Duthie adds "Many companies have laid off large numbers of talented staff in recent months and we see GDC as a great chance to tap into that talent pool. With the economy the way it is, many people don't want to think about committing to a permanent move, so what we're offering is a number of contract positions for folk to come to Scotland, help us to a successful launch of APB, and then reassess their options when the economy is hopefully in better shape. We can take care of work permits process, relocation, housing - all anyone's got to do is get along to our recruitment stand at GDC to kick off the process."
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17 Mar 2009

Denki Announces New Recruits

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360 - APB - Denki Announces New Recruits

Games industry veteran Paul Conry - who is 100% Denki - has joined the company as head of Denki's new test team. Paul will oversee test and quality assurance for all of Denki's current and forthcoming projects. Paul has worked with games companies including Mucky Foot, Lionhead, Broadsword Interactive and Realtime Worlds, for the last three years. His credits include titles such as Fable, Impossible Mission, Blade 2, Super Fruit Fall and APB.
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21 Oct 2008

Crackdown Dev Bolsters Management

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360 - APB - Crackdown Dev Bolsters Management

Edge writes: "With the ongoing development of the cops and robbers MMO All Points Bulletin, Dundee, Scotland-based Realtime Worlds has appointed two new execs.

Brian Ullrich, who was recently a producer on EA Sports' NBA Live 09, has joined Realtime as director of development.

Ullrich has also worked for Nintendo, Software Creations and DMA Design, which is now GTA house Rockstar North, a studio that Realtime Worlds founder and CEO David Jones helped establish."
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18 Aug 2008

IGN: Realtime Worlds Puts Out an APB for NIVIDIA PhysX Technology

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360 - APB - IGN: Realtime Worlds Puts Out an APB for NIVIDIA PhysX Technology

The upcoming massively multiplayer action game, APB, will use NVIDIA's technology to enhance combat and driving.
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10 Jun 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

17 Apr 2008

GTA Creator Believes WoW isn't Untouchable

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360 - APB - GTA Creator Believes WoW isn't Untouchable

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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17 Apr 2008

2009 targeted for Crackdown dev's MMO APB

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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.APB, in a nutshell, drops GTA-style gameplay into an MMO world. It's in development for PC and Xbox 360."If we have a big success with APB on the ... » Read More

16 Apr 2008

Realtime Worlds coy on APB for the PS3

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360 - APB - Realtime Worlds coy on APB for the PS3

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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16 Apr 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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26 Feb 2008

EGM Rumors: Crackdown Sequel Squashed, EA Entering the Octagon

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360 - 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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5 Dec 2007

Realtime Worlds To Talk MMOs at GDC

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360 - APB - Realtime Worlds To Talk MMOs at GDC

Kotaku writes:

"GDC executive director Jamil Moledina updated his Director's Cut blog with a bit more news about the upcoming Game Developers Conference, cluing us into the fact that Dave Jones, of Lemmings, GTA, and Crackdown fame, will be spilling some beans about his latest project: An MMO.

Moledina says that all he can tell us is that the audience for Jones' session, "My First MMO", will be in for a real treat. I will assume that this will be about APB, the open-world criminals vs. cops game that sounds an awful lot like a Crackdown MMO."
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