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Dan Houser wrote GTA. He is avoiding GTA 6.

Dan Houser wrote GTA. He is avoiding GTA 6.. He told Variety: "I haven't seen it yet. I will try and avoid it". Playing open worlds lets him "deconstruct the strengths and weaknesses of the team in real time". He is building two of his own: an open-world comedy, and a sci-fi game about a self-loathing rogue AI
  • He told Variety: "I haven't seen it yet. I will try and avoid it"
  • Playing open worlds lets him "deconstruct the strengths and weaknesses of the team in real time"
  • He is building two of his own: an open-world comedy, and a sci-fi game about a self-loathing rogue AI

Reported by Dan Houser on Variety's Strictly Business podcast, 2 October 2026. He left Rockstar in 2020; his brother Sam still runs it. GTA 6 is out 19 November. We are repeating their reporting rather than claiming it.

Fair enough, or is he just bitter?

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