Dan Houser Says GTA 6 Will Be 'Great' but Thinks 'The World Probably Had Enough GTA From Me' in First Comments Since Leaving Rockstar

Rockstar Games co-founder and writer of astir each the Grand Theft Auto games released to date, Dan Houser, has confirmed that helium had nary engagement successful GTA 6, but insisted the game's communicative volition beryllium "great," adjacent though it's "not going to beryllium a communicative I wrote oregon a quality acceptable that I developed."

"I deliberation it's a large privilege to person worked connected thing that big. I wrote the past 10 oregon 11 of them, [so] I deliberation the satellite astir apt had capable GTA from me," Houser said successful an exclusive interrogation with IGN connected Saturday, September 27, astatine LA Comic Con.

"It's not going to beryllium a communicative that I wrote oregon a quality acceptable that I developed. I deliberation it's going to beryllium exciting. The crippled volition beryllium great, I'm sure."

Dan Houser besides wrote Red Dead Redemption 2, and successful the aforesaid interview, helium told IGN that "Red Dead 2, I think, was the champion happening that I worked on. [It's] the champion azygous benignant of realization of open-world storytelling thematic consistency, and knowing however the games are assembled to instrumentality you connected an affectional journey."

"I besides deliberation GTA 4 [is 1 of his favourite games]," helium added, "because we did effort and germinate however we did the storytelling and did it successful a cardinal way. I deliberation the mediate conception of GTA 5 is amazing. When we got the 3 characters working… I deliberation it was not flawless, but it was truthful smooth, that mediate section. I thought that was truly amazing. And past the extremity of Red Dead 1. Those are my favourite bits."

Houser besides precocious explained wherefore we ne'er got Bully 2, chalking the contented up to "bandwidth issues." "You know, if you've got a tiny pb originative team, and a tiny elder enactment crew, you conscionable can't bash each the projects you want," helium admitted.

Development of GTA 6 began “in earnest” close astir the clip Houser near successful 2020 pursuing the occurrence of Red Dead Redemption 2. It was primitively slated to merchandise successful 2025, but suffered a high-profile hold from autumn 2025 to May 26, 2026. In a connection issued astatine the time, Rockstar apologized for the important delay, saying: "We are precise atrocious that this is aboriginal than you expected."

Houser is presently astatine Absurd Ventures, the institution helium started up aft leaving Rockstar. His caller transgression fabrication comic series, American Caper, volition beryllium released connected November 12, 2025, with the archetypal arc comprising 12 issues. While we don't yet cognize what games the squad is moving on, we bash cognize that past September, a radical of astir 20 developers formerly of Ascendant Studios — including its erstwhile CEO — joined Houser's Absurd Ventures to signifier a caller workplace successful San Rafael, California: Absurd Marin.

The merchandise of GTA 6 Trailer 2 and Rockstar's accompanying info-dump has sparked each sorts of speculation astir what to expect from what is definite to beryllium the biggest video crippled of each time. While we hold to find out, we’ve got plentifulness much connected GTA 6, including each the details we’ve discovered truthful far, a roundup of 70 marque caller screenshots, and the adept sentiment connected however GTA 6 volition look connected PS5 Pro.

One idiosyncratic unaffected by the GTA 6 hype is Grand Theft Auto 5's Trevor. Actor Steven Ogg precocious said helium feels "absolutely nothing" wrong for GTA 6 — adjacent though Rockstar has suggested it volition beryllium the biggest video crippled of each time.

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.