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The concept behind this live-action APB: Reloaded trailer is that people are able to assume new identities in the game and shoot guns. So one lady can morph into a schoolgirl. A business guy turns into a thug. And a nun? More »
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When it stopped taking applications last night, the new owner of APB, the cops-and-robbers MMO, said it had more than 100,000 requests to participate in the beta for APB: Reloaded, a free-to-play reboot. More »
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Beta-testing invitations for APB: Reloaded, the free-to-play reboot of the cops-and-robbers MMO, have gone out, apparently to beta testers of the original ill-fated MMO. Beta players will return to San Paro, with their old characters intact. More »
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In September, Realtime Worlds' cops and robbers MMO APB: All Points Bulletin closed its doors. In early 2011, free-to-play MMO publisher GamersFirst launches APB: Reloaded. GamersFirst CTO and COO Bjorn Book-Larsson tells Kotaku how the resurrection is going down. More »
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"Nine months of hard work," could salvage All Points Bulletin, the failed cops-and-robbers MMO, but don't expect Codemasters to be the one doing the work, says the publisher's online general manager. More »
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Given the fact the game shut down after only three months, there weren't many subscribers to MMO title APB. If you were one of the lucky/unlucky few, don't go expecting a refund, because you won't be getting one. More »
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Taking advantage of the closure of Realtime Worlds' All-Points Bulletin, Hi-Rez Studios is giving APB refugees 30 percent off the purchase of its massively multiplayer online shooter Global Agenda. More »
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MMO title All Points Bulletin failed, and took its developer with it. So why on Earth would a company as successful as Epic Games be interested in buying the rights to the game? More »
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The cops and robbers game from troubled Scottish developer Realtime Worlds might set the record for the shortest-lived MMO, as All Points Bulletin shuts down after a mere two and a half months in operation. More »
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Realtime Worlds, the U.K. developer of cops-and-robbers title APB, has entered administration, which is somewhat analogous Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in the U.S. More »
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Scottish developer Realtime Worlds recently entered administration, and it's rolling out play and pay stats for the recently released All-Points Bulletin to sweeten the pot for potential buyers. Who's playing, and what are they paying? More »
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Electronic Arts provided distribution support for APB, whose bankrupt studio is being sold off; today a senior EA executive said the game's poor reviews were somewhat predicted internally and suggested to Realtime Worlds. More »
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After cutting 60 jobs last week, U.K.-based studio Realtime Worlds, the maker of the cops-and-robbers MMO APB, entered administration today, a process somewhat analagous to Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in the United States. More »
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The developer of Crackdown and APB, Realtime Worlds, was recently hit with layoffs. Members of the APB team were axed, as was much of the team developing social gaming software Project MyWorld. So, what happened to the promising studio? More »
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The studio behind ambitious cops and crooks online game APB and the original Crackdown may be on the verge of closure, according to sources claiming to have knowledge of the situation. But developer Realtime Worlds says it's "fully committed" to the massively-multiplayer game. More »
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How did developer Realtime Worlds go from creating violent free-roaming shooters like APB and Crackdown to working on the massive social gaming undertaking Project: MyWorld? They don't. It was the other way around. More »
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Realtime Worlds' endeavor to create a human avatar modeled on APB has reached its fifth and final stage: the outfitting. And Josh didn't do so bad. More »
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In the name of marketing, Human Avatar Josh gets an APB-themed haircut. Next stop, septum ring. More »
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Cops and robbers MMO APB is world filled with grungy-looking criminals covered with tattoos and riddled with piercings. Now Realtime Worlds is letting fans vote on how they permanently disfigure a real human being with the Human Avatar Project. More »
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Some APB fans have checked their account management pages and noted a paid subscription option that will remove ads delivered to the MMO's in-game voice chat, which of course, means the game will serve ads over voice chat. More »
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That's police-scanner speak for "Be on the lookout" for Realtime Worlds' E.J. Moreland and Chris Collins, discussing their cops-and-robbers epic APB on Kotaku Talk Radio, available now for download. Did we mention APB's also an MMO? More »
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What do you want to know about Crackdown developer Realtime Worlds' new online cops and crooks game APB? Ask the game's lead designer, now, live! More »
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What do you want to know about Crackdown developer Realtime Worlds' new online cops and crooks game APB? Ask the game's lead designer, who will be joining us on this week's episode of Kotaku Talk Radio, anything and everything. More »
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Upcoming cops-and-robbers massively multiplayer online computer game APB just kicked off their Key to the City event. More »
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Suicide Girl Dice on the hood of the APB mobile. More »
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APB, the crime-themed MMO from Crackdown developer Realtime Worlds, is launching on PC in Europe and the US early July. But it will not be launching in Australia in early July. Why? More »
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When the open-world, cops versus robbers game APB hits computers this summer it will include an unusual pricing option that charges per a minute rather than a month. More »
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Realtime Worlds' massively-multiplayer sandbox game APB finally has an official release date: June 29 in North America and July 1 in Europe. How much will players have to pay to play? More »
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APB, a game that can best be described as a massively-multiplayer Grand Theft Auto, is currently in beta testing. One of those testers has been kind enough to pass along some proper, in-game screenshots of the experience. More »
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As promised, closed beta invites for Realtime Worlds' massively multiplayer online cops and crooks game APB have been distributed to the registered masses. That means? Check your email! More »
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After a good month and a half of grilling potential participants about all aspects of their lives, Realtime Worlds is ready to get its beta test on for gangland MMO APB. More »
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If the latest gameplay trailer for Realtime Worlds' APB doesn't have you drawing comparisons to Grand Theft Auto, then you probably haven't played Grand Theft Auto. More »
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APB: All Points Bulletin is, according to Realtime Worlds, all about "creativity, conflict and celebrity." At Gamescom today, we got a look at the massively multiplayer online game's second "C" during a live demo. More »
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Realtime Worlds is looking for beta testers for their upcoming MMO APB, and you could be one of the few, once you finish filling out one of the more intrusive beta applications we've seen. More »
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While players will still have to pay to play Realtime Worlds' massively-multiplayer online game APD, head honcho David Jones says they won't be paying a flat monthly fee. More »
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While Crackdown developer Realtime Worlds focus might be on getting APB out the door early next year, they've already got another massively multiplayer project in the pipeline. More »
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Following a very successful showing of APB at E3 2009, Crackdown developers Realtime Worlds are kicking off a major recruiting drive, aiming at employing more than 300 game industry professionals by early 2010. More »
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No game at E3 may have had a longer list of unexpected features than APB, Real Time Worlds' so-called crossing of Grand Theft Auto and an MMO. More »
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Between trailers, teasers and gameplay footage, there's almost enough movie time here to warrant an entire evening's worth of popcorn. More »
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Electronic Arts is bringing Realtime Worlds' massively multiplayer cops and robbers game APB to a PC near you. Take one part MMO, one part GTA, add tons of tattoo ink and you get this. More »
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