In a shock to virtually nobody, a former Rockstar worker claims that deliberate Grand Theft Auto V story DLC was canceled due to the blockbuster success of GTA On-line. It was “a lot of a money cow” {that a} Trevor-focused enlargement was reportedly shut down after already being in the course of manufacturing.
Joseph Rubino, who labored at Rockstar from 2010-16 as a senior digital camera artist and digital cinematgrapher, spoke to YouTuber SanInPlay concerning the scrapped Trevor DLC undertaking, per VGC. “What occurred was when GTA On-line got here out, it was a lot of a money cow and other people have been loving it a lot that it was arduous to make an argument {that a} standalone DLC would out-compete that,” Rubino mentioned.
As one of many folks engaged on the DLC, Rubino admitted he was “a bit bitter on the time, as a result of I used to be like, ‘Yo, what the f**ok guys, this sh*t’s superior, let’s hold going, let’s end this sh*t.'” The developer has labored at Microsoft and Amazon since Rockstar, contributing to tasks like Forza Motorsport and The Outer Worlds 2.
This corroborates Trevor voice actor Steve Ogg revealing earlier this 12 months that GTA V may have had a James Bond-like story DLC targeted on his character. Ogg talked about that he had already recorded traces for the enlargement wherein Trevor went undercover. Dataminers had beforehand found Agent Trevor references in sport recordsdata.
GTA V is among the best-selling video games of all time, now surpassing 200 million copies offered. The sport–thanks to GTA On-line–also continues to be one of many most-played titles on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.
Wanting forward, GTA VI is deliberate for a Fall 2025 launch window. In Could, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said that he felt “extremely assured” about that launch timing.