Dan Houser

The creative force behind 'Grand Theft Auto' and 'Red Dead Redemption 2' will end his tenure at the company he cofounded in March.

It takes a lot of hardworking folks to make a video game, especially the absolutely massive open-world games that Rockstar makes. But for better or worse, inevitably most people associate those huge teams ...

Dan Houser, the current vice president of creative at Rockstar Games is leaving the company after an extended break, as revealed in an SEC document from parent company, Take-Two Interactive.

Dan Houser had been on "an extended break beginning in the spring of 2019", a statement from Rockstar's parent company said.