Red Dead Redemption writer joins Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser's studio

Red Dead Redemption writer joins Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser's studio

Red Dead Redemption series writer Michael Unsworth has joined Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser’s Absurd Ventures studio as head of story and creative management.

Absurd Ventures was officially unveiled back in June, marking Houser’s first high-profile video game project since departing Rockstar – following an “extended break” – in 2020.

Absurd describes itself as a studio focused on “building narrative worlds, creating characters, and writing stories for a diverse variety of genres” that span a variety of mediums – with the studio specifically calling out live-action, animation, video games and other interactive content, books, graphic novels, scripted podcasts, and more.

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