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   Following the renaissance of spy movies (and mostly TV series), we are witnessing a very strong comeback of spy-themed games as well. And we're not talking about the Carmen Sandiego kind of classical games, but big-budget productions like Pandemic's Saboteur, or the Unreal Engine 3-powered Global Agenda, both revealed earlier this year. And today we can add another title to this growing list: The Agency, a new online action game coming from Sony Online Entertainment, developed by SOE Seattle for the PC and PlayStation 3. Right, no Xbox 360... for now.

   Simply put, The Agency will be a fast-paced online action shooter, set within a persistent and evolving modern-day world filled with espionage, intrigue and betrayal. The game promises to be a "pick-up-and-play experience", enforcing the gameplay idea that "you are what you wear" (as opposed to "you are what you become over years of maniacal playing"), offering a wide variety of cooperative and competitive story-driven missions set in exotic locales across the globe, for both solo players and groups.

   There will be two factions in the game: the slick UNITE spies, and the gritty ParaGON mercenariers. As they gain ranks within their chosen faction, players will also be able to build their own agencies, team with others to create joint agencies, and recruit a roster of useful "Operatives" - which are basically the "living loot" in The Agency. And the better your Operatives, the better their assistance during your missions. Plus, you can also trade Operatives with other players, but that's a whole 'nother story.

   With no estimative release date in sight, for now all we can do is surveil the first screenshots and the "behind the scenes" trailer issued along with today's announcement.