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Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser left the studio because of how long GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 took to make: "I don't know if I had another one of those games in me"

Houser's now working on his own IP

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Anticipation for GTA 6 isn't enough to overshadow Rockstar Games' alleged union-busting scandal as a Scottish councillor calls for political action

And the reinstatement of the 31 Rockstar developers

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Rockstar’s most controversial game is getting a fan-made movie, and it’s even more brutal than its inspiration

It compromises no part of the original's vision.

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GTA 6 fans grab their spare pitchforks and torches as AI "leak" gets out of hand, turning 8 million views into an angry mob: "I wouldn't have thought it would go this far"

Big dreams die hard

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Rockstar topples $100,000 GTA 5 server "for no reason" according to creator who also denies any copyright infringement: "We have NOTHING TO DO with Harry Potter"

SevenWands came crashing down

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Rockstar’s Slack Controversy Raises a Question: How Secure Are Sports Game Studios Really?

The build-up to GTA 6 has involved a lot of hype, delays, and — for those more in-tune with the industry — controversy. Rockstar’s recent dismissal of 34 employees for “gross misconduct” is perhaps one of the more important labor stories in the games industry this year. According to reporting…

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GTA 6 Release Date Delay May Have Been Caused By Company Wanting 'More Money'

GTA 6's release delay has sparked fresh debate after comments from Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser suggested the industry may be prioritising profit over creativity. Here is what the postponement could really mean for the future of the franchise.

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Rockstar Leak Reveals Discord Messages Leading to Mass Firing at GTA Dev

After weeks of waiting, Discord messages that allegedly led to Rockstar's mass firing have been revealed, showing the gravity of the situation and putting more pressure on the developer.

International Business Times UK

Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser says GTA is so successful because of its "sense of freedom," and because it "smashed together" shooting, driving, and simulation genres in a way games hadn't done before

"Those were the first games that showed you this idea of just living in this fake place"

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The Witcher 3 star Doug Cockle says "I really don't care" about GTA 6, regardless of whether Rockstar's long-awaited game beats CDPR's opus on award count or not

"Oh man"

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Rockstar Games co-founder and former Grand Theft Auto scribe reckons there's 'always that danger' that the industry will get 'overly focussed on making money'

"There's still a big ceiling creatively to create these living narrative experiences," Houser says on *checks notes* Sunday Brunch.

PC Gamer

GTA 6 Delay Explained: New Release Date, Layoffs and Everything We Know So Far

Rockstar confirms a new GTA 6 release date of 19 November 2026. We analyse the reasons behind the delay, Strauss Zelnick's claims of 'seeking perfection,' and how internal layoffs and historical launch patterns have influenced the timeline.

International Business Times UK

Rockstar Lists Role to Liaise with GTA Creators – Could Ease Anxiety Over Delays

A new Rockstar Games job listing for an Associate Director of Creator Management signals a major shift in how the studio plans to engage with its community.

International Business Times UK

Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser says "no one" was excited for GTA 3 outside of the studio, but the devs believed there was "something really magical" about it

Things changed when the game released, he says

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Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser is making a game set in the same world as his new novel about devs who create a "self-loathing" AI, and is "dabbling" with using real AI in its development

But the developer thinks the technology is sometimes overhyped "just to sell AI stock"

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This GTA 6 fan's fascinating deep-dive into co-protagonist Jason's military background is a must-read for all you lore heads out there

Part-history lesson, part-fan detective work, this is some wild but impressively coherent speculation.

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Former Rockstar and GTA lead Dan Houser says gaming can "either go somewhere really interesting or somewhere that gets overly focused on making money"

"I think there's always that danger with any commercial art form"

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GTA 5's character-swapping system was a stroke of genius that was supposed to feature in San Andreas 9 years earlier—this masterclass mod makes that dream a reality

Real Multiple Protagonists recreates a long-forgotten source code quirk from a game now 21 years old.

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007 First Light CEO is glad GTA 6 got delayed since now "spring looks really good," but thinks Rockstar could help "the industry as a whole" once it finally ships its masterpiece

Hakan Abrak thinks the release will encourage people to return to gaming as a hobby

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GTA 6 joins Cyberpunk 2077 in winning the Most Wanted Golden Joysticks award two years running, in what's not a worrying coincidence whatsoever

Rockstar and CD Projekt sure know how to generate buzz

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To get GTA on Xbox, Microsoft had to convince Rockstar that its console wasn't "going to be a flop," former exec says

Bringing GTA to Xbox was "a big moment," says Peter Moore

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GTA 6 developer Rockstar is "a machine" in "an industry rife with work exploitation, unfair practice, and unreasonable working conditions," protesters say after recent firings

Protesters urge "people to think of the human cost"

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Saros throws anything that slowed Returnal down out the door, meaning it'll be tough for other games to keep pace with my most anticipated PS5 game of 2026

International Business Times UK

Grand Theft Auto 6 On Nintendo Switch 2: New Leak Claims Rockstar Is 'Doing Tests' For Port

'Grand Theft Auto 6' is reportedly being tested on Nintendo Switch 2 hardware; insider Nate the Hate claims Rockstar is exploring a future port of its hugely ambitious open-world blockbuster.

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PS Plus will be adding two of the greatest games in PlayStation history – and a whole lot more

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