Dan Houser: Rockstar never cracked its spy game Agent

Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser said two or three teams tried to build the open-world spy game Agent, announced at E3 2009 as a PS3 exclusive, but the studio could never get it right. He argued the spy genre's urgency and globe-hopping clashes with Rockstar's open-world formula.

• Agent was announced at E3 2009 as a PS3 exclusive but never released
• Two or three Rockstar teams tried and failed to make the game
• Houser: spy stories push forward in time, open worlds want to spread out
• Rockstar never formally announced Agent's cancellation