Ex-Rockstar Dev Reveals Why PS3 Unique Agent Was Canceled

A former Rockstar Video games developer printed a now-deleted weblog explaining why PS3 unique Agent was canceled, drawing the corporate’s ire. The knowledge comes from former technical director Obbe Vermeij who spent over a decade at Rockstar earlier than shifting on in 2009, after having labored on GTA 4.

Rockstar canceled PS3’s Agent to prioritize GTA 4, says former dev

Sadly for Rockstar, Vermeij’s publish has already been making rounds, and there’s additionally Google Cache. In line with him, Agent was born out of some Rockstar devs’ want to do one thing aside from Grand Theft Auto. The pitch appears to have impressed higher-ups who gave their blessings to go forward, and the plan was to separate Rockstar North between GTA 4 and Agent.

“It was a James Bond sport and Jimmy is the Scottish model of James,” Vermeij wrote. “The sport was to be set within the 70s, be extra linear than GTA with a variety of places. There was a French Mediterranean metropolis, A Swiss ski resort, Cairo and on the finish there could be a giant shootout with lasers in house.”

Vermeij concedes that Agent’s improvement wasn’t progressing nicely, however the staff tried to salvage it by reducing content material. Nevertheless, that was all in useless as a result of Agent was thought-about a “distraction.” “I feel it was handed over to a different firm inside Rockstar however by no means acquired accomplished,” Vermeij added, revealing that ultimately everybody needed to get behind GTA 4.

After pulling his weblog, Vermeij penned a brand new entry stating that he acquired an disagreeable name from Rockstar and didn’t need to upset his former colleagues.