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Rockstar renews Agent trademarks

Grand Theft Auto developer renews trademarks for dormant PlayStation 3 exclusive.

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Rockstar has renewed a pair of trademarks for its long-dormant game Agent.

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As spotted on Siliconera, the two trademarks relate to the name Agent and the game's logo, which features a gun as the inside section on the G.

Agent was announced in 2009 as a PlayStation 3 exclusive, although the game has not been seen since outside of a brief glimpse at some of its concept art in 2011. Rockstar has previously said the stealth action game would be set in the Cold War era.

When asked about the status of Agent back in 2012, CEO of Rockstar parent company Take-Two Strauss Zelnick would comment only that "we haven't announced anything about [Agent] yet."

Rockstar has not confirmed any other projects after the release of Grand Theft Auto V, which launches on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in September.

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I'm really lookin forward to this. I love spy fiction, what's the hold-up??

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I tried following AGENT from just the brief story behind it , but , long since then I have wondered about building off of RDR with JM's son ? to bad the game did not go back into the days of indians , but , then that would be offensive , that kind of history belongs only on tv I guess ? ... R* always manages to come up with something very good ... so I be shutting my pie hole ...

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I wouldn't mind playing AGENT although I wouldn't be too disappointed if it got cancelled like The Getaway 3, now I really wanted to play that game :(

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Half Life 3 confirmed.

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"We renewed Agents trademarks? ARE YOU GUYS READY FOR THIS GAME?! We know it was ment to come out on PS3 but we dont like to dissapoint our fans...get ready for Agent on PS6, coming out 2045!!!!!!!!!!"

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@frylock1987 More like 2023. Most console life cycles are 5 years. This one was an exception.

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wether its alive ir dead it was announced as a playstation exclusive... and if dead it sould be announced

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Great.. another 6 years of teasing a vaporware title.


Which game will release first.. Agent, Last Guardian, or FF15?

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@lostn Final Fantasy 15. Since Square just retitled Versus 13.

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wow , thanks for all the information , did I say thanks ? I think I read I said thanks somewhere at least I think I did , but that was so long ago , I know I said thanks or did I ? ahhh just nevermind !

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Good to know that it is still alive. I don't even care if it is a Playstation exclusive anymore, I just want it to release.

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I'm interested to see where this game actually goes.

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cracked totes just had an article about this shit lol, hope it gets made

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please be for PS4

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I look forward to this game. I love how they treat their franchises, reminds me of old Blizzard without the Activision BS. I can't believe I bought Diablo 3 for $60.

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good

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Haha so it's still around, good to hear it's not cancelled, looked interesting at E3... 2010?

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@Johny_47 no 2009 i believe

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Rockstar know where it's at. Clue: not Xbox One.

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the agent will turn out to be the last guardian.

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I doubt its coming out. They more than likely renewed the trademark so they didn't lose it.

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Well at least it's clearly still a thing they want to put out there.

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Come on Rockstar! Show us the magic! :D

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This game is the only reason why I'm prolly gonna buy a PS4

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I wonder if it's still going to be only on Playstation

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Let's reach 100.

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100.

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Reagent. :P

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@s_h_a_d_o Reagent: Revengeance.

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The game was annonced in 2007, not in 2009 (see the date of the "2009" article). That is the same summer I kept watching GTA IV teasers.

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@jff54 lemme clarify. rockstar announced that they were working on a new IP in 2007. Howewa, they did not reveal the title until E3 2009.

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This game would probably be better suited for xbox one and rockstar tapping into the cloud. Or if it stays sony exclusive wait until Sony gets there cloud going. Plus I can see this game using multiple devices (ipads, phones and etc...) to help or hinder other players. I say the cloud because wasn't this the game where you could send out agents to gather intel? Hence you could be doing work on another device to aid yourself when away from your console/pc.

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@BigBadBully Stop with the cloud, it'll work terribly and has never been proven to be efficient.

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Well yeah, this isn't news. Whether or not they're working on it, they pretty much have to renew the trademark, or they'll lose it.

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@xsonicchaos The Last Guardian say's they agree with you...

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*SHOCK HORROR*

A story about a Rockstar game, somehow manages to turn into yet another pointless fanboy war!



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Sony pays the bucks for Rockstar, Microsoft pays bucks for Activision,and Capcom. I think a good Rockstar exclusive would be good for Sony.

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@Vorexum Microsoft also at one point paid the bucks for Rockstar. Hence the short-term exclusiveness of the GTA 4 DLC.

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Red Dead 3 is definitely on the horizon, possibly even before Agent

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As long as it isn't a console exclusive, I'd be happy with that news.

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Good. I was afraid this game was dead. I wonder if Rockstar North is still the studio for this game and we're finally hearing something about it again because GTA5 is nearly out.

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Loved LA Noire and Red Dead Redemption, cant wait for this!

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A game I don't care about anymore. Seriously, This is the only time Rockstar pissed me off. Brought a PS3 strictly for this, MGS4 and FF13 Versus. I only got one of those three games this generation.

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@frylock1987 I hear you, as far as not caring anymore. I waited all those years for LA Noire and it finally dropped and wasn't worth the wait -- I'd played that game back when they were calling it Police Quest 20-something years ago.

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@Cl0ud @Srenuka14 that's because the 360 has almost no exclusive games even worth playing so 360 players mostly buy multiplats but the ps3 has heaps of great exclusives

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