All the way in which again in 2009, Rockstar introduced plans to develop a brand new unique recreation for PlayStation consoles, often called Agent. After the reveal, Rockstar by no means talked about the undertaking once more. Now over a decade later, a former Rockstar North veteran has shared particulars on what went on with the sport behind the scenes.
While trendy Rockstar has principally resigned itself to primarily engaged on its two best-known franchises, Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, over a decade in the past, the studio was nonetheless exploring a number of new IPs, leading to video games like Bully, LA Noire and for a time, Agent was amongst these tasks.
Former Rockstar technical director Obbe Vermeij, who labored on the studio for 14 years however left over a decade in the past, printed a weblog submit this week sharing some small particulars on the canned recreation ‘Agent’. Apparently, the sport was going to be set within the Seventies and could be a extra linear recreation in comparison with the GTA collection, starring a spy often called Jimmy, who was set to be the Scottish model of James Bond.
The recreation was being developed for fairly a while nevertheless it did not progress as shortly because the staff had apparently hoped. Production on Grand Theft Auto IV was on account of ramp up and in an effort to complete Agent earlier than having to maneuver on to assist the event of the following Grand Theft Auto, the staff started making cuts, together with scrapping a complete stage. However, the sport was not accomplished in time and Rockstar’s varied studios have been referred to as in to assist out on GTA 4, placing different tasks on maintain.
It is unclear if Rockstar had deliberate to return to Agent after GTA 4’s launch, however in the end, the sport was apparently seen as a ‘distraction’ from Rockstar’s ambitions with GTA and in consequence, the sport was placed on ice and Rockstar finally deserted the trademark for the sport.
We do know one factor for certain although, this info was official and Rockstar wasn’t too pleased concerning the small tidbits of knowledge being shared, as Vermeij was swiftly contacted by the corporate and requested to take away the weblog submit, which he promptly did. However, all the juicy particulars contained inside have already accomplished their rounds throughout the net.
KitGuru Says: Agent would have been an fascinating recreation however on the similar time, Grand Theft Auto is Rockstar’s crowning achievement, which is much more evident now after the decade-long success of Grand Theft Auto V. At this level within the studio’s historical past, I would not be shocked if we did not see an all-new IP from Rockstar for a really very long time, outdoors of maybe an experimental, small-scale recreation, like a VR undertaking.
