User blog comment:Tony 1998/GTA IV Characters are NOT returning to GTA V/@comment-2099017-20120804012857

Dude, of course GTA IV characters arn't returning to GTA V. GTA 3 Era characters never appeared in the GTA IV Era. In fact, every era is sorta separated in different ways. The only Eras that I think that sorta connects are the GTA 2 and GTA 3 Eras, since you play as the same protagonist in the second and third games and the fact that a business from GTA 2 called Wang Cars appears in GTA: San Andreas.