Kotaku: The Agency

Sony's MMO Studio Confirms Massive Layoffs, Closes The Book On The Agency

Mike Fahey — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:30:00 EDT

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Yesterday's rumors have proven true, as Sony Online Entertainment confirms 205 cut positions, the closure of three studio locations, and puts the final bullet in the head of massively multiplayer online spy game The Agency. More »

Is the Future of PC Gaming Massive and Online?

Brian Crecente — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:20:00 EST

This week, exceedingly popular computer game World of Warcraft undergoes a cataclysm, reshaping not just the game's landscape but how you play in the game. More »

The Agency Opens On Facebook

Mike Fahey — Wed, 05 May 2010 12:00:00 EDT

Fans waiting patiently for Sony Online Entertainment to get The Agency together can get a small taste of the spy game via The Agency: Covert Ops, one of the deepest Facebook games I've ever seen. More »

Top Devs Defect On Sony's 'The Agency'

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:40:30 EDT

Sony Online Entertainment's The Agency, the massively multiplayer spy role-playing game announced in 2007, may have hit a bit of a development snag, losing key personnel that includes the studio's director and executive producer. More »

The Agency Returns With A CG Trailer

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:30:00 EDT

Been a while since we heard anything about Sony's upcoming PS3 & PC MMO "The Agency". But with E3 rapping at our chamber door, Sony have released a new CG trailer. More »

The Agency Underground, Emerges Next Summer

Mike Fahey — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:20:00 EST

Earlier this week we got the good news that SOE's MMO The Agency wasn't canceled, but where's the game been? In hiding, apparently. According to the game's lead designer Hal Milton, after the CES demo was released earlier this year the developers went into full-on content creation mode. More »

GameFly Prematurely Closes The Agency

Mike Fahey — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:40:00 EST

Several of you emailed us this morning, frightened after receiving email notifications from the game rental service GameFly that Sony Online Entertainment's MMO The Agency for the PlayStation 3 had been canceled by the manufacturer. Instead of panicking, we decided to contact the manufacturer to see what they had to say. More »

Agency Devs Exploring Cross-Platform Play

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:20:00 EDT

The developers of upcoming MMO The Agency, Sony Online Entertainment, are releasing the game on two platforms. PC and PS3. So it's natural to hope that they're looking at cross-platform play between users of either system, yes? Correct. Natural and fortunate, because that's exactly what they're doing. Replying to a question asking about play between PS3 and PC users, SOE's Matt Wilson replied "we're actually doing that at the office. Technology-wise, it's really not that complicated". Good news! Temper that good news, however, with a pinch of pragmatism; just because they can do it, doesn't mean they will. There's all sorts of things to consider, from the ease of hacking/cheating on PC to differences in control schemes to the inevitable "that's not fair" whining that comes when one group of players is using a control system they think isn't as good as another. More »

Free Realms MMO Coming to Playstation 3

Brian Crecente — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:30:00 EDT

Sony Online Entertainment's experimental blending of social network service with massively multiplayer online role-playing game, FreeRealms, is coming to the Playstation 3 as well as the PC, Sony Computer Entertainment of Europe announced today. More »

Interview: The Winning G.I.R.L.

Leigh Alexander — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:20:00 EDT

Julia Brasil was recently chosen as the winner of Sony Online Entertainment's first Gamers In Real Life (G.I.R.L.) design scholarship contest. Nearly 100 applicants submitted game concepts and essays, and Julia's Everquest II level and essay submission won her a $10,000 scholarship to The Art Institute of California, and a paid internship at Sony Online Entertainment. More »

SOE Clarifies The Agency's Real Money Trading

Mike Fahey — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:20:00 EDT

Last month Sony Online Entertainment announced that upcoming titles The Agency and Free Realms would be utilizing the Live Gamer service for real money transactions, which many people took to mean that players would be able to buy weapons and equipment to enchance their gameplay. In an interview published over at Eurogamer, lead designer Hal Milton explains that this isn't the case at all. More »

The Agency Team Sticks To Its Guns (No Licking)

Leigh Alexander — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:20:00 EDT

At the US PlayStation Blog, director of development Matt Wilson of Sony Online Entertainment's Seattle studio, currently at work on development of The Agency, introduced himself with some quick updates from a recent open house alongside the recent ION Game Conference, which included an Agency-themed event. More »

SOE's Agency, Free Realms To Support Real Money Trading

Leigh Alexander — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:20:00 EDT

Sony Online Entertainment announced that its upcoming titles, The Agency and Free Realms, will support real money transactions, through the company's ongoing partnership with e-commerce platform Live Gamer. More »

The Agency Walk-Through

Brian Crecente — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:20:48 EST

I hate to admit that I'm really looking forward to an MMO, mostly because I've been burned and burned out so many times on the over-used, under thought-out genre, but I really am getting psyched for The Agency. It looks like they've gone to great lengths to get rid of the stuff I hated in MMOs. Part two is on the jump. More »

The Agency Targeting The Halo Crowd For Sexy MMO Time

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:30:28 EST

The folks at Sony Online Entertainment are one of the few gaming companies who have a presence at CES, showing off upcoming wares like The Agency, the MMO that's heavy on action and light on grind. The development team walked us through a video demonstration of the game, one that was played live, but filmed from multiple perspectives and edited to show off the game's features, giving plenty of details on how the PC and PlayStation 3 game will work. More »

SOE Starting Beta Registration For The Agency?

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:40:01 EDT

Sony Online Entertainment's official site for the upcoming PC and PLAYSTATION 3 online game The Agency is recruiting. For what? We're not 100% sure exactly, but many of our readers believe this is an indication that early beta registration is the reason the site is taking requests to join one of the game's two factions. More »

The Agency for PS3, PC Detailed

Brian Crecente — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:58:41 EDT