- Sam Houser
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name = Sam Houser
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nationality = British
other_names = Video game credits
known_for = President ofRockstar Games .
parents =Sam Houser is a British computer game producer and developer. He is the co-founder and president of
Rockstar Games and one of the creators behind the "Grand Theft Auto"-franchise, being director and producer since the third game. He is responsible for taking "GTA" into the 3D-environment era, recreating real cities under fully 3D-engines and turning the series into huge profits during video games sixth generation era.Grand Theft Auto
Credited as
executive producer on Grand Theft Auto III, Houser's responsibilities on that game were, in his words, to be "militant on ensuring the game had a look, a sound, a story and a feel that worked." “ [http://ps2.ign.com/articles/098/098185p1.html] Rockstar's Sam Houser Mouths Off”, URL Accessed onJuly 27 ,2006 .] His description of the series as a whole is that the three sixth-generation Grand Theft Auto games form a "trilogy, [featuring] our distorted look at the East Coast around the time of the millennium (Grand Theft Auto III), followed by our reinterpretation of '80s Miami (Vice City), and lastly, our look at early-'90s California (San Andreas)." [" [http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3134519] ," URL Accessed onJuly 27 ,2006 .]Despite their cult-hero status as creators of "Grand Theft Auto" and one of the most successful video game franchises of all-time, Sam and his brother Dan have shied away from the celebrity spotlight. Instead focusing on the Rockstar Games brand, rather than any one person getting the credit for the games' success.
Video Game Credits
Executive Producer
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Grand Theft Auto III (2001)
*Max Payne (2001)
* (2002)
* (2003)
*Manhunt (2004)
* (2004)
*Red Dead Revolver (2004)
*The Warriors (2005)
* (2005)
* (2006)
*Bully (2006)
*Manhunt 2 (2007)
*Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)References
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