Rockstar Co-Founder Dan Houser Says Red Dead Redemption 3 'Will Probably Happen' and He'd Feel a Bit Sad About It 'Because It Was a Cohesive Two-Game Arc'

Rockstar Games co-founder and erstwhile pb writer Dan Houser has said he’d consciousness much bittersweet to larn Red Dead Redemption 3 was successful improvement without him than helium feels astir GTA 6, but admits the crippled “will astir apt happen.”

2018 epic occidental Red Dead Redemption 2 is considered a masterpiece and 1 of the top video games of each time. Houser was pb writer connected it, arsenic helium was for astir each Rockstar’s games. But having near the institution implicit 5 years ago, Houser precocious confirmed to IGN that GTA 6 won’t person a communicative oregon a quality acceptable helium developed, but expects the crippled to beryllium large nonetheless.

Now, successful an interrogation with the Lex Fridman podcast, Houser has indicated that he’d person stronger feelings erstwhile Rockstar inevitably returns to Red Dead Redemption with a follow-up.

“Of course, letting spell of thing I worked connected successful 1 mode oregon different for similar 20 unusual years, and wrote connected them for the past 10 oregon 11 that came out, wrote each of them, oregon you know, pb writer connected each of them, immoderate it was… letting spell of that is simply a large change. And bittersweet successful a way,” Houser said.

“Because each of the [Grand Theft Auto] games was a benignant of standalone communicative it’s not rather the aforesaid as… I deliberation astir apt it would beryllium successful immoderate ways sadder if idiosyncratic continued connected Red Dead, due to the fact that it was a cohesive two-game arc. That mightiness beryllium much bittersweet to perceive idiosyncratic moving connected that. But again, that volition astir apt hap too. I don't ain the IP. That was portion of the deal. It's a privilege to enactment connected stuff, but you don't needfully ain it.”

Is Red Dead Redemption 3 an inevitability? Houser seems to deliberation the Red Dead Redemption bid volition continue, but it’s worthy noting that the bid began with Red Dead Revolver successful 2004, truthful possibly Rockstar volition make a caller sub-series if and erstwhile it decides the clip is close for much Red Dead.

Speaking of which, successful 2023, Roger Clark, who played Arthur Morgan, the main playable protagonist of Red Dead Redemption 2, said helium was “certain” fans volition spot Red Dead Redemption 3 “one day,” but qualified that connection by saying helium had nary thought erstwhile that would be. Clark besides ruled retired the instrumentality of Arthur Morgan successful the game, should it travel to be. If you’ve played Red Dead Redemption 2, this mightiness look similar stating the obvious, but there’s ever the accidental Rockstar whitethorn see different prequel of immoderate kind.

“I’m definite we volition spot Red Redemption 3 1 day,” Clark said. “When that volition beryllium — I person perfectly nary idea. Don’t number connected Arthur’s engagement either. His communicative has been told, I feel.”

In a consequent interrogation with IGN, Clark expanded connected his thoughts: “Yeah, that got truly picked up! I would person thought that was evident though. Wouldn’t you? And it’s not similar I person immoderate insider accusation whatsoever, but of people there’s going to beryllium different Red Dead. It sold implicit 60 cardinal copies!”

He continued: “Strauss Zelnick, the CEO of Take-Two said it himself. He said GTA and Red Dead are salient franchises for Rockstar Games and that they volition beryllium returning to them successful the future. So there’s nary uncertainty determination volition beryllium different Red Dead. But if Arthur Morgan volition beryllium involved? I highly uncertainty it, to beryllium honest. And I deliberation it’s going to beryllium rather immoderate clip earlier we adjacent spot a snifter of thing caller Red Dead related. I person nary thought however it would cookware out, but I wouldn’t stake connected Arthur being a portion of it.”

For now, the absorption precise overmuch is connected GTA 6, owed retired May 2026.

Wesley is Director, News astatine IGN. Find him connected Twitter astatine @wyp100. You tin scope Wesley astatine [email protected] oregon confidentially astatine [email protected].