That Dan Houser, Rockstar's co-founder and longtime creative engine, left the company not just for personal reasons – but because of a series of failed story pitches for Grand Theft Auto VI.

In 2019, Dan Houser takes an extended break, and eventually decides to leave Rockstar Games. In 2021, he founds a new studio named Absurd Ventures, which is where he is now.

Houser also claimed to be pulling off hundred hour work weeks toward the end of Red Dead Redemption 2 ‘s development, making it hard to imagine how he could have time to also work on GTA 6.