The Agency

Introducing The Intern - New Blog from GIRL Scholarship Winner Julia Brasil

_zigzag_ — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:03:00 -0700

This past July Sony Online Entertainment awarded the first G.I.R.L - Gamers In Real Life Game Design Scholarship. Julia Brasil of San Francisco was chosen to receive a 10-week internship with SOE.

Julia has posted her first blog, sharing with us which studio she chose and why, and what her first week on the job was like! You can read the blog here!

MMORPG's CES Update of The Agency

al-Maroc — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:08:37 -0800

MMORPG has published an update of The Agency based on their findings at this year's CES:

The Agency Previews at 1Up and IGN

al-Maroc — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 06:21:07 -0800

Two new preview of The Agency have been published. First up is 1Up:

The Agency Video @ MMORPG

al-Maroc — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:58:27 -0700

MMORPG has published a new <a href="http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm?GAMEID=292&SETVIEW=videos&VID EOID=1109&bhcp=1" target="_blank">video</a> of The Agency. Point your browser <a href="http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm?GAMEID=292&SETVIEW=videos&VID EOID=1109&bhcp=1" target="_blank">here</a> to check it out.

The Agency: Free to Play?

al-Maroc — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:46:04 -0700

PS# Fanboy is <a href="http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2007/08/23/sony-wants-the-agency-to-be-free-to-play/" target="_blank">reporting</a> that Sony is considering making The Agency free to play:<blockquote>At this week's Leipzig Games Convention, the president of Sony Online Entertainment John Smedley held a talk on "Subscriptions vs Micro-transactions" in regards to MMO games. During the briefing, he indicated that Sony was looking at making their upcoming pc/ps3 spy-themed MMO a free play title, meaning there would be no subscription fee (unlike World of Warcraft).

Agency Preview @ ActionTrip

al-Maroc — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:33:45 -0700

ActionTrip has published a <a href="http://www.actiontrip.com/previews/theagency.phtml" target="_blank">preview</a> of The Agency:<blockquote>Sony Online Entertainment is hardly a beginner in the great and exceptionally crowded world of MMO games. Their experience in this particular genre boasts of games like EverQuest, EverQuest II, PlanetSide, The Matrix Online, Star Wars Galaxies and more. Their next project, The Agency, handled by the company's Seattle branch (SOE Seattle), was described as an espionage-themed online first-person person shooter.

The Agency Preview @ Firing Squad

al-Maroc — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:17:08 -0700

Firing Squad has published a <a href="http://www.firingsquad.com/games/the_agency_preview/">preview</a> of The Agency:

Agency Interview @ Joystiq

al-Maroc — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 03:11:01 -0700

Joystiq has published an <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/18/joystiq-interview-hal-milton-lead-designer-the-agency/">interview</a> with The Agency's Hal Milton:

The Agency Preview @ GameSpy

al-Maroc — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:39:29 -0700

GameSpy has published a <a href="http://au.pc.gamespy.com/pc/sony-online-spy-mmo-untitled/795828p1.html">preview</a> of The Agency:<blockquote>The Agency is one of those ideas that seems painfully obvious in retrospect. The MMO genre is replete with overwrought fantasy universes filled with glowing swords and entirely too many elves. Surely there must be other genres out there that provide plenty of action without resorting to pixies, orcs and wood nymphs?

[Updated] The Agency Previews @ Many Different Places

al-Maroc — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:53:31 -0700

A lot of eyes are on Sony's The Agency of late, and here's a bunch of preview links you can check out:<uL><LI><a href="http://www.warcry.com/news/view/72742-The-Agency-WarCrys-Preview">Warcry</a><LI><a href="http://www.gameshark.com/pc/previews/3241/The-Agency-Preview.htm">GameShark</a><LI><a href="http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/theagency/news.html?sid=6172347">GameSpot</a><LI><a href="http://www.gamesradar.com/us/pc/game/previews/article.jsp?sectionId=1001&articleId=2007061114183 205081&releaseId=20070608142529522018">Games Radar</a><LI><a href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/arti