Rockstar veterans Laszlo Jones and Mike Unsworth joined Absurd Ventures, the media and gaming studio founded by Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser, earlier this year. This studio has not yet announced its first project.

Writer, producer and radio DJ Laszlo Jones according to His profile on LinkedIn Co-Founder of Absurd Ventures and Executive Producer In the company. Jones left Rockstar in August 2020, after nineteen years working on the GTA and Red Dead series, among others. Since then he has worked on series with Disney, Netflix and others. Jones is best known for his role as the eponymous character from Grand Theft Auto, as an in-game talk show host and radio DJ.

Michael Unsworth is According to his LinkedIn profile The head of story and creative management at Absurd Ventures, he has been working at the studio since October. He left Rockstar in August of this year, where he worked for 16 years, eventually serving as vice president of writing. He also worked on GTA, Red Dead, and more.

Jones and Unsworth were not previously known to be involved with Absurd Ventures. Houser founded the studio in June of this year, saying at the time that it was “a media company focused on new intellectual property across all platforms and formats.” Houser left Rockstar Games in February 2020 after working there for 20 years.