United Kingdom, Nov. 5 -- A third Red Dead Redemption will "probably happen".

The award-winning action/sandbox duology reached a fitting conclusion with 2018's Red Dead Redemption II, but Rockstar Games' co-founder Dan Houser believes a third instalment will likely be made due to how successful the franchise has been.

Speaking on the Lex Fridman Podcast, Houser said: "Because each of the [Grand Theft Auto] games was kind of a standalone story, it's not quite the same.

"I think it probably would be, in some ways, sadder if someone continued on Red Dead, because it was a cohesive two-game arc.

"That might be more sad to hear someone working on that. But again, that probably will happen too. I don't own the IP.

"That was sort of part of...