Dan Houser - English developer of computer games

Rockstar Games to date is one of the most famous companies involved in the development of computer games. It is this company that stands at the origins of the world-famous GTA series, as well as a number of other projects, in the creation of which the main character of this article, Dan Hauser, directly participated. If you have not heard this name, then this material will allow you to get acquainted with one of the most influential people in the world of computer games, and also to trace the path that he has made and the legacy that he will leave behind. Who is Dan Hauser? And what does he have to do with Rockstar Games?

early years

Dan Hauser was born in 1974 in London. He and his older brother Sam dreamed of becoming rock stars. They wanted to play concerts and become famous all over the world, but unfortunately, dreams were not destined to come true as the brothers would have liked. At the age of 21, Dan got a job at BMG Interactive, where he was responsible for testing disks. However, quite quickly for the company's leadership, another talent for Dan, as well as his brother, whom he brought with him, was opened. It turns out that the young guys had a literary talent, and they coped well with the role of writers and even producers. As a result, by 1998, when Dan was 24 years old and Sam was 26, the brothers were already working on their first game - an arcade shooter with a top view, where the gamer needed to steal cars, drive around the big city without any restrictions, perform plot Task or just to arrange lawlessness in the streets. In 1999, the game was released GTA, which was the first step to the incredible success of the brothers Hauser. By that time, BMG Interactive was sold to another larger game developer, but Dan Hauser and his brother did not want to start over again under the new leadership - they moved to New York, where they quickly disconnected from the new company by organizing their own. The company was called Rockstar Games - as you could already understand, this is a reference to the dream of two brothers, which has not been realized - to become rock stars. But in the end they became stars of a completely different world.

GTA Series

So, what did Sam, Dan Hauser, achieve in their lives? Since this article talks about the younger brother, the main emphasis will be on it. The most important achievement of Dan for today is participation in the creation of a series of games GTA, which today is a cult. As you already knew, Dan became the producer and screenwriter of the first part of the game, but he did not stop there. He also produced the third part of the game at the very moment when, thanks to the transition to a three-dimensional world, the project became in fact a world masterpiece. In addition, Dan was the producer of all the additions to the third part. As for the activity as a screenwriter, in this case he was in charge of writing scenarios to absolutely all parts of the game and additions to them, up to the fifth part, published in 2013. It is also worth noting that Dan Houser, whose biography is extremely rich, was not only a producer and script writer for the GTA series of games - he also took part in the creation of the third part and additions to them as an actor of voice acting.

The voice of X-Squad

Since we are talking about voice acting, it's worth mentioning one more project, in the sounding of which Dan Houser participated. Pictures of young talent then began to appear in various thematic magazines, but he wanted to realize himself at different levels. Therefore, he is listed among the voice acting actors for the 2000 game called X-Squad. However, right after that, Hauser realized that his calling was in another, and he was busy with the series of "GTA", in particular, producing and writing scripts for projects that would later become legendary.

Side project

Do not think that only the series "GTA" is known Dan Hauser. "Rokstar Gimes" - a company that has released many impressive computer games, and in the creation of many of them, Dan was directly involved. For example, you should take into account the 2002 project called Smuggler's Run 2. This is a racing simulator for which Hauser wrote the script, and also acted as an executive producer in the process of creating. This is far from the most famous and successful game, but her example demonstrates that Dan Hauser was not only playing games of the GTA series.

Bully

Until 2006, Hauser was engaged exclusively in the series "GTA", which at that time needed special attention - it was her heyday. In the light came the third part, turning a quality arcade with a top view in the masterpiece shooter in 3D. But when the work on the third part of the series and all the additions to it was completed, Dan wrote the script for another game, which gained serious popularity - Bully. This project tells about the life of school adolescents, and you have to become one of them - to learn to defend yourself from the attacks of malevolent hooligans and walk through the incredibly fascinating storyline that Dan Hauser himself created. He did not like giving interviews much like his brother-they spent most of the time hiding in the shade of their own studio, refusing to recognize personal success. But in the end in 2009 they were still on the list of the hundred most influential people on earth. You can be humble, but you can not escape the truth - Dan became one of the legendary characters in the history of computer games.

Red Dead Redemption

The next project, in the creation of which Dan directly participated, was the western Red Dead Redemption, intended exclusively for the PlayStation console. Again, from 2006 to 2010, he worked hard on the fourth part of the series "GTA" and additions to it, and then immediately took up another major project. And again the game Rockstar Games received incredibly high marks and universal recognition. Unlike the previous game, this time Dan was responsible not only for the script, but also for the production activities.

LA Noire

At that time it became clear that in the series of games "GTA" there was a break - there were even rumors that there would be no new parts. Dan started to work on new projects - you already learned about RDR, it was released in 2010. In 2011, there was another incredible game that won a huge success - it was an adventure shooter LA Noire. There you had to act as a detective investigating various cases. The script for this project was written by Brendan McNamara, Dan Hauser, in turn, completely focused on producing.

Max Payne 3

Dan worked tirelessly, and in 2012, "Rockstar" released another game, in the creation of which Hauser played the most important roles. The company bought the rights to continue the legendary shooter "Max Payne" and released the third part, which was very different from the previous two and caused a wave of criticism. Given the fact that Dan was responsible for both writing the script and producing, many of the "bumps" he took over. But this did not stop him before further work.

Return of "GTA"

In 2013, everyone was waiting for a huge surprise - the company "Rockstar" released the fifth part of the legendary series "GTA". And the script for her was written by Dan Hauser. Unlike the "Max Payne", this game was taken exceptionally positively. But three years have passed since then, and new projects, in which Hauser would have participated directly, never come out. Part of this is due to the fact that for a long time the fifth part of the "GTA" series was being finalized - it was first released on consoles and only then separately on computers, then a multiplayer mode was added to it, and so on. But maybe Hauser decided to take a break to find a new idea - and in the future will please gamers with new masterpieces.