<s>
Agent	O
is	O
an	O
unreleased	O
stealth	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
under	O
development	O
by	O
Rockstar	O
North	O
that	O
was	O
originally	O
announced	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
planned	O
to	O
take	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
1970s	O
Cold	B-Application
War	I-Application
setting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Agent	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
set	O
during	O
the	O
Cold	B-Application
War	I-Application
in	O
the	O
late	O
1970s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2007	O
,	O
at	O
E3	O
2007	O
,	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
announced	O
that	O
Rockstar	O
Games	O
was	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
new	O
franchise	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
in	O
July	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Michael	O
Shorrock	O
,	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
America	O
's	O
director	O
of	O
third-party	O
relations	O
,	O
wrote	O
on	O
the	O
official	O
U.S.	O
PlayStation	O
Blog	O
:	O
"	O
As	O
part	O
of	O
our	O
long	O
standing	O
relationship	O
with	O
Rockstar	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
incredible	O
success	O
for	O
both	O
companies	O
with	O
the	O
cultural	O
icon	O
that	O
is	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
we	O
've	O
agreed	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	O
exclusive	O
rights	O
of	O
the	O
next	O
great	O
franchise	O
from	O
the	O
Rockstar	O
studios.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Nothing	O
more	O
was	O
revealed	O
about	O
the	O
new	O
franchise	O
except	O
the	O
clarification	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
L.A.	B-Application
Noire	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Shorrock	O
,	O
"	O
Rockstar	O
really	O
wanted	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
you	O
can	O
truly	O
only	O
do	O
on	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
"	O
and	O
added	O
that	O
the	O
reason	O
Sony	O
locked	O
the	O
intellectual	O
property	O
down	O
as	O
an	O
exclusive	O
deal	O
was	O
because	O
Sony	O
believed	O
the	O
franchise	O
would	O
"	O
set	O
the	O
bar	O
for	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
industry	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Feder	O
professed	O
his	O
belief	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
could	O
achieve	O
the	O
same	O
level	O
of	O
success	O
as	O
the	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
series	O
and	O
become	O
"	O
yet	O
another	O
great	O
Rockstar	O
North	O
franchise	O
title	O
"	O
,	O
given	O
that	O
its	O
development	O
was	O
being	O
overseen	O
by	O
Rockstar	O
Games	O
co-founders	O
Sam	O
and	O
Dan	O
Houser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
9	O
June	O
2010	O
,	O
Take-Two	O
Interactive	O
confirmed	O
that	O
Agent	O
was	O
still	O
planned	O
as	O
a	O
PS3-exclusive	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
America	O
's	O
chief	O
executive	O
officer	O
(	O
CEO	O
)	O
,	O
Jack	O
Tretton	O
,	O
said	O
at	O
E3	O
2011	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
unsure	O
over	O
Agent	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
exclusivity	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
decision	O
for	O
Rockstar	O
Games	O
to	O
make	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
15	O
August	O
2011	O
,	O
Leigh	O
Donoghue	O
,	O
a	O
former	O
Rockstar	O
North	O
environmental	O
artist	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
worked	O
on	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
IV	I-Application
and	O
Agent	O
,	O
posted	O
the	O
first	O
images	O
of	O
Agent	O
on	O
his	O
online	O
resume	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
on	O
20	O
February	O
2013	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
an	O
expectation	O
that	O
Agent	O
may	O
have	O
moved	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
PlayStation	O
4-exclusive	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
mention	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
at	O
the	O
launch	O
,	O
while	O
developer	O
Rockstar	O
North	O
had	O
signed	O
up	O
to	O
support	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
asked	O
whether	O
Agent	O
was	O
still	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
title	O
during	O
a	O
roundtable	O
media	O
session	O
that	O
followed	O
the	O
press	O
conference	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
's	O
reveal	O
,	O
Sony	O
Worldwide	O
Studios	O
boss	O
Shuhei	O
Yoshida	O
said	O
:	O
"	O
You	O
are	O
asking	O
the	O
wrong	O
person	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
artist	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
art	O
team	O
was	O
taken	O
off	O
the	O
Agent	O
project	O
and	O
reassigned	O
to	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
V	I-Application
,	O
adding	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
"	O
not	O
sure	O
if	O
this	O
project	O
will	O
ever	O
be	O
published	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
5	B-Application
December	O
2016	O
,	O
Take-Two	O
Interactive	O
again	O
renewed	O
the	O
"	O
Agent	O
"	O
trademark	O
.	O
</s>
