Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser has registered what appears to be a new game development studio, posters on GTA Forums discovered earlier this week (via VGC).

   French publication Rockstar Mag spotted a Companies House listing for Absurd Ventures In Games, described as a business specialisation in "ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development."

   The company was incorporated on June 23, with Houser as the only listed director or person with significant control. No other details are currently available.

   There were two separate registrations in the US back in February for an Absurd Ventures in Games LLC, but also a broader-sounding Absurd Ventures LLC. Some users on the aforementioned forum speculate that this may suggest Houser is instead planning to move into investment, or at least a broader push beyond game development.

   Houser co-founded Rockstar Games in 1998 with his brother Sam, Jamie King and Terry Donovan.

   In addition to being a producer and the company's vice president, Houser was a lead writer on all but a handful of Rockstar's games, including both Red Dead Redemption titles and every single entry in the Grand Theft Auto series.

   From early 2019, he went on an "extended break," according to Rockstar, before ultimately leaving the company in March 2020.

   His departure triggered a 6% drop in share price for Rockstar parent Take-Two, at the time wiping $800 million from its stock value.

   Whatever it is, it may be some time before we find out exactly what Absurd Ventures is up to. Four years on, we're still to hear concrete details on fellow Rockstar alum Leslie Benzies' ambitious new project Everywhere - though the former studio president departed Rockstar on much less and amicable terms.