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Rumor: LA Noire responsible for Agent being PS3 exclusive

IVG writes:
If postings on a mysterious Twitter account are to be believed, LA Noire may well be responsible for Rockstar's major new IP – Agent, being exclusive to the PS3.

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Serjikal_Strike5198d ago

but like it said in the article..i take it with a grain of salt!

krackchap5198d ago

Sensible move by sony. Trading a vapourware for R* north's next big franchise.

Noctis Aftermath5198d ago

Well i'm willing to bet that LA Noire won't make rockstar any money but Agent will.

mastiffchild5198d ago

It's not true that this game has ANYTHING to do with Sony getting Agent exclusively at all. It's a result, and the first fruits of the three game deal for exclusives Sony have with R*. I'm not certain that this is the case but IIRC the deal comes from around the time GTA4 went multi and MS were paying for the DLC-probably a sweetener for Sony allowing R* out of any previous agreement over GTA games and to compensate for losing a guaranteed console seller and money maker in the GTA series I think three new IP(which may or may not catch on remember) is a fair sounding deal.

Also, what makes LANoire and wherever it goes relevanyt to Sony unless R* were to give it to Sony as one of the three, no? Even then it only moves Agent down the release list in any case. Last I heard from the TB site for LAN it was being made for "next gen consoles and PC" IIRC and I don't see much logic in this.

Oldsnake0075198d ago

I just want AGENT to be an AAA exclusive.

Hellsvacancy5198d ago

U watch, itll b announced soon that L.A Noire, Agent and Bully 2 r the 3 Sony exclusives

No doubt im wrong, i would another Bully game aswel, multiplat or not

Godmars2905198d ago

Or they could be trading one vaporware title for another vaporware title...

darkmurder5198d ago

I thought Indians were still on the Atari?

Christopher5198d ago (Edited 5198d ago )

L.A. Noire, for all intents and purposes, is still flagged as only a PS3 game. There's been no official statement otherwise.

Furthermore, it's no secret that R* has posted making more profit from PS3 sales - due to much lower royalty fees - of GTA4, excluding DLC, and for them to bring new IPs as timed exclusives to the PS3 would be the smart choice for them to do to test the waters and see if they have the potential for being made into new franchises.

It's unlikely we'll see anything on either of these games until this fall due to the need to keep marketing focus on Red Dead Redemption.

TheDudeAbides5198d ago

La Noire is a great game coming to PS3 too, but they are getting exclusive game by Rockstar North = WIN

bjornbear5198d ago (Edited 5198d ago )

so as long as agent remains exclusive and makes use of the PS3 hardware like U2 and LBP we'll have another GOTY =D

sweet!

@darkmurder

that was tasteless and immature =/ i can take a joke but, that was just rude.

then again you are an attention putana, so no surprise.

GVON5198d ago (Edited 5198d ago )

I thought Tretton said it was an exchange for GTA4 being Ps3 only,as the userbase and price wasn't mas market enough.

Found it

"in exchange for letting them out of [the GTA IV] exclusive."

http://www.gamedaily.com/ar...

He said it during a interview with Geoff Keighley on Game Head?

DaTruth5198d ago (Edited 5198d ago )

@Darkmurder: Damn, that dude called you a putana!

He went Greek on your @$$!

Megaton5197d ago

Dunno why mastiffchild got so many disagrees, he's absolutely right. It had nothing to do with LA Noire. LA Noire isn't even developed by Rockstar, just published by them. Agent's exclusivity came about when Sony allowed GTAIV to go multiplat, since they apparently had it locked down in the first place. It's all tied to GTAIV.

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josh143995198d ago (Edited 5198d ago )

i suppose it does make sense. i think sony had the right idea gaining exclusivity to agent instead even though we know little about it. Rockstar north are very good developers and it will be interesting to see what they can do with the ps3. i wonder if agent will be open world or a linear game.

This could just be a rumour but it does explain the heavy rumours of la noire being a multiplatform games now.

Hanif-8765198d ago (Edited 5198d ago )

If AGENT is a linear game then i'm not interested. I'm sick of everything being linear most of the time, i need my open world fix :-)

Please Rockstar give us the the next generation GTA we never got in the form of AGENT!

