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The document indicates that Dan Houser (on the right in the photo) had started a long-term leave in early spring 2019 and that he will not finally return to work to leave on March 11, 2020. “We are extremely grateful for his contributions“Take-Two Interactive commented. The departure of Dan Houser is reminiscent of that of Leslie Benzies, historic producer of the GTA franchise, who also left Rockstar Games after a long sabbatical in early 2016, before entering into conflict with his former employer a few months later.
Dan Houser is well known for having founded Rockstar Games with his brother Sam Houser, in addition to being a producer and / or author on major titles like GTA III, GTA San Andreas, GTA Vice City, GTA IV, GTA V, Max Payne 3, Red Dead Redemption or Red Dead Redemption 2.
Aged 46, the native of London had notably unintentionally highlighted the problem of crunch in the video game industry, talking about the famous 100-hour weeks in an interview on the development of Red Dead Redemption 2.
If no one does before, the management of Take-Two Interactive may have the opportunity to express themselves more about this departure during the presentation of the company’s financial results on Thursday evening.
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