E3 09: Sony Announces Agent, A New PS3-Exclusive from Rockstar North
Rockstar’s hottest existing properties, like Max Payne, Red Dead, and Grand Theft Auto, may have been missing from the Xbox 360 briefing yesterday, but Sony managed to outshine Microsoft with the announcement of Agent, a new Rockstar North production, coming exclusively to the PlayStation 3.
“It’s clear that Rockstar recognizes the PlayStation 3 as an ideal place to build an audience,” said SCEA president Jack Tretton during the Sony press briefing. “And that’s why we’re thrilled to have Agent coming exclusively to PlayStation.”
Set at the height of the Cold War in the late 1970s, Agent takes players into a world of counter-intelligence, espionage, and political assassinations.
“You’re all aware of the impact Grand Theft Auto had on our platform,” Tretton continued, “and we expect Agent to have the same, must-have value.”
“We have always enjoyed making action games, and with Agent we are making what we believe will be the ultimate action game,” read a statement from Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games.
“Agent is a game we have wanted to make for a long time. The team in Edinburgh is doing an amazing job combining intense action, atmosphere and story in a great period setting to create something that feels quite unique. We cannot wait for people to experience this game.”
No release target was set.