On Christmas Day, an enormous GTA 5 leak revealed that Rockstar Video games had some single-player DLC deliberate for the open-world crime sim. Although none of them have been launched, what was uncovered by on-line sleuths is attention-grabbing all the identical.
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In accordance with an Insider Gaming report, Rockstar apparently scrapped eight deliberate GTA 5 expansions. This was revealed by the publishing of the game’s full source code around Christmas, which incorporates references to the unreleased DLC in addition to the scripting for the sport to run. Right here’s the total checklist of canceled expansions referenced within the leak:
- “SP Assassination Pack”
- “SP Manhunt Pack”
- “SP Norman Pack”
- “Agent Trevor”
- “Relationship Pack”
- “Enterprise Pack”
- “Prologue DLC”
- “LibertyV DLC”
It’s tough to establish precisely what every one means, although there’s lots to invest about. Most notably, GTA 5 DLC would possibly’ve allow us to play as Trevor as he performs the responsibility of some type of agent. The “Relationship Pack” may need launched relationship and even marriage to Los Santos. Maybe Rockstar deliberate to take journey again to GTA IV’s Liberty Metropolis for who-knows-what shenanigans. There’s additionally the Prologue, which most likely units up the principle recreation’s occasions, and the “Manhunt Pack,” which might be a callback to Rockstar Video games’ 2003 stealth-action recreation of the identical title. Your guess is pretty much as good as mine.
What Stopped Rockstar From Dropping GTA 5 DLC?
Whereas Rockstar clearly had plans for single-player DLC, it probably by no means produced these expansions as a result of runaway success of GTA On-line. It’s generated nearly half a billion dollars per 12 months since launch, so it made sense for Rockstar Video games to concentrate on this money-making machine.
Nonetheless, in 2017, the studio told Game Informer that different elements influenced the choice to skip GTA 5 DLC. Director of design Imran Sarwar stated that the next-gen variations of GTA 5 took some time to get proper, GTA On-line hogged assets, and Purple Lifeless Redemption 2 was across the nook.
“The mixture of those three elements means for [GTA 5], we didn’t really feel single-player expansions have been both potential or obligatory, however we could nicely do them for future initiatives,” Sarwar stated. “At Rockstar, we are going to all the time have bandwidth points as a result of we’re perfectionists and to make big advanced video games takes lots of time and assets. Not every part is all the time potential, however we nonetheless love single-player open-world video games greater than something. I don’t assume you would make a recreation like GTA 5 for those who didn’t like single-player video games and making an attempt to increase their prospects!”
Kotaku has reached out to Rockstar Video games for remark.
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It’s value noting that Purple Lifeless Redemption 2, which got here out in October 2018, hasn’t obtained any single-player DLC. Perhaps that can change as Rockstar Video games shifts all of its focus and assets to GTA 6, which launches sometime in 2025.
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