Insider Reveals How GTA V Almost Went Down the Call of Duty Route With an Unbelievable DLC

The Grand Theft Auto franchise has been an ever-evolving one since its inception. A number of iconic titles dot the franchise, with GTA V being the latest. One aspect that Rockstar loved adding to its previous titles was releasing DLCs for the games. The DLCs that were last released were single-player expansions for GTA 4 called The Ballad of Gay Tony, and The Lost and Damned.

This would obviously pique the interests of the fans further as they would expect the same from GTA V as well. Despite several updates, GTA V has failed to receive a single player DLC to date. Let’s find out what Rockstar had originally planned, and the fallout of this plan.

Rockstar failed to deliver on an apparent Zombie DLC for GTA V

Rockstar had plans to make an amazing new DLC, following the footsteps of the Call of Duty games. However, that plan was never monumentalized as they scrapped the idea for it in 2017.

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According to data miner Tez2, GTA V would have gotten a map expansion as part of the DLCs. They say, “They had plans to redesign 80 or 90 per cent of the map to fit a specific theme – one of the episodes was supposed to feature a zombie apocalypse. Rockstar would make changes to the whole map to fit the zombie apocalypse theme.”

As you can already see above, the development for the DLC was codenamed Norman by Rockstar Games. Furthermore, we can note an uncanny resemblance to the deadly disease Ebola as E-Cola in the picture. Since Zombie Apocalypse is mostly spread through a deadly disease making people vector, can Ebola be an actual easter egg hinting towards the same?

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GTA 5 would have received a major overhaul, similar to Red Dead Redemption’s Undead Nightmare DLC, in preparation for a single-player zombie apocalypse. There were also plans for an Ocean 11-style casino heist centred on the long-awaited Casino in an underutilized Los Santos location. Unfortunately, owing to the massive success of Grand Theft Auto Online, these improvements were never released.

Let us know in the comments what kind of DLC would you have liked for GTA V.