Rockstar Co-Founder Jamie King Believes That Studio’s Games Will Become Less “Edgy”

Rockstar co-founder Jamie King discussed the future of the studio’s titles in an interview recently and admitted he thinks the games will change their tone, saying that the future will provide them with more opportunities to do something “cheesy.” King, who worked at Rockstar from 1997-2006 as the VP of Development, also doesn’t expect gameplay mechanics to change in the build-up to Grand Theft Auto 6.

“It’s the same engine that I worked on when I was there, the core of it,” said King. “It’s the same content. They’ve really perfected the systems. So I’d be surprised if gameplay mechanics really got affected. I wouldn’t be surprised if the tone starts changing and if it’s maybe not quite as edgy or quite as funny. I just think that maybe there’s more opportunity for them to do something cheesy because they never do.”

King discussed the cultural reforms at Rockstar since Dan Houser and Leslie Benzies, two of the biggest, most influential figures in the company, left in recent years. Given their presence at Rockstar, it’s hard to imagine that there wouldn’t be stark changes in how the company was run and how the games were going to look.

King said that regardless of the changes at the top, it would be “really hard to f—k up” many of these releases slated for the coming years. The highly anticipated GTA 6 is allegedly in the works, but Rockstar has given no indication on when it might be due for release.

(All information was provided by NME)