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Agent remains a mystery.

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New images from Rockstar Games' long-in-development espionage-themed game Agent have emerged online. A gallery of images that purportedly come from a person who worked on the game in 2009 and 2010 was posted on Reddit (via Eurogamer), providing a "new" look at the mysterious spy game.

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You'll notice that the images look somewhat dated--but that's no small surprise given they apparently are derived from half-decade-old version of the game. All the same, it's rare to get a glimpse behind the curtain of a project from Rockstar Games, so they're worth a look if you're interested.

If this batch of Agent images is any indication, the game would have been at least partially set in a mountainside city. Included in the gallery of images are also some map models.

Check out all the images here on Imgur. They reportedly stem from an artist who was working on the game before his team was shifted to Grand Theft Auto V.

Agent, which is set in the 1970s, was first revealed in 2007 and later detailed at the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo. It was announced as a PlayStation 3-exclusive. The first images leaked in summer 2011.

When the game does ship, it will do so with high expectations. In 2009, then-Take-Two president Ben Feder told GameSpot that Agent is being groomed to be the next Grand Theft Auto.

"It's the A team working on an AAA title," he said. "I think the subject matter, the characters, the story, the environment, the background--all the elements are there. It's such a rich environment to play in."

In August 2012, the CEO of Rockstar Games parent company Take-Two was asked to provide a status update on Agent--but his response was, "We haven't announced anything about [Agent] yet."

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abandoned...

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I'm so glad they are moving away from Batman Arkham series and doing something new and creative. :)

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@Bumblebee1138: Fail.... LMAO!!! Dude this is about Rockstar not Rocksteady lol!

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@Bumblebee1138: looooooooool, greatest comment of the year

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@Bumblebee1138: I think you are referring to ROCKSTEADY. This is ROCKSTAR. Completely different.

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Would definitely be interesting to see Rockstars version of James Bond. Hope it is still coming out.

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So is it dead or not?

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Well I am still waiting for this mystery to be unraveled...

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I don't understand how postings say "I'm not really interested in Agent" after a couple of 8 year old still shots. How can you know if you not interested in something THAT YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT?

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It's like this.... Same thing with Valve they have so much money and don't feel the need to bring certain games out. RDR might not happen this gen, because their focused on GTA online.

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Almost sounds to me like a lost cause. Interesting, but lost.

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@Brakkyn: Pretty much.

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Can't wait for the GTA 6 on the next gen or current gen. I hope it is epic big. Some like having to travel back and forth between New York, Miami, and L.A. Don't care for agent though.

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@masakijoe: Most likely next gen.... 5 didn't come like 5 years after 4. Be a very long time before we see a new GTA.

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@kelseyjb: gta 5 came out about 5 years after 4 more then like the next GTA will be out within 3 years 4 at most they have already addmitted they have starrted making the next one months ago maybe even more then 1 year now

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@tom2750: When did they "admit" they started work on a new GTA? R* to my knowledge hasn't said a word.

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@tom2750: good luck with that tom...

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Jesus Christ, just give us a new RDR!!!!

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@lazerethjones: Don't think it'll happen this gen just my opinion.

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From 2011-2013, we got Red Dead Redemption, LA Noire, Max Payne, GTA5 and the original GTA trilogy mobile ports. No wonder they had no time for Agent.

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@anevilwithin: those weren't all Rockstar North though, right?

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--um talk about a game that is MOST LIKELY in development hell
--they need to do a Manhunt sequel
--and COMPLETELY ♪♫ take it to the limit one more time ♫♪

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I totally forgot about this game, it would be nice to know if it still had a pulse.

I'd like to see R* do something set in WWII in line with the Saboteur, which was a very fun game.

It could be set in Britain, move to France, and eventually Germany. There was plenty of bootleg trading in all types of commodities going on in WWII EU. Throw in a bit of combat either front line, stealth, or air as party of the allied forces, then when your off duty you're working the underground. Trading, exchanging, murdering, with all sides involved in the war.

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@stanrezaee: you cant have to many cooks bra a single vision is what works as you can see here by the comments people including myself never agree on anything

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@stanrezaee: It's kinda too late now, isn't it?

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You're trying to make "half-decade-old" seem like it's so long ago it's not even funny. Sure, those pics may look just as good as Just Cause 2 or Mass Effect 2, but they're still generic looking for 5 years ago. As generic as the details we know about the game. Let's face it, Rockstar aren't the type to shove a money-making IP under the rug.

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My general rule is that if nothing of real relevance has been stated about a game in over three years then I consider it dead until proven otherwise. More so in this case since the game was supposed to come out for PS3 and we are no well into the next generation after that.

So as far as I am concerned Agent is dead, I would love to be proven wrong but I find that highly unlikely at this point.

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Would like to see Rockstar make a game that doesn't involve violence. I think they can pull it off.

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@fig56: You mean like table tennis or something?

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@xsonicchaos: Maybe. But knowing them they will make paddle DLC where your can turn your paddle into a bazooka or something.

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@fig56: What type of game would you want them to make or expect them to make? I mean Bully still relies on violence, but killing is not present in it.

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@fig56: He wasn't joking... Rockstar actually made a Table Tennis game and it's great!

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@95164: lols shows our age

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Sadly, nothing to suggest that this isn't dead, but I really hope it's still alive.

The Easter egg in GTA V gives me hope , but it's been so quiet so long now, I don't know what to think.

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I remember this game it was suppose to be a ps3 exclusive I thought it was dead.

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So it's not cancelled? Cool I guess

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damn, know almost nothing about this game but it keeps popping up in my head and I must know more about it

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Posts a long article, but doesn't post the image.

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I think it's a new Red Dead image, it's a part where Aliens transport you to the future and you have to work with a young Tommy Vercetti to go back to your own time.

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Heh, I remember this is one of the games I ended up buying a PS3 for. Maybe, just maybe I will get a PS4 for this game if it remains an exclusive(If it is ever completed), the game was intriguing 6 years ago and still is to me.

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"Coming Soon" - if you believe in Rockstar...

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I was never excited for this game, when it was announced that it was going to be in First Person only and a PS3 exclusive. Perhaps they have since changed those things about it though, certainly the platform will have changed.

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Rockstar has never made a bad game, been a few average or 'meh' moments, but nothing bad so have every faith that is this game appears it will be decent.

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@kyelo: Manhunt was a piece of trash.

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@Vojtass: Are you uncomfortable with stealth games, murderers, or the controls all Rockstar games had in the mid-2000's that any sane person would ask what the **** they were thinking?

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I wonder if it still is in development and if it will come out on the PS4 instead.

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