When noise and pressure continue to strive Grand Theft Auto 6The last comments of Rockstar co -founder, Dan Houser, made fans think about the future direction of the Juggernaut cultural series.
Talking to Ign at La Comic ConHouser mastered the projects he worked on during his long term in Rockstar. Of course the topic GTA 6 He came almost immediately.
“It will not be a story that I wrote or a set of characters I developed,” said Houser about the upcoming game. For some, no house involvement GTA 6 It may seem obvious. He left Rockstar in 2020 to set up his own imaginative studio, absurd ventures, the scope of which extends far beyond video games. But GTA 6 Technically, he started pre -production in 2018, immediately after the release of Rockstar Red Dead Redemption 2. Full development for GTA 6 It began in 2020. In the same year the house left.
Two years overlap the chief writer to make some imprint in the project, even if he eventually moves to a different direction. And Houser was a key player in building GTA, which people know and love. He He wrote a lot from the series dialogueAnd he was known for pushing the publisher to speed up the development to meet the deadlines. Red Dead Redemption 2 He revived through notes in the Houser office. With the facilitate of two partners of writers, Houser wrote hundreds of scenes Red Dead Redemption 2 alone. The final script of this game is well over 2,000 pages, if you attach side questions.
At the same time, Houser’s involvement in the series coincides with the main period of Crunch RockstarWhere programmers could spend up to 100 hours a week in building popular games with an open world. From that time Rockstar reportedly made a concentrated effort To improve the work culture in a company to reduce the need for long working hours and ensure that games can remain in expected development dates.
In terms of development, GTA 6 He is already in a territory other than its predecessors. But the direction of the game itself is also a gigantic question mark. How to continue one of the most successful games of all time? Even before the Houser left, it seemed that it was a mystery that ate Rockstar. In 2018, Houser expressed his gratitude that he believed GTA 6 He did not intend to seem during the presidency of Trump.
“It is really not clear what we would do with it, not to mention how upset everything we did … both intense liberal and intensive conservatism are very combat and very bad,” house British GQ said. “It is terrifying, but it is also strange, and yet they both seem to turn from time to time in the direction of absurdity. It is difficult to satirize for these reasons. Some things you see are straight out of satire. It would be out of date within two minutes, everything changes so quickly.”
Many years later GTA 6 In fact, he seems during the presidency of Donald Trump. Each day brings the word header salad, which would sound like something ten years ago that could not be real even in the crazy world of Grand Theft Auto. DOSE. Department of War. Autism and Tytolol. Presidential collector’s cards. Oh, the president screams from the roof of the White House. Only another day in Los Santos America.
So where does the series known from the satirization of American culture go when its source material already opposes understanding? Can the series reach as far as in the past in 2026? In the past, GTA loved to make fun of right -wing extremists through details such as Gta vAmmu-Narody cooling stores. In 2025, being too deafening against conservative goals maybe Finish your career, you will drown you in processesOr disseminate. Can the game as crucial as GTA 6 Are you still hiding behind the satire?
So far, it seemed that Rockstar’s answer was to leave some political jumps. Trailers for GTA 6 They emphasized the drama of their two heroes, Jason and Lucia and their lives of life. There is still humor, mainly in the form of absurd NPCs, such as a guy who resembles a joker in Florida. Reports also suggest this GTA 6 It can make less primitive shots towards the minority, but it was Before our current atmosphere of universal political pressure on media companies It made the main corporations abandon everything You can be implemented as “awake”.
Perhaps the lack of Houser’s involvement in GTA 6 There is not as much influence as some fans are afraid. Games always evolve during development. More importantly, games are never a product of one person. Rockstar titles usually have more than one writer on board, no matter thousands of programmers working on other aspects of their games. But the combination of Houser’s departure with factors, such as a changed developmental approach, wider political pressure, and even leaks, point to a series that is at the crossroads. Even something as petite as the price is muddy when it comes to GTA 6.
But if you ask Houser, he is an optimist about where they are.
“I think it will be exciting,” said Houser during the panel. “The game will be great, I’m sure.”
