The father of GTA founded a new company, Absurd Ventures, hoping to create "a company that everyone hates."

CTOnews.com, June 16 (Xinhua)-- Dan Houser, who led the production of GTA and the Wild Dart series at Rockstar Games, yesterday announced the establishment of Absurd Ventures, which marks his return to public view three years after leaving R Star.

Absurd Ventures will be mainly engaged in games, animation, comics, books-related business. Specific partners, activity plans and the size of the company, which is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, have not been disclosed.

Absurd has the meaning of absurdity and absurdity, so the name of the company can be literally translated as "absurd venture capital". The company official introduced the company as "eventually becoming an American institution that everyone hates". Like the name of the company, this introduction also contains Dan Hauser's dark humor.

Dan Hauser said: "whenever possible, we will build a great IP universe to tell great stories."

Dan Hauser founded R Star with his brother Sam Hauser (Sam Houser) in 1998 and has been vice president. He is known for integrating his artistic insight and strong stand on social issues into the game, known as the "father of GTA". CTOnews.com previously reported that Dan Hauser announced his departure from R Star in 2020 and began a new challenge.