Nearly three years after being announced and nearly a full calendar year of radio silence, Sony action MMO The Agency has re-emerged! There are maybe a few slight cosmetic differences – like: now it's free, on Facebook and has no actual action – but otherwise, it's exactly the game we expected lo these many years.
Alright, alright, so The Agency: Covert Ops isn't the same game, though it is related to that long-in-development property. This new iteration is definitely better looking and sounding than most games on Facebook, though the grindy, challenge-free game designs seems -- from our limited experience -- pretty darn similar to a lot of social web games.
However, unlike its big brother, it managed to actually be released, so that's something, right?
Reader Comments (15)
Posted: May 5th 2010 9:04PM Frivolous said
I swore i signed up for some-sort of FPS facebook game at somepoint... I wonder how thats progressing...
Posted: May 5th 2010 9:15PM xJimmeh said
SKILLS FOR KILLS AGENT, SKILLS FOR-...oh wait...wrong hat.
Posted: May 5th 2010 9:16PM Wiizer said
Oh Facebook... and everyone thought the Wii was the bane of hardcore gamers.
Posted: May 5th 2010 9:19PM ThatStuffsLethal said
Damn, I misread that title as "Agent finally launches"...
/disappointment
/disappointment
Posted: May 5th 2010 9:28PM (Unverified) said
Either way, it would still end with "...on Facebook."
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Posted: May 5th 2010 9:45PM (Unverified) said
Sadtuba.com
Posted: May 5th 2010 9:51PM Neebs said
I was excited for this game 3 years ago. Now I'll just look lame to all my classmates...
Posted: May 5th 2010 10:35PM (Unverified) said
I just tried to "play" this.. i don't get it. I was just clicking around and apparently some where I completed my first "mission" I don't know exactly what I was expecting, but i closed it out and went back to playing Bad Company 2..
Posted: May 6th 2010 3:40AM sjenky said
Dutch people haven't worn shorts like that since the 80's :-p I think that character isn't gonna blend in very well in Amsterdam..
Posted: May 6th 2010 6:06AM MrAlex said
The Agency isn't going to get made, if it is it won't be profitable, please just cancel it and get the team doing something worthwhile.
Posted: May 6th 2010 6:18AM oboynesquick said
wow that looks lame.
i have lost all hope for this title
i have lost all hope for this title
Posted: May 6th 2010 9:56AM (Unverified) said
Is this that R* game mentioned at e3 a year or two ago?
If this was supposed to be an mmo, were they going to charge monthly for it?
Why is this confusing me? Wrong morning for wake&bake.
If this was supposed to be an mmo, were they going to charge monthly for it?
Why is this confusing me? Wrong morning for wake&bake.
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