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Investigating GTA V's Cancelled DLC

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Following the release of Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar heavily teased single-player story DLC that followed Michael, Trevor, and Franklin after the events of the story. This would not happen. In the years since, Rockstar's leaked source code, developer interviews and datamining have painted a picture of what these expansions were. From returning to Liberty City, zombies, aliens and even Trevor working as a Secret Agent, let's take a look at the cancelled DLC for GTA V.

Sources:
2014 announcement
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gta...

Potential North Yankton DLC
https://gtaforums.com/topic/632685-sp...

North Yankton Hoax
https://web.archive.org/web/201311070...

Episode DLC Underperformed
https://thatvideogameblog.com/grand-t...

Dan Houser Interview
https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/...

Alien DLC
Reddit: gta_v_alien_invasion_dlc_was_an_actual_proof_of

First Round of DLC
https://www.rockstargames.com/newswir...

DLC mention from Solo/Franklin in 2014
Jack Thriller interviews Shawn fonteno

GTA V DLC Select Screen
GTA V - SP DLC Selection Menu

Steven Ogg mentions filming it after
Streamily.com Presents: The Official GTA 5...

GTA Online’s Vacant Casino
https://www.eurogamer.net/the-six-yea...

Heists Revealed
https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/...

GTA Online Interview - Game Informer
https://web.archive.org/web/201710261...

The Endings
https://x.com/TezFunz2/status/1152618...

Agent Trevor into the Doomsday Heist
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta5....

Interview with Director
Diretor da ROCKSTAR Joe Rubino revela DETA...

2015 Interview Online is the Focus
https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/09/...

Shelved remake
https://kotaku.com/gta-iv-remastered-...

Leslie Benzies lawsuit
https://www.polygon.com/2016/4/14/114...

“Tease” in 2016
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/gta-5-frank...

GTA V - The Contract
Medium: gta-v-is-getting-story-dlc-for-the-first-time-kind-of

Insider Gaming Initial Report
https://insider-gaming.com/gta-5-leak...

Agent Internals
https://www.resetera.com/threads/gta-...

Grand Theft Auto V Canceled Game-Changing DLC Over Internal Rift
https://bleedingcool.com/games/grand-...

Max Payne Assets
https://gtaforums.com/topic/413482-ag...

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@Carly-Edits1 1 year ago

Gta online is like the main antagonist of gta series

@NKGAMING-ri4qm 1 year ago

we couldve had it all, but greed ruins everything

@Lurrkiing 1 year ago

If the mouth breathers stopped buying shark cards we'd have expansive single player content worth the asking price again.

@mannoxv8500 1 year ago

I loved IV’s dlc’s because they never felt like dlc content they just felt like an extension of the game

@dominiqueodom3099 1 year ago

I will never forgive the fact that the single player audience was ignored for over a decade.
Not even a scrap of a car/clothes update after a decade while GTA online became the most popular online game in the world.
I hate the fact that they just won't satisfy both audiences anymore and it just reeks of the vibe that they just want you to play online mode only

@tacokoer 10 months ago

Trevor as a secret agent would have been hysterical.

"Yeah we only have only 2 available agents for this mission."
"1: Jimmy Bomb, a British secret service agent"
"2: Some Canadian methhead we found in an alley huffing gasoline"

@anthonyemerson2965 1 year ago

GTA 5 is probably my biggest gaming disappointment due to the lack of single player content

@Footballfan_7891 1 year ago

Honestly that one mission where Trevor and Michael both dressed as clowns and later on rode horses as their getaway vehicle would’ve been fun and dope god I hate gta online it took away so many good thing we could’ve had for gta v

@VioletRM 1 year ago

"Arent you Rockstar Studios?"
"Yup"
"And GTAV is your game?"
"Yup"
"There is massive consumer demand for additional paid singleplayer story content"
"That makes sense to me"
"Then make it"
"Flying rocket motorcycles"

@buttermilkoreos8913 1 year ago

I always thought Franklin was the one who would be the protagonist for the zombie dlc, finding out it was actually Michael and his family, really hurts my soul more, that would’ve been incredible

@M16Joe 1 year ago

The North Yankton dlc idea would've been brilliant. You see michael, trevor, and Lester before the events of the prologue. As well as how "Heyyyy Daveyyyy, Hows it goin" began.

@jay5286 1 year ago

The moment they started making crazy money from gta online single player DLC was over unfortunately

@joereilly8890 1 year ago

The zombie apocalypse Michael DLC stings the most. I consider undead nightmare a standalone zombie game and it’s one of the best imo. The thought of “what could have been” stings so much, they could’ve split the online into a whole second zombie version opening a whole new world for their micro transactions, EVERYONE could’ve gotten what they wanted. It’s a shame.

@godofawsome02 1 year ago

Great topic. It’s a damn shame we’ll never see what they had in mind.

@NKGAMING-ri4qm 1 year ago

i hope that gta 6 doesnt repeat the gta 5 dlc fiasco

@kuhneegit 1 year ago

As a mainly single-player gamer, GTA Online made me kind of hate GTA V. I played the story mode for hundreds of hours after completing the story just modding every car I could find, causing rampages, and replaying story and side quests. Seeing GTAO get hundreds of new cars and missions and weapons that are not only locked off entirely from singleplayer but also behind insane paywalls and grinding made me feel completely left behind by R*. Just because I don’t want to spend tens of hours grinding missions with strangers in chaotic lobbies, I can’t drive around my favorite model of car and mod it out? I personally think it’s ridiculous that the vast majority of vehicles and weapons coded into the game are completely inaccessible to people who don’t want to deal with online services. I get that they have to maintain profits to continue making games but I highly doubt letting story mode players at least try out the Online vehicles will put a dent in their Shark Card profits.

@GagGreene 1 year ago

I hate GTA Online. I hate its grind but more importantly I hate the influence it has had on the industry for pushing games as a service in its wake and Rockstar making one game every generation.

@danf5465 1 year ago

Such a shame that Rockstar got so complacent and greedy with GTA5 online, never giving us an expansion to the main story especially considering 4 had two fantastic dlc's.