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Fan discovers what appears to be assets for Rockstar's canceled PS3 game, Agent, within GTA 5's leaked source code, including an early look at the spy game's main character
Agent was formally announced in 2009, but was ultimately scrapped
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A character model for Rockstar Games' canceled game, Agent, has been found
A dataminer discovered the mode within GTA 5's leaked source code
The character model appears to be a remix of GTA 4's Niko Bellic
A fan has discovered what appears to be the early model for the main character for Rockstar Games' canceled project, Agent.
In 2023, the source code for GTA 5 was leaked, leading to all sorts of discoveries over the years, but this week, a fan shared a new discovery that shines some light on Rockstar's PS3 spy game Agent, which never saw the light of day.
User Xana Bax shared their findings on the GTA Forum (thanks, Kotaku), which included assets and character models for an unknown character, suggesting that one in particular was the main character of Agent.
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Xana Bax explained that three of the four models were from GTA V and weren’t related to Agent, but suspects the fourth, which shows a man wearing army fatigues, wasn't a GTA 5 asset.
The dataminer claims the model was buried within a folder titled 'Jimmy', which was reportedly the codename for Agent and was also under the hierarchy list labeled 'Player', suggesting that this character was the playable protagonist.
The filename also included the mention of "North Rig", which could be Rockstar North, the studio that was originally developing the game.
Rockstar’s canceled game Agent protagonist may have been found in the GTAV source code leak. GTAForums user Xana Bax did a deep dive into the character model, it matches the 2011 leaked screenshots, and the main hierarchy node is named “player”Source: https://t.co/x MBmapl HZY pic.twitter.com/dbz Qi Dkquh April 5, 2026
Rockstar’s canceled game Agent protagonist may have been found in the GTAV source code leak. GTAForums user Xana Bax did a deep dive into the character model, it matches the 2011 leaked screenshots, and the main hierarchy node is named “player”Source: https://t.co/x MBmapl HZY pic.twitter.com/dbz Qi Dkquh April 5, 2026
What's more, it appears that the character is a kind of remix of Grand Theft Auto 4's Niko Bellic. Xana Bax explained that "some parts of the model are taken from/edited versions of Niko Bellic" and the head model "has more or less the same UV map (excluding the hairline)."
The boots pictured are Niko's boots, and the camo pants are an edited version of Niko's.
The model has never been used in GTA 5 or GTA Online, and Xana Bax claims it has a 2009 date attached, which would be two years after Agent was first mentioned by Rockstar.
"Agent takes players on a paranoid journey into the world of counter-intelligence, espionage and political assassinations during the height of the Cold War at the end of the 1970s," Rockstar teased at the time.
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The project was first teased at E3 2007 in partnership with Sony, but was officially announced at E3 2009. The game was slated to release in 2010, but after a long period of radio silence, the trademark finally expired, and in 2021, Agent‘s official website was taken down.
A former Rockstar developer shared that both Agent and GTA 5 were being developed simultaneously, but more resources and people were eventually moved onto GTA 5, leading to Agent's apparent cancellation.
In other related news, fans have uncovered a collection of hidden Grand Theft Auto 4 assets on a second-hand Xbox 360 that turned out to be a Rockstar Games development kit.
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