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TheGrand Theft Auto 6rumor mill has been churning again, this time regarding the possibility of single-player DLC for the game. Very little is known about Rockstar’s next entry in theGrand Theft Autofranchise, but that hasn’t stopped fans fromspeculating aboutGTA 6’s release dateand analyzing a bevy of rumors and leaks.
Prior toGrand Theft Auto 5, Rockstar was no stranger to single-player DLC.Grand Theft Auto 4received the excellentThe Lost and DamnedandThe Ballad of Gay Tonyexpansion packs, which added all-new narratives and playable characters to the game. The company would go on to launchUndead NightmareforRed Dead Redemption, which is considered iconic for many fans. Rockstar has stated that single-player DLC forGTA 5was in the pipeline, but the developers ultimately opted to shift their focus ontoRed Dead Redemption 2andGTA Online.GTA Onlineis still getting new content, andRed Dead Onlinehas gotten expansions as well, but neitherGTA 5norRed Dead Redemption 2have received any single-player DLC, disappointing many fans.
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These disappointed fans may be in luck, however, as recent comments from establishedGTAinsider and reporter Tek2 suggest thatGrand Theft Auto 6could be getting single-player DLC. Tek2 stated that Rockstar plans to release “episodic content, aka [single-player] DLC,” after the initial launch ofGTA 6. The leaker didn’t go into much detail as to what this episodic content could contain, but stated that they would likely involve map updates and would come as frequently as the expansions to the game’s online mode.
Tez2 has predictedGTA 6DLCbefore, suggesting ambitious content releases like entirely new cities to explore. Tek2’s most recent comments shed a bit more light on what this single-player DLC could look like, as they liken it to the scrapped single-player expansions forGrand Theft Auto 5. The prediction that single-player DLC could be released as often as multiplayer DLC may seem a bit far-fetched, given Rockstar’s strategy withGTA 5, however.
That said, the idea of single-player DLC forGrand Theft Auto 6isn’t so unrealistic. Demand for this sort of content certainly exists, and Tez2 has previously speculated thatRockstar could spreadGTA 6’s contentacross a number of different DLCs, which would allow the game to release earlier. Additionally,Red Dead Onlinemay have proved that the success ofGTA Onlineisn’t so easily replicated, which could encourage Rockstar to shift gears when it comes to post-launch support forGrand Theft Auto 6.
