Some interesting info concerning the Rockstar PS3 exclusive spy game Agent

At Sony’s E3 conference it was announced that the PlayStation 3 was getting an exclusive franchise from prolific developer Rockstar Games in the form of Agent.  Besides a cool looking logo and a simple summary that the game would be a spy story set in the 1970s no other details were given. And of course in typical Rockstar fashion it’ll be quite some time before we see any media or learn new details on the project.

But the sharp eyes at the Superannuation blog have found some interesting info on Agent which shows that the project has been around for awhile. It seems that development on Agent has been going on for longer than we thought as the resume of a 3D modeler lists the game as a PlayStation 2 and Xbox title. The resume also lists the game as a Rockstar San Diego project which is interesting since the game is now being developed by the GTA team at Rockstar North. It's unclear why development on Agent stopped when it was being developed on the PS2 and Xbox and why Rockstar decided to start things up again on the PS3.

The other interesting piece of info Superannuation dug up sheds some light on a potential environment in Agent.  Once again the info comes from a resume of an Environment Artist who lists his duties on Agent as being part of a team sent to Cairo to capture over 10,000 reference photos for the game.

This info is particularly interesting as it shows that Agent could be an international affair and it may be somewhat ditching the typical Rockstar format of sticking to one key sandbox location. Obviously this may not be the case as the Cairo trip was when Rockstar San Diego was working on the project so who knows what we can expect and what changes have been made since Rockstar North have taken over the project.  But if Cairo will be the sole location in the game it still would be rather unique due to the landscape and if Rockstar pulls an OSS 117 then I’ll be quite happy.

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This is what the resume says:

Game Titles
Rockstar San Diego
Upcoming Playstation 2 / Xbox title "Agent".
Sony Computer Entertainment America
Unreleased Playstation title "Neopets".
Vivendi Universal CD-Rom Games
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Rescue Heroes Tremor Trouble
Little People Discovery Airport
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Barbie As Rapunzel: A Creative Adventure

http://shogungamer.com/news/some-interesting-info-concerning-rockstars-spy-game-agent

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Did you guys know this, cus I sure didn't

Quite surprising....I wonder why it got scrapped for PS2 & why the dev team changed!

Hope we see something other than a title screen soon.

They were making a NEOPETS for PS1?

Did that become The Darkest Faerie?

Damn, that means this game is older the GT5 and KZ2 as far as dev time goes.

@Kantor

thats EyPEt now!!!!!! lol

@The thunder

E3 2010 surely

$ony money hatted konfirmed??

That's neat info.

I hope they sandbox different cities that you get sent to as an agent.

I have a feeling it'll be a better game now than it would have been if it was PS2/Xbox with Rockstar San Diego making it. A Rockstar North game is no joke. Hopefully they use all that disc space they're given with Blu-ray.

Damn, now people will claim this game will have to sell 5 million to make a profit!!!!!

I can't wait! Two short years and I will play the complete version on the 360