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Dan Houser’s new studio Absurd Ventures working on “open world action adventure”

BennyBlanco

aka IMurRIVAL69
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.


The pedigree is crazy. Definitely looking forward to this.
 
Hum...that's exactly how long his project will take probably lmao.
That's how long a new AAA title takes nowadays. This a mid-PS6 gen game probably.
I doubt his new studio is attempting to develop games with the scope of a Rockstar game. It won't be 7-8 years between games, probably 4-6. Plus, Houser isn't stuck making GTA or Red Dead Redemption games for the rest of his career. The creative freedom should be good for Houser
 

mansoor1980

Member
absurd ventures? cant wait to purchase them

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Are these rich guys self funding or are they begging for handouts from dei/esg investment firms like blackrock? If so, you know the game is probably going to be not what they envisioned and suck...
 
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Are these rich guys self funding or are they begging for handouts from dei/esg investment firms like blackrock? If so, you know the game is probably going to be not what they envisioned and suck...
Partly self partly investment no doubt. These guys have legitimate weight to their names.
 

Chuck Berry

Gold Member

Woah...

We will soon introduce two universes, their characters and lore.
AMERICAN CAPER centers on two normal, badly-damaged American families in a world of corrupt business, inept politics and bungling crime. AMERICAN CAPER will debut as a graphic novel that is being illustrated by renowned comic book artist, Simon Bisley.
www.absurdventures.com/americancaper
A BETTER PARADISE is an existential suspense thriller, set in the near future. A 12-episode audio fiction series based on the A BETTER PARADISE universe is currently in production. Absurd Ventures is partnering with award-winning audio company Q-CODE Media to co-produce the audio series.
www.absurdventures.com/abetterparadise
This is the beginning. We will be sharing more information about A BETTER PARADISE and AMERICAN CAPER in the months ahead. Make sure to register and subscribe and to follow Absurd Ventures across our social media channels.
 
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