VideoGamer: The Agency Hands-On

Sony Online Entertainment's senior game designer Kevin O'Hara describes The Agency, due out for PS3 and PC next year, as an "online action shooter". "First and foremost we're trying to be a shooter that appeals to people who like FPSs or action shooters," he explains as PS3 and PC versions of the game are being played together in glorious cross-platform loveliness.

It's enough to make you think The Agency is some kind of MMO-esque Call of Duty or Killzone 2, but it actually looks nothing like those popular FPSs. It looks, for all intents and purposes, just like you'd imagine a super spy MMO to look – the game's played primarily from a third-person view with a standard MMO user interface, mini-map and health bars.