstar’s Agent was never released. In an interview with Lex Fridman, Houser explained that he went through multiple ...

After 15 years, Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser reveals the meaning behind Red Dead Redemption's Strange Man: "He's a manifestation of your shadow, your karma, the devil"

One of the creepier mysteries in the Red Dead Redemption games surrounds the 'Strange Man', an unnamed gentleman in a top hat who makes recurring appearances. He has an ethereal presence in Red Dead ...