Dan Houser, one of the original co-founders of Rockstar Games, has announced the founding of a new company. Dubbed Absurd Ventures, the company will focus on creating new IP on different platforms and making use of various formats. The company currently has an official website with little in the details, but some vague hints of a potential first project.
“We are building Absurd Ventures to create new universes and to tell great stories, wherever and however we can,” said Houser in the press release announcing the company’s establishment.
According to the company’s announcement, it will work on projects regardless of what medium it exists in, be it live-action, animation, video games, and other medium, like books, graphic novels, and scripted podcasts.
Houser had officially left Rockstar Games and his position as VP of Creative at publisher Take-Two Interactive back in February, 2020 after serving an extended leave since Spring 2019. Ahead of Houser’s departure, Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick stated that “the label has really never been stronger“, while thanking Houser “for his contributions” and wishing him well.
