Gamersfirst is one of the largest free to play platforms arround. They have been running APB (All Points Bulletin) in beta form for about 8 months now. The Gangster filled shooter has had a number of tweaks made to its shooting mechanic, and some stability added to it's servers. Now that everything has been polished, the MMO shooter is ready to launch.
When it comes to failed massively multiplayer online games, few are as legendary as APB. Realtime Worlds devoted almost all of its resources to the game, but just after launch, the entire project was shut down and the company was shuttered...
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Things are looking up for Reloaded Production's relaunch of the APB Reloaded MMO. According to its parent company, GamersFirst, over 100,000 participants have signed up to test drive the rejigged MMO during its closed beta, which is slated to begin on February 28th...
According to the latest entry in the APB reloaded blog, over a hundred thousand people have submitted their interest in taking part in this rare occurrence... a game effectively rising from the dead.
GamersFirst's latest developer blog detailing the progress of APB Reloaded, the new free-to-play version of APB, has offered new details on what previous players of APB will be able to restore when APB Reloaded goes live.
Closed beta application details to be released this week
Whether or not players will care about APB's potential to grow beyond an ordinary shooter remains to be seen. After all, Global Agenda is a similar title with a fairly deep backstory (and one that is summarily ignored by 99.9% of the players fragging it up in AvA and merc matches). The fact that GamersFirst is even considering future additions to APB is relatively exciting news, and we'll be watching with great interest.
zConnection's Connor Beaton writes: Realtime Worlds' shutdown in September was a shock to some, despite its apparently inevitability long before the launch of its flagship title, the PC-exclusive MMO APB, in July. As we haven't heard much about the Scottish game developer since the purchase of APB's source code, let's take a look at what's happened to the company, its headquarters and its items.
APB wasnt by any means a bad game, according to new publishers GamersFirst. It just wasnt suited to being a retail product.
According to GamersFirst, community will be key in shaping APB: Reloaded's future.
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