Grand Theft Auto DLC Cancelled As Company Focuses On GTA Online Instead, Claims

A standalone Grand Theft Auto DLC story featuring Trevor working with the police was cancelled after GTA Online became popular, it is claimed.

GTA 5 voice actor Steven Ogg previously talked about recording voice lines for a DLC, but it was never released.

On Rockstar’s side, a DLC for GTA 5 starring Trevor was never officially announced, but there were still signs that it was in development at one point.

More concrete evidence of the DLC has now been revealed, including why the project was ultimately cancelled.

Former Rockstar employee Joe Robino spoke to YouTuber SanInPlay about the much-talked-about Trevor DLC.

As reported by IGN, the developer claims that it was working on the standalone DLC before it was ultimately cancelled.

Robino said: “I took over this other project which was a standalone DLC for GTA that never came out.

“When that game was abandoned, we had spent so much money.

“I think a lot of that stuff ended up making its way into later versions of GTA Online, so it’s not like they wasted it.

“It was really, really good. But when GTA Online came out, it was such a cash cow and people loved it so much that it was hard to argue that a standalone DLC could top it.

“I think in hindsight we could have done both. But it was a business decision they made. I was a little disappointed by that.”

Fans have long suspected that the popularity of GTA Online was the reason why full DLC was never released for GTA 5, but this was never officially announced.

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