Summary
GTA co-creator Dan Houser has revealed his first video game projectafter leaving Rockstar nearly five years ago. He had taken a break from work in 2019, after which he announced that he would be leaving the company. He eventuallyfounded Absurd Ventures, with the purpose of delivering “Ready-made Interactive leisure and entertainment software development.”
It seems Absurd Ventures is finally ready to reveal what it has been working on, although it’s pretty vague. The studio has revealed ‘Absurdaverse’, which seems more like an umbrella category under which the studio will release multiple titles.
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“A very first look at just a few characters from the Absurdaverse. Prepare to meet some new kinds of heroes (and watch them suffer),” says the announcement onAbsurd Ventures' blog. “More information to come this year about the first animation projects and about our original story-driven action-comedy adventure game set in the Absurdaverse, now in development at Absurd Ventures.”
Along with this was shared an image depicting a number of characters that we assume will be starring in this universe. They range from what look like everyday hipsters, to a business executive, a steampunk inventor, a guy that looks like an old Tommy Vercetti, and even a skeletal viking.
Houser was partly responsible for almost every game that Rockstar put out, being credited as a writer and producer on games like GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2. While no apparent reason was given for Dan Houser’s departure, it seems he’s finally ready to get back in the swing of things with this latest project, which was referred to as a “story-driven action-comedy adventure game”
It’s clear that Absurd Ventures has put out a few projects already, but the Absurdaverse seems to be its first foray into video game development.
