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GTA veteran's new studio is "dabbling in AI," but it's not as great as "companies would have you believe"
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Now leading Absurd Ventures, Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser says AI is "not going to solve all of the problems" in game development.
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There have been a few high-profile departures from Rockstar Games during the development of GTA 6, but arguably the biggest involved Dan Houser. One of the studio's co-founders and one of the main creative forces behind the GTA series' tone, storylines, and direction, Houser left Rockstar in 2020 and later formed Absurd Ventures, a multimedia entertainment company producing podcasts, comics, novels, and most importantly, videogames set across some shared universes. Speaking on a British talk show, Houser reiterates that Absurd's first game still requires "another few years in development," and also confirms that the studio is "dabbling in using AI." However, he also flags the limitations of AI use in game development, calling out companies that "claim it can solve every single problem, and it really can't yet."
Read the full story on PCGamesN: GTA veteran's new studio is "dabbling in AI," but it's not as great as "companies would have you believe"
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There have been a few high-profile departures from Rockstar Games during the development of GTA 6, but arguably the biggest involved Dan Houser. One of the studio's co-founders and one of the main creative forces behind the GTA series' tone, storylines, and direction, Houser left Rockstar in 2020 and later formed Absurd Ventures, a multimedia entertainment company producing podcasts, comics, novels, and most importantly, videogames set across some shared universes. Speaking on a British talk show, Houser reiterates that Absurd's first game still requires "another few years in development," and also confirms that the studio is "dabbling in using AI." However, he also flags the limitations of AI use in game development, calling out companies that "claim it can solve every single problem, and it really can't yet." Read the full story on PCGamesN: GTA veteran's new studio is "dabbling in AI," but it's not as great as "companies would have you believe"
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24 November 2025, 11:57 am
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title: GTA veteran's new studio is "dabbling in AI," but it's not as great as "companies would have you believe"
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Now leading Absurd Ventures, Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser says AI is "not going to solve all of the problems" in game development.
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There have been a few high-profile departures from Rockstar Games during the development of GTA 6, but arguably the biggest involved Dan Houser. One of the studio's co-founders and one of the main creative forces behind the GTA series' tone, storylines, and direction, Houser left Rockstar in 2020 and later formed Absurd Ventures, a multimedia entertainment company producing podcasts, comics, novels, and most importantly, videogames set across some shared universes. Speaking on a British talk show, Houser reiterates that Absurd's first game still requires "another few years in development," and also confirms that the studio is "dabbling in using AI." However, he also flags the limitations of AI use in game development, calling out companies that "claim it can solve every single problem, and it really can't yet."
Read the full story on PCGamesN: GTA veteran's new studio is "dabbling in AI," but it's not as great as "companies would have you believe"
content_text: There have been a few high-profile departures from Rockstar Games during the development of GTA 6, but arguably the biggest involved Dan Houser. One of the studio's co-founders and one of the main creative forces behind the GTA series' tone, storylines, and direction, Houser left Rockstar in 2020 and later formed Absurd Ventures, a multimedia entertainment company producing podcasts, comics, novels, and most importantly, videogames set across some shared universes. Speaking on a British talk show, Houser reiterates that Absurd's first game still requires "another few years in development," and also confirms that the studio is "dabbling in using AI." However, he also flags the limitations of AI use in game development, calling out companies that "claim it can solve every single problem, and it really can't yet." Read the full story on PCGamesN: GTA veteran's new studio is "dabbling in AI," but it's not as great as "companies would have you believe"
pub_date: 24 November 2025, 11:57 am
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