BioWare's cancelled spy RPG 'Agent' revealed  by Alice O'Connor,
Dec 07, 2012 6:05am PST  BioWare had a Bond-y, Bourne-ish
espionage RPG in the works several years ago but it ended up
scrapped, Trent Oster has revealed. Codenamed 'Agent,' it was
the BioWare co-founder's last project before he left in 2009,
and hoped to showcase the full spread of a secret agent's
talents.  "The concept was to do the other half of GoldenEye,"
Oster told Eurogamer. "The idea being that James Bond isn't just
a gun that walks around the world and shoots people. He's a
suave manipulator, he's a talented martial artist, he's a secret
agent. We wanted to cross that 007 with Jason Bourne, where he's
been modified in some way; you're not sure what, but he's
definitely deadly."  Oster explained that BioWare wanted to
"push the acting side," with "very high drama, very intense
scenes" like the Bourne movies' punch-ups. Ultimately, Oster
said, the project "failed to survive the recession" and ended up
cancelled.  However, he said, "Funda