Dan Houser's Absurd Ventures Scoops Up Immortals of Aveum Talent, Forms New Studio | Push Square
Update: A spokesperson from Absurd Ventures has contacted us to point out the newly formed Absurd Marin's game will be set in a «separate, yet to be announced universe» — and not part of the A Better Paradise universe, as previously reported.
Original Article: A core of developers from Ascendant Studios (including its CEO), the team behind first-person caster Immortals of Aveum, has been snapped up by Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser's new outfit, Absurd Ventures. According to a press release (thanks, IGN), they will form a new studio called Absurd Marin and work on a «story-driven action-adventure» game set in Absurd Ventures' interconnected A Better Paradise Universe.
More than half of Ascendant Studios was laid off following the lacklustre sales performance of Immortals of Aveum (and the rest seemingly furloughed). Houser, the creative director, producer and lead writer on tiny indie games like Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2, has seemingly identified a kindred spirit in Ascendant Studios founder and director Bret Robbins, who will lead Absurd Marin. Houser said of the formation: «Bret has put together a highly talented, passionate team. We are very excited to have them join forces with us as we begin to work together on one of our original new titles.»
Ex-employee pulls no punches
Storytelling. Philanthropy. Ultraviolence
Are you looking forward to seeing what Houser has cooking over at Absurd Ventures? What do you think of Immortals devs living up to their name and getting the chance to live again? Let us know in the comments section below.
Khayl Adam is Push Square's roving Australian correspondent, a reporter tasked with scouring the internet for the richest, most succulent PlayStation stories. With five years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.
I’m replaying ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’
Read more on pushsquare.com
