First Project From Rockstar Co-Founder’s Studio Is an Audio Fiction Series Starring Andrew Lincoln

Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser’s studio, Absurd Ventures, has revealed that its first venture is an audio fiction collection starring Andrew Lincoln referred to as A Better Paradise Volume One: An Aftermath.

The outside-the-box venture is out in lower than a month, as its debut visible trailer guarantees a launch date of June 10, 2024, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and “wherever you get your podcasts.” The footage provides passing photographs of human faces with splashes of coloration and ambient music whereas a couple of anonymous characters talk about an bold recreation creator, Dr. Mark Tyburn. It’s not fairly Grand Theft Auto or Red Dead Redemption, however the “Volume One” title does tease that the story will proceed to unfold sooner or later.

The solid of A BETTER PARADISE Volume One: An Aftermath

Andrew Lincoln as Dr. Mark Tyburn
Shamier Anderson (@shamieranderson) as Kurt Fischer
Paterson Joseph (@ignatius_sancho) as NigelDave
Rain Spencer as Daisy Tyburn

Coming June 10. https://t.co/Juz4gRqfuv pic.twitter.com/PkdYBrbEEi

— Absurd Ventures (@AbsurdVentures) May 16, 2024

“Set within the close to future, A BETTER PARADISE tells the story of the ill-fated growth of an bold however addictive digital game-world venture led by inventor and psychologist, Dr. Mark Tyburn,” an official description says. “As the superior software program they developed started delivering sudden and disturbing outcomes, the workforce fell aside beneath unusual circumstances and the venture was deserted. The recreation world and the super-intelligence inside have been discarded, left dormant and undiscovered. Until now.”

Absurd Ventures says A Better Paradise Volume One: An Aftermath tells its story over the course of 12 episodes. In addition to The Walking Dead star Lincoln, the audio narrative options appearances from Shamier Anderson (John Wick: Chapter 4, Race), Paterson Joseph (Wonka, Neverwhere), and Rain Spencer (The Summer I Turned Pretty, Good Girl Jane).

Houser left Rockstar in March 2020 following an prolonged break that started in 2019. He went on to formally pull again the curtain on Absurd Ventures in 2021, revealing the studio as a United Kingdom-located endeavor.

Meanwhile, Rockstar followers are nonetheless trying ahead to the entire newest on Grand Theft Auto 6. Recent rumors have advised that audiences might quickly get a primary take a look at new screenshots for GTA 6, whereas Red Dead Redemption gamers proceed to search for hope {that a} PC model of the unique recreation will ultimately launch.

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