The tale of GTA V's alleged Story DLC that may or may not exist is a lengthy one; full of false hopes, disappointments, and stubborn believers. It is a tale of announcements, leaks, and lots of silence and conjecture.
Some time ago we reported on findings by one particular leaker. He had seemingly found some pretty solid proof that the DLC is coming and it looked to be rather definitive. Many hoped it would put an end to the discussion.
Sadly that wasn't the case and, as ever, the plot thickens.
A number of people began to claim that the leaker's "proof" was an extremely elaborate fake. The user (LondonTown2004) has been tracked by some sneaky web sleuths and it turned out that he has had a number of different aliases and what’s more, been the source of several fake leaks in the past. It seems that this "leaker" simply changes moniker each time he is uncovered.
As these findings have come to light the GTA V community has also become divided. There are those who think the allegations against LondonTown are false, and that those who "uncovered" his past trickery are just very dedicated trolls. On the other hand there are those who now dismiss the DLC management system "proof" and any claim that GTA V might receive some Story DLC down the line along with it.
In the past months, one particular thread dealing specifically with the Story DLC over at GTAForums has been extremely active. Previous articles from GTA BOOM have been cited amongst others in rather heated arguments regarding the future of Story DLC.
Originally, single player DLC for story mode, which would allegedly continue the story of Michael, Trevor and Franklin (we say "continue", but it could only possibly be an interlude) beyond what we got in vanilla GTA V, was announced way back in 2014.
However, ever since, Rockstar has been mum over the issue, and at one point Strauss Zelnick, the CEO of Take Two Interactive, Rockstar's parent company, stated that there was no plan for any single player DLC at all.
As time passed, all kinds of wild rumors and alleged leaks popped up. At one time, Franklin's voice actor even lead the community on a wild goose chase with a bit of a prank.
Before LondonTown's leak, there was never anything which was anywhere close to believable, and now that it too is under scrutiny, those still hoping for some solo DLC don't have much to hold on to.
However, a new occurrence has put the whole situation into new light, as a number of well known GTA V YouTubers have recently been called by Rockstar to Los Angeles. This could quite possibly be some sort of content creator event showcasing some new stuff. It could also be a more public showing of whatever went down at Gamescom last summer (which probably isn't Agent).
Of course, it could merely be a livestream event with YouTubers as guest stars, however those have occurred several times in the past, and never were the noteworthy enough to be heralded by the YouTubers themselves beforehand. So we think that it is likely something of a higher caliber.
Since then, the contributors over at GTAForums have generally marked 2016 as the "last possible" release window for any single player DLC. With the best estimate of the next full GTA game (i.e. GTA VI) to be released around 2018 this would still mean a relatively large gap between the two pieces of content.
As the story developed, more and more have accepted the theory that LondonTown's leak was indeed a fake. Sadly, faith that single player DLC is coming is now at an all time low following its recent peak after the rather convincing leak was first posted.
While we frequently praise modding as one of the best things that has ever happened to GTA V, it did make the world of leaks much more mired in fakes. This is because it does not take too much modding know-how to mock up a home-made "DLC management system" menu, as seen in the leak.
What are your views on this issue? Is there any hope for single player DLC for GTA V, or should solo players stick to mods while they wait for the next game?
