Random quote by HiRez being interviewed on the MMO subject:

-"Global Agenda has foregone the standard server structure of most MMOs and instead has split players up based on which major geographic region they come from. Players within an area will work towards a single end-game. Can you shed some light on what that end game could be like? What will happen to Global Agenda when it comes? (Server reset, expansion, etc)."

-"Sure thing. We’re super excited about Global Agenda’s Campaign play which, as you say, allows all players within a major geographic region, for example all North American players, to compete in the same integrated end-game involving territory and resource control.

The typical MMO server convention requires you to ‘pick a server’ upon character creation which then limits the population you can play with from that point on. For Global Agenda we did not want a server-choice to get in the way of player-driven politics and strategy on a massive scale. So, our shard is designed to support tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of players interacting within the same game universe via systems like chat, teaming/ looking-for group, matchmaking, economy/auction house, and agency management. It is truly a massive world within which players create their own agencies, form alliances, and compete to acquire resources and capture territory in alliance vs. alliance campaigns.

When a player alliance successfully claims an entire zone, anticipated to take approximately 45 days, that group will be rewarded with prestige items, public display of their alliance banner, and permanent notation within the lore of the world; so they are truly making history! The player conflict then moves to a new zone available for conquest."

Another on the campaign:

We expect most players will eventually participate in our Campaign mode which allows player groups to acquire territory within the world, construct facilities, defenses, and bases on that territory, produce resources, and engage in the player-driven drama to dominate a region.

The PvP fights themselves are limited down to around 10 Vs 10, but there can be many, many battles, with different people in, fighting for the same team, or agency. That number of people each match is what they found to be most fun, and at the speed it goes I'm sure it would've ruined it having any more.

The game graphics are usually the first thing that get complimented, nothing staggering or any new technology, but it looks cool to me. Most games based on the Unreal Engine 3 do look quite cool, and play smoothly. Maybe just not your cup of tea lol.

As for the storyline, this is the background if anyone wants to read:

Global Agenda is [...] set in Earth’s near future, a spy-fi world of advanced technology and player-driven conflict. In the wake of severe global disaster, the political face of 22nd century earth has changed. Player created factions scheme against each other for power while simultaneously opposing a totalitarian world government bent on domination. Traditional full-scale wars a thing of the past, factions must rely on covert agencies, teams of elite special operatives able to seize and defend key facilities. The future of humanity is their battleground, where knowledge is power, technology is a race, and everyone has an agenda.