SOE's agent-MMO The Agency was announced back in 2006, and it's been a while since we heard anything from or about it. But now, out of the blue, SOE's president John Smedley told Gametrailers that "you're going something around The Agency very soon, like weeks. And I mean playing within weeks."
Beta? Sounds a bit like it. When asked about a final release, Smedley said:
"I don't want to give an exact time frame when we're ready to release it. We're really proud with the progress its made and we're happy with it internally, but we're not going to put it out there until we feel like we've got something that's better than everything else, so that's going to take as long as it takes."