After years of speculation and theories, Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser has finally explained why the studio canceled its PlayStation 3 exclusive spy game, Agent. The title was announced all the way back in 2009 during the now-defunct E3 event and was described by Rockstar Games as a "genre-defining" project. But it has now been revealed that Agent went through five different iterations before eventually being canned by the studio.
Following its reveal 16 years ago, very little was said about Rockstar's highly anticipated PS3 spy game. Many speculated that the studio placed the project on the back burner in order to allocate more resources to Grand Theft Auto 5, which has since gone on to become one of the most famous and best-selling video games of all time. In the build-up to GTA 5's release, trademarks and shareholder meetings suggested that Agent was still very much alive, but recent years made it clear that Rockstar had no intention of ever returning to the title. Now, after all these years, fans have finally been told why.
In 2021, Rockstar made Agent's long-speculated death official and removed the title from its list of...
