Sony Online Entertainment's game studio in Bellevue is on a mission with "The Agency," a James Bondish thriller it has been developing since 2005.

The mission's getting less secret by the day — especially since the Sony division boss will talk it up during a games conference in Seattle this week — but it's still pretty intriguing.Sony is hoping "The Agency" creates a new genre that blends the action of first-person shooting games with the immersive experience of massively multiplayer online (MMO) games.