Dance5198d ago

Bloody sure this game is also heading to the PC and Xbox

GiantEnemyCrab5197d ago (Edited 5197d ago )

Yes, with the way things have been going with third parties I expect the same thing.. Unless R* doesn't like money or Sony paid off the difference. Either way, I got a PS3 so I'm covered.

OGharryjoysticks5198d ago

But then what did Sony get from allowing Rockstar out of the exclusivity for the GTA series?

Let me guess....was it a great big bag of Microsoft money =)

NYC_Gamer5198d ago

i just want both of these games to be worth playing..

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L.A. Noire And Bully — Rockstar's Lost Gems That Deserve A Sequel As Much As GTA

Hanzala from eXputer: "I do appreciate GTA 6, Rockstar, but if I could trade it for a new L.A. Noire or a Bully game, I'd do so in a heartbeat."

Skuletor13d ago

How are they lost? You can get L.A. Noire on Steam, PS5, Xbox Series and Nintendo Switch and Bully is on the PS5 and Xbox Series too.

Psychonaut8513d ago

I want a new Manhunt game. But that will never happen.

Demetrius12d ago

Mfs are too sensitive nowadays and would cry instead of being concerned bout real world problems

Demetrius12d ago

Whenever gta 6 launch we won't be getting another rockstar title for another 10 years lol but on the positive side they bou to come back n show how open world supposed to be done 🔥

Skuletor12d ago

I won't expect any singleplayer DLC like IV's The Lost & Damned or The Ballad of Gay Tony after it launches either

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Agent: Rockstar's PS3 Exclusive That Never Escaped the Shadows

No game proves how quickly things can change in terms of ethos at a studio quite like Agent.

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XiNatsuDragnel27d ago

I wished agent was revived so badly

Skuletor27d ago

Rockstar's game outpost has steadily declined since HD console gaming started . Hell, they were releasing new games every year since the PS2 launched, up to the start of the 7th gen.

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First leaked screenshots surface for Rockstar's canceled Agent

It appears that the first screenshots for Rockstar's canceled spy game, Agent, have been leaked online.

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purple101113d ago

I thought this got cancelled then rolled into LA Noir

Also, does anyone remember the feature they were supposed to have where you received a text in the game it came to your actual mobile phone?

SonyStyled112d ago (Edited 112d ago )

If I remember correctly, LA Noire was being developed by Team Bondi under a 3 game exclusivity contract with Sony. For some reason the contract was terminated and development of LA Noire by Bondi was cancelled, but resumed by Rockstar half complete and released as multiplatform. Agent was supposed to be an exclusive title by Rockstar in return for LA Noire.

I’m sure there’s many more details I don’t remember as it was 15 years ago. Some of GTA5 is recycled from Agent though

Team Bondis wiki page
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/...

Santouryuu112d ago (Edited 112d ago )

Iirc, sony terminated the contract because of the developers beeing mitreated by rockstar. Rockstar was "supporting" with the development.

Found it.
Source:
https://youtu.be/KO53rj04-l...

ocelot07112d ago

Was that not the Agency? Another spy game Sony was working on.

TheColbertinator112d ago

That's the one. Sony Online was in charge of that one and were the team responsible for Everquest

Profchaos112d ago

Nah la noire was always something different the link between la noire and aren't was that Sony was originally going to obtain exclusivity to it. Sony was instead offered agent as a PlayStation exclusive if they allowed Rockstar to reneg and make la noire a Multi plat

porkChop113d ago

I've already seen quite a few of these years ago. But still, it's a shame it was cancelled. Hopefully one day we'll get another globetrotting spy thriller. Maybe MS can get the rights to Alpha Protocol from Sega, or have Obsidian make a spiritual successor.

thorstein112d ago

Our go old school with Golgo 13 out Rolling Thunder..

Great IPs that could take a swing at reviving.

TheColbertinator112d ago

Interesting. My type of game and unfortunately never surfaced.

XiNatsuDragnel112d ago

I wished we got revival of agent tbh.

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