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Aug 13, 2008

APB Public Beta Registration Now Open

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Ripten writes:

"Calling all gamers: we have a situation on the internet, all units respond.

All Points Bulletin, the MMO from UK developers Realtime Worlds – the people behind Crackdown, that game that you bought for the Halo 3 beta – is accepting email addresses in preparation for beta testing."
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Aug 13, 2008

"Timing just wasn't right" for APB at E3, beta details possibly "later this year"

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VG247: Realtime Worlds president Tony Harman has just put out a statement saying the time wasn't right to show crime MMO at E3 this year thanks to some heavy business shenanigans surrounding the game in early 2008.
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Aug 5, 2008

APB is "bastard child of everything we've been striving towards for 15-20 years": Realtime Worlds

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PC - APB - APB is "bastard child of everything we've been striving towards for 15-20 years": Realtime Worlds

Hugely anticipated crime MMO APB is the culmination of 20 years work on GTA, Crackdown and sandbox gaming in general, Realtime Worlds studio boss Colin Macdonald has told VG247.
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Jul 29, 2008

APB beta: "News on that before too long"

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Speaking to VG247 at Develop in Brighton today, Realtime Worlds studio manager Colin Macdonald said that news on timing for the already-announced beta for massively anticipated crime MMO APB isn't far away.
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Jul 29, 2008

APB: "It's too early to think seriously about not having a boxed product"

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Speaking to VG247 at Develop in Brighton today, Realtime Worlds studio manager Colin Macdonald said that nothing had been decided in terms of the publication of massively anticipated MMO APB, but that the idea of relying purely on digital distribution for the game was unlikely to come to fruition.
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Jul 29, 2008

APB launch: "We're not that far away"

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Speaking to VG247 at Develop in Brighton today, Realtime Worlds studio manager Colin Macdonald has given a clear indication that the launch of hugely anticipated crime MMO APB is closer than many thought.
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Jul 26, 2008

APB gunning for an M

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Realtime Worlds president Tony Harmon told GameSpot today that he's expecting his modern-day cops-and-robbers game APB to land an M from the Entertainment Software Rating Board. Though the game has no release date yet, the developer is planning to submit it to the ratings process next year.
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Jul 4, 2008

Realtime Worlds seeks community officer for APB

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Realtime Worlds just sent out a job ad for a community officer to work on upcoming MMO, APB.

You'll need two years experience doing something similar and you'd be wise to bear in mind the firm's based in Dundee, Scotland.
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Jun 10, 2008

APB: The MMO you should be excited about

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As the perfect excuse to remind you we're well excited for Crackdown dev Real-Time Worlds' new MMO, the Scottish dev has released a pair of concept art pieces of All Points Bulletin (APB). It is, in a nut shell, an online game of cops and robbers, where player coppers get dynamically dispatched to apprehend player crooks whenever they commit a crime. It sounds fantastic. The artwork here shows two characters in the ... » Read More

Jun 10, 2008

Realtime Worlds moving towards "full public beta" of APB

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VG247: Realtime World said today that it's moving from APB's alpha stage towards a full beta.
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Apr 17, 2008

GTA Creator Believes WoW isn't Untouchable

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GTA creator Dave Jones outlines how genre and content of new MMO APB can succeed where World of Warcraft hasn't

Realtime Worlds CEO Dave Jones has outlined to Develop his studio's ambitious online strategy, saying that new MMO All Points Bulletin proves that in the online space there is still a big opportunity for developers to succeed - even in the face of Blizzard's domination with World of Warcraft.

The studio confirmed it had gained a $50m investment earlier this week to support its online plans.
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Apr 16, 2008

Realtime Worlds coy on APB for the PS3

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Realtime Worlds has told GamesIndustry.biz that while the PlayStation 3 platform is an option for the company with regards to its forthcoming MMO, APB, it can't confirm whether or not it's in production for the Sony console.

"The situation is that yes, all the consoles are an option for us, and we'll be looking at them, but there's nothing decided, nothing to report at the moment I'm afraid," said Colin MacDonald, studio manager at the Crackdown developer.
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Apr 16, 2008

2009 targeted for Crackdown dev's MMO APB

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CVG reports: Crackdown developer Realtime Worlds wants to launch its new game, APB, next year.

"We want to launch APB in 2009, which will be pretty much worldwide - including the Asian markets. This is our first big online game", Realtime CEO (and GTA creator) Dave Jones has told Scotsman.
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Feb 26, 2008

EGM Rumors: Crackdown Sequel Squashed, EA Entering the Octagon

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PC - APB - EGM Rumors: Crackdown Sequel Squashed, EA Entering the Octagon

The juiciest tidbit from the April issue of EGM is kind of a bummer: A Crackdown sequel looks like it won't happen any time soon. Sure, Microsoft has danced around the idea of making another addictive orb-hunting shooter, but Quartermann says even if Crackdown 2 does come to fruition, original developer Realtime Worlds probably won't be making it.

It also seems like Sony's unique PSP game Patapon will have some sort of spin-off; rumor is something Patapon-related will pop up on the PlayStation Network.
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