On Christmas Day, a giant 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 fascinating 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 accommodates references to the unreleased DLC in addition to the scripting for the sport to run. Right here’s the complete listing 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 each 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 obligation of some kind of agent. The “Relationship Pack” might need launched courting 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 in all probability units up the primary sport’s occasions, and the “Manhunt Pack,” which could possibly be a callback to Rockstar Video games’ 2003 stealth-action sport 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 because of the 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 give attention to this money-making machine.
Nonetheless, in 2017, the studio told Game Informer that different components 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 sources, and Purple Useless Redemption 2 was across the nook.
“The mixture of those three components means for [GTA 5], we didn’t really feel single-player expansions have been both potential or vital, however we might properly do them for future initiatives,” Sarwar stated. “At Rockstar, we are going to at all times have bandwidth points as a result of we’re perfectionists and to make enormous complicated video games takes numerous time and sources. Not every part is at all times potential, however we nonetheless love single-player open-world video games greater than something. I don’t suppose you possibly can make a sport like GTA 5 if you happen to didn’t like single-player video games and attempting to increase their prospects!”
Kotaku has reached out to Rockstar Video games for remark.
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It’s value noting that Purple Useless Redemption 2, which got here out in October 2018, hasn’t acquired any single-player DLC. Possibly that can change as Rockstar Video games shifts all of its focus and sources to GTA 6, which launches sometime in 2025.
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