Former Rockstar Dev Sheds Mild on Destiny of Misplaced PS3 Unique Agent

We first wrote about Rockstar Video games’ bold PS3 unique, Agent, all the way in which again in 2009 and have famous its absence over the numerous years since. Whereas we at all times held out hope the spy thriller, set within the Seventies, would sooner or later see the sunshine of the world, Rockstar in the end scrubbed point out of the sport from its web site a full decade after its announcement.

Now we have discovered slightly extra in regards to the destiny of the long-lost PlayStation unique that by no means was. Former Rockstar Video games technical director Obbe Vermeij has penned a weblog submit (since eliminated, thanks IGN) detailing his tenure (1995-2009) at Rockstar North, the studio charged with growing Agent.

In response to Vermeij: “We actually bought occurring this one and labored on it for over a yr. I keep in mind engaged on a downhill snowboarding chase scene with weapons, as an example. The sport wasn’t progressing in addition to we might hoped. It was inevitable that, ultimately, the entire firm must get behind the subsequent Grand Theft Auto. We tried to chop the sport down in an try and get the majority of it completed earlier than the inevitable name from New York would come. We minimize out a complete degree (I feel Cairo) and possibly even the area part.”

Half of Rockstar North would in the end be set to work on DLC for Grand Theft Auto 4 and the opposite on the still-in-development Grand Theft Auto V, which might be launched in 2013. Vermeij continues, explaining that: “It grew to become clear that [Agent] was going to be an excessive amount of of a distraction for us, and we ditched it. I feel it was handed over to a different firm inside Rockstar however by no means bought accomplished.”