User blog comment:Tony 1998/GTA IV Characters are NOT returning to GTA V/@comment-3033467-20120804151522/@comment-5320909-20120804163158

We I guess you could say that, but they did release 4 games all in the GTA IV era (Including GTA IV) so I mean it's pretty close minus the missions. I mean when Rockstar gives you about 25 missions in each of the two DLC's and a whole different platform game bringing back the GTA 2 era with look down gameplay, not to mention all of the missions in that. So I'd say everything flowed into the GTA IV era greatly over 4 years. It's time to move on for Rockstar to move onto the next generation of gameplay in the Grand Theft Auto franchise.