Rumor has it that EA will publish a Syndicate sequel that's currently in development at Starbreeze Studios. The designer of the original Syndicate, Sean Cooper, is skeptical.

""They've been saying that for the last fifteen years," Cooper told IncGamers. "Looking at EA's track record of announcing titles, saying they're going to revive it ... they don't tend to do it, because I don't think they really understand what the original game was."

Even if this sequel is in development, Cooper's not optimistic that it will be a true continuation of the franchise. He's been unimpressed with demos of planned Syndicate revivals. "Every time I've seen a prototype of a new Syndicate it's just been misguided. They've tried to be too quirky. They've tried to do things that aren't what the essence of the game was."

The original Syndicate allowed players to command four cyborg agents in the employ of a ruthless corporation. You'd send them around futuristic cities on various missions like assassinations. Cooper described the essence of the game as this: "Big guns. Strong dudes. Terminators essentially. If I have to kill everyone, I will."