He is also mentioned in Grand Theft Auto Advance. Love is the multi-billionaire owner of the Love Media conglomerate and is also involved in the construction industry.
Avery's willingness to use any method to bring down property prices would leave an impression on Love. At some point between and , he moved to Liberty City and established himself as a businessman, starting the Love Media company, constructing a building in Bedford Point , and opening an import garage. Donald Love enters the race to become the mayor of Liberty City , following the assassination of incumbent Roger C. Hole , running against Miles O'Donovan.
Love hires Cipriani to first steal a corpse for Love to eat, before having him campaign for him, and kill some of O'Donovan's campaigners. Love then discovers that the Forelli Crime Family , a rival to the Leone Family who had controlled Hole, own a stake in the company printing the ballot papers, sending Cipriani to destroy the printing factory. Love, realising the voting is closed, decides to campaign himself, but is almost killed by the Forelli Family in an ambush. He is rescued by Cipriani, who later attempts to rig the election.
Love later discovers that O'Donovan has evidence linking him with the Leone Family and sends Toni to get rid of the evidence, but it is too late. Love, having spent all his money on his campaign, is declared bankrupt and forced to move into a flophouse in Pike Creek , Shoreside Vale. Love, however, does not give up and later employs Cipriani to kill his former mentor Avery Carrington to steal his re-development plans for Fort Staunton , killing many Colombian Cartel escorts as well, before killing Liberty Tree reporter Ned Burner , who had witnessed the murder.
Cipriani later collects the corpses of both Carrington and Burner for Love to eat. Donald Love also hires Cipriani to destroy the Fort Staunton district of Staunton Island, a Forelli stronghold, in order to both kill Franco Forelli , as revenge for his previous attempt on his life, which Cipriani does , using explosives provided by 8-Ball , which results in Love being paid a fortune by the Panlantic company to oversee the reconstruction of Fort Staunton.
