The co-founder of Rockstar Games, Dan Houser, will be leaving the company next month. The news was announced via an SEC document from Take-Two Interactive.

Take-Two Interactive is the holding company for Rockstar Games and hasn’t made an official announcement just yet regarding the departure. But the document did state the following:

“After an extended break beginning in the spring of 2019, Dan Houser, Vice President, Creative at Rockstar Games, will be leaving the company. Dan Houser’s last day will be March 11, 2020. We are extremely grateful for his contributions. Rockstar Games has built some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful game worlds, a global community of passionate fans and an incredibly talented team, which remains focused on current and future projects.”

Dan Houser will leave a great legacy at the company having contributed to some of the companies most successful titles including Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption.

The company was founded by Dan Houser and his brother, Sam Houser who is currently the president of the company. We will have to wait and see what impact, if any, it will have on Rockstar Games’ next titles, the most prominent being Grand Theft Auto 6.

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