Grand Theft Auto V voice actor Steven Ogg has said developer Rockstar Games originally planned to make a story expansion focused on Trevor, though it was seemingly canceled as a result of GTA Online becoming so popular.
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 shed light on what they claimed was scrapped downloadable content for GTA 5 that starred Trevor as a Federal Investigation Bureau agent.
“Originally they were gonna do continuing stories of Michael, Franklin, and Trevor,” Luke said, and Ogg expanded on his version.
“We also had that really cool s**t of — and I forget if it was DLC, I have no idea — but where Trevor was gonna be undercover, he works for the FEDs,” Ogg said. “And we did shoot some of that stuff with James Bond Trevor. He’s still kind of a f**k up but he’s doing his best. And we shot some stuff and then it just disappeared and they never followed up on it.”
Luke then suggested it was canceled because of the success of GTA Online, which remains as popular in 2024 as it was at launch more than a decade ago. “They went to GTA Online I believe,” Luke said of the story DLC’s cancellation.
The future of GTA Online is a tad unclear at the moment, however, as Grand Theft Auto VI, and presumably the next iteration of the multiplayer mode, is expected in 2025. Rockstar shared a trailer in December 2023 which reintroduced fans to Rockstar’s take on Miami, Vice City, and also featured a ton of intricate details and plenty of references to wild and wacky real life events too.
While the game was revealed alongside a 2025 release date for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S, PC players were left frustrated, though not necessarily surprised, that their platform was left off the list.
They weren’t the ones a little peeved though, as several developers from Rockstar itself took to social media to express their frustration at the trailer leaking early. In fact, the entire industry shared their disappointment that the exciting moment was dampened. Several streamers were also hit with content strikes and takedowns in the wake of the leak.
Regardless, it still surpassed Minecraft to become the second most-watched video game trailer of all time with more than 168 million views in the first three months.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.
