[Senior staff leave 'The Agency' to start new studio; SOE claims game unaffected]

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The Agency has lost some top agents as several members of Sony Online Entertainment's Seattle studio have left to form Detonator Games. The losses include art director Corey Dangel, studio director Matt Wilson and producer John Smith -- the latter two were founding members of the development house.

Eurogamer (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/no-reboot-to-the-agency-as-staff-leave) reports the departures have ignited rumors that the The Agency (http://joystiq.com/tag/the-agency) will experience a reboot or overhaul -- which wouldn't be the first time the production team has had to go on the defensive (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/19/joystiq-interviews-the-agencys-lead-designer-about-the-state-of/). SOE denies that there's any reboot going on and notes that company is "looking forward to showing you new content in the future." Let's see if the game makes its 2010 release (http://www.joystiq.com/2009/03/24/gdc09-the-agency-and-dc-universe-online-coming-2010/).

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