Grand Theft Auto V voice actor Steven Ogg has stated developer Rockstar Games initially deliberate to make a narrative enlargement centered on Trevor, although it was seemingly canceled on account of GTA Online turning into so in style.
As reported by The Loadout, Ogg was joined by Michael actor Ned Luke and Franklin actor Shawn Fonteno in a Questions and Answers session with Streamily. The trio make clear what they claimed was scrapped downloadable content material for GTA 5 that starred Trevor as a Federal Investigation Bureau agent.
“Originally they had been gonna do persevering with tales of Michael, Franklin, and Trevor,” Luke stated, and Ogg expanded on his model.
“We additionally had that actually cool s**t of — and I neglect if it was DLC, I don’t know — however the place Trevor was gonna be undercover, he works for the FEDs,” Ogg stated. “And we did shoot a few of that stuff with James Bond Trevor. He’s nonetheless sort of a f**okay up however he is doing his finest. And we shot some stuff after which it simply disappeared they usually by no means adopted up on it.”
Luke then urged it was canceled due to the success of GTA Online, which stays as in style in 2024 because it was at launch greater than a decade in the past. “They went to GTA Online I imagine,” Luke stated of the story DLC’s cancellation.
The way forward for GTA Online is a tad unclear in the mean time, nevertheless, as Grand Theft Auto VI, and presumably the subsequent iteration of the multiplayer mode, is anticipated in 2025. Rockstar shared a trailer in December 2023 which reintroduced followers to Rockstar’s tackle Miami, Vice City, and in addition featured a ton of intricate particulars and loads of references to wild and wacky actual life occasions too.
While the sport was revealed alongside a 2025 launch date for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S, PC gamers had been left annoyed, although not essentially shocked, that their platform was left off the checklist.
They weren’t those a little bit peeved although, as a number of builders from Rockstar itself took to social media to specific their frustration on the trailer leaking early. In truth, the total business shared their disappointment that the thrilling second was dampened. Several streamers had been additionally hit with content material strikes and takedowns within the wake of the leak.
Regardless, it nonetheless surpassed Minecraft to develop into the second most-watched online game trailer of all time with greater than 168 million views within the first three months.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.
