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Sony’s spy-themed PlayStation 3/PC massively multiplayer game won’t arrive until latter half of next year, says SOE CEO John Smedley.
Sony’s spy-versus-spy massively multiplayer PlayStation 3 and PC title The Agency was first unveiled at D.I.C.E. 2007 under the working title “Vista.” Months later, it was officially uncloaked as The Agency, a persistent online shooter in which players can step into the world of international espionage.
At the 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo in June, The Agency associate producer James Karras told GameSpot the title is taking an “it’s done when it’s done approach.” Now, it appears the game won’t be done until the second half of next year.
Speaking with gaming blog Kotaku, Sony Online Entertainment CEO John Smedley revealed that The Agency won’t arrive until late 2011. “There was a moment in time in our company where we looked at our own stuff with a clear eye and saw we have to do better,” Smedley said. He referenced SOE’s DC Universe Online, which also suffered a delay, and noted how pushing that title has benefited that project. “DC Universe was held for a year-and-a-half from when we wanted to launch it, and now I’m very happy with it.”
The Agency has players working for one of two main factions with the ultimate goal of controlling the world. As should be expected of a game that seeks to put players in the role of a Fleming-esque hero (or villain), The Agency will feature adventures in far-off lands, assassinations, illicit drug trade, sabotage, undercover sleuthing, and betrayal.
For more on The Agency, check out GameSpot’s hands-on preview.
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UK publisher complains of breached contract by US developer NetDevil.Codemasters has filed a complaint against Jumpgate Evolution developer NetDevil in the US Federal Court in San Francisco.
The court document, which is available to the public, seeks Codemasters’ $1.1 million investment to be returned along with legal fees and expenses relating to the project, which has faced a string of delays and was due to ship in 2009.
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Is one of them Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2?
The developer behind successful but poor shooter Sniper: Ghost Warrior has announced it is creating yet another new FPS and it could be Sniper 2.
City Interactive offered no detail on what the game may be, but it is due out next year and is being built using Gears of War developer Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 3.
The news comes after City announced it had snapped up Stuart Black, the man behind classic PlayStation 2 FPS Black, following his departure from Codemasters last month.
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Capcom’s handheld action RPG goes double-platinum first week on the market in Japan; series sales stand at 15 million.
Any doubts about the enduring popularity of the Monster Hunter series in Japan were erased this past week. That’s when Monster Hunter Freedom 3, known as Monster Hunter Portable 3rd in the island nation, sold 2 million units since going on sale December 1. The shipments appear to be even ahead of publisher Capcom’s optimistic estimates, which predict the PSP game will eventually sell 3.6 million units. Since 2004, the Monster Hunter series has sold over 15 million units, mostly in Japan.
A sequel to Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (known as Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G in Japan), Monster Hunter Portable 3rd offers new hunting areas and monstrous prey. It also sports a new Feylene system, which allows players to customize their companions’ equipment loadouts when embarking on hunts. The game also sports the same ad-hoc co-op mode that has made the series so popular in Japan.
Monster Hunter Portable 3rd has no US release date as of yet. For a closer look at the game, check out its trailer from this year’s Tokyo Game show, viewable below.
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US-retail giant’s rewards program set to make the leap overseas.Videogame retailer GameStop will launch its PowerUp rewards card in Europe. The card was introduced nationwide to the US in October and encourages users to “score points” for trade-ins and purchases which can then be redeemed online or in-store.
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Will the sci-fi MMO ever be released?
Science fiction MMO fans wondering what’s happening with the long in development Jumpgate Evolution were finally given an update today but it’s not good news.
Publisher Codemasters revealed in a post on its official forum that it has filed a civil complaint in San Francisco against developer NetDevil and parent company Gazillion for failing to deliver the game on time.
In documents published on the internet (spotted by Massively) the UK publisher alleges NetDevil failed to meet contractual guidelines that stipulated Jumpgate would launch by 24th February 2009.
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Blizzard’s considering it.
Blizzard would like to make World of Warcraft expansion packs more quickly, and is considering making smaller expansions in order to release them more often, designers Greg Street and Dave Kosak have revealed.
Blizzard has so far released an expansion pack every two years, but an 18-month schedule is “certainly a goal, we would like to get expansions out very quickly because we know players respond to them very well,” lead systems designer Street told Eurogamer in an interview marking the launch of third expansion Cataclysm.
Earlier in the game’s life, Blizzard said it aimed to publish an expansion every year, but “we’re not anywhere close to that now,” Street admitted.
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President of Sony Online Entertainment reveals that the long-delayed MMOG is on track for 2011.John Smedley, the president of SOE, says The Agency will launch in the second half of next year following a string of delays.
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“We have to do better,” says SOE.
Sony Online’s exciting spy MMO The Agency has been elbowed to the latter half of 2011.
John Smedley, the man in charge, explained that the PC and PS3 game needed lots more work.
“There was a moment in time in our company where we looked at our own stuff with a clear eye and saw we have to do better,” he told Kotaku.
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Telara croft of MMOs?
The second bout of beta testing for MMO RIFT will begin on Friday, 17th December and end on Monday, 20th December.
Testing both starts and ends at 6pm UK time.
As with the first closed beta – completed yesterday – anyone wishing to take part needs to sign up on the RIFT website and await invitation to the testing.
