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80% of Rockstar's Veteran Developers Still Involved In GTA 6

GTA 6 is coming more than a decade after GTA 4, but a former Rockstar developer states that the teams behind both games will be similar.

tech4gamers.com

GTA 6 has been in the works for many years, and Rockstar has changed in a number of ways since the launch of the last Grand Theft Auto entry. The team has also lost a few notable names, leading to concerns about GTA 6 as a result.

Fortunately, former Rockstar developer Obbe Vermeij has good news. He states that around 80% of the team that worked on GTA 4 is still part of Rockstar North.

Why it matters: Bleeding talent is a major problem in the gaming industry. For instance, a team like Rocksteady lost much of the veteran staff that had helped put it on the map during the days of Batman Arkham’s popularity.

I think this is huge, woeful talent retention was one of the key factors for the kingdom falls in recent years.
The whole thread is a Q&A session and worth reading, Obbe might not know any details about GTA 6 but his comments on the previous games' development are insightful.

 

[Vick]

That's actually great to hear.

No Benz nor Dan Houser though.
And Benz absence made RDR2 a much lesser game than RDR for me.

 

[rodrigolfp]

That almost confirms that GTA 6 characters will still have the crap movement/physics.

 

[Mr Moose]

So... No big names?

 

[StueyDuck]

The big names being gone sucks but 80% is a good number (if true)

 

[ResilientBanana]

That almost confirms that GTA 6 characters will still have the crap movement/physics.

Walking in GTA is also simulated.

 

[Robb]

But what if he only worked with 4 people during gta4?

 

[Gonzito]

That is incredible to hear, love it. And I think the quality of rdr2 can attest to that

 

[SkyHighTrees]

very very nice to hear. no purple hair type bulsshit

 

[LectureMaster]

So... No big names?

As far as I'm concerned, I haven't really seen much of success from those "big names" when they departed from previous studios. That's why I believe the majority of a talented team is the more essential to assure a games quality.

Even for Kojima, his studio made of most of his old colleagues.

 

[Msamy]

That's what make them great

 

[CGNoire]

1 dev says....80% of people "I worked with" doesnt equal... 80% of people who worked on the game.

Feels like a game of Internet telephone.