GTA 3's iconic box art was changed at the last minute because of 9/11, ex-Rockstar lead Dan Houser reveals

By Dom Peppiatt · Eurogamer · Tuesday, 13 October 2026 at 13:35 (2h ago) · Original article ↗

Dan Houser, one of Rockstar's co-founders that left the GTA 6 studio in 2020, has given a wide-ranging new interview with IGN, covering topics including the tortured production of Bully, changes made to Grand Theft Auto 3's artwork post-9/11, the reaction to Red Dead Redemption's ending, and why he thinks Max Payne 3 was a failure.

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