The Agency, Sony Online Entertainment's upcoming MMOFPS last seen at E3 2010, has met an early end as Sony Online Entertainment has announced its cancellation, in addition to the closure of several of Sony Online Entertainment's studios.
Sony Online Entertainment has been since E3 2010 on The Agency's development; a tie-in Facebook game, titled The Agency: Covert Ops, was released in early 2010 and has been receiving infrequent updates since July.
With over half a year of silence, a cancellation comes as little surprise. Still, The Agency was new ground for Sony Online Entertainment, offering the developer a chance to break new ground into the still growing MMOFPS subniche and capitilize on the inner spy hidden in the minds of thousands of gamers.
It may be likely that we will see much of the same design and effort put into The Agency reappear in Planetside Next, a title that SOE has not left behind in the wake of today's confirmed layoffs and intends to focus on, along with EverQuest, according to its official statement.
Did you have plans already in mind for The Agency? Where do you think SOE will go from here? Let us know in the comments!
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