Overview
- Houser said in a new interview that Agent went through about five iterations but never cohered into a workable game.
- He argued the urgency and beat-to-beat pacing of spy thrillers conflicts with the looser player freedom central to open worlds.
- Agent was announced in 2009 as a PlayStation 3 exclusive set in the 1970s Cold War, which Houser described as only one of several versions, including a modern-day take.
- Former Rockstar North technical director Obbe Vermeij has previously said the project was dropped in favor of the next Grand Theft Auto, offering a differing emphasis on its fate.
- Agent remains unreleased, and Houser’s comments come years after he left Rockstar in 2020 and later founded Absurd Ventures in 2024.