Rockstar Games has a graveyard of cancelled projects, but none have captured fan imagination quite like Agent. The Cold War spy thriller, announced in 2009 and never released, was supposed to be PlayStation 3's answer to James Bond. Now, more than 15 years later, GTAForums user krierraa has unearthed evidence that fragments of its DNA were quietly absorbed into Grand Theft Auto V.
The discovery, posted on GTAForums in May 2024, stems from the massive GTA V source code leak that occurred on Christmas Eve 2023.
According to the findings, the leaked source code contains explicit references to Agent-related character files tied to GTA V's cancelled "Agent Trevor" DLC. The most notable discoveries include references to Agent 14, the IAA operative who eventually appeared in Grand Theft Auto Online as part of the Heists update in March 2015, and Karen Daniels, coded internally as "KAREND_AGT."
Karen Daniels is a character who first appeared in Grand Theft Auto IV under the alias "Michelle," serving as Niko Bellic's love interest before revealing herself as an undercover government agent. Her presence in these Agent-related files suggests Rockstar planned to weave her espionage storyline more deeply into GTA V's narrative. The files also reference the Stromberg, the submersible supercar that would eventually surface in GTA Online's Doomsday Heist update, indicating it was originally intended for story mode content.
The technical smoking gun? Files labelled "Jimmy," which was Agent's internal development codename. Former Rockstar technical director Obbe Vermeij previously confirmed this naming convention, noting it was a Scottish play on "James," as in the actual James Bond.
