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Realtime Worlds Expects M Rating For APB
Posted by Leigh Alexander at 12:40 PM on July 26, 2008
After Realtime Worlds' appetite-whetting unveiling of its upcoming cops-n'-jerkbags MMO APB (All Points Bulletin), it'd be a little disappointing if it turned out that all we were being promised was sanitised "comic mischief". But no — Realtime Worlds fully expects to earn its M rating.
Realtime Worlds president Tony Harman (who recently told us why we didn't see APB at E3) had a chat with Gamespot:
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.
The concept art in this post is cool, huh? Move over, six-fingered Lollipop Girl?
APB gunning for an M [Gamespot]
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HALO-32
Posted 2:33 PM 26/7/08
Unless the guns are supposed to fire lolly pops and sunshine I would expect a M rating too.
HALO-32
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Posted 2:22 PM 26/7/08
Also expecting the banishment in Australia?
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Absent Blue
Posted 1:34 PM 26/7/08
@Ruisu: Why is it I always get the feeling of Hyung Tae Kim when I see the concept art? I don't know, but I try to hold interest in APB which sounds awesome but I can't help but be reminded it was developed in Korea to start with and we all know the plethora of cheap Korean MMOs...
But I doubt it'll end up resembling anything that bland.
Absent Blue
Ruisu
Posted 1:15 PM 26/7/08
WHY is it that I always got the feeling of Gunz when I see pictures of this game.
Ruisu
AlbenoEpiX
Posted 1:05 PM 26/7/08
Is this a clever ploy to spark interest in the game? Does the developer think that upon hearing of their game's inclusion of violence worthy of an M rating, the droves of blood-lusting gamers throughout the world would drop their copies of GTAIV and flock to APB?
AlbenoEpiX
Ignatius
Posted 1:02 PM 26/7/08
Cops and criminals fighting it out with full-on gun violence and vehicular assault? M rating you say?
Captain Obvious has his work cut out these days.
Ignatius
Marked
Posted 12:54 PM 26/7/08
awesome possum!
Marked
Snake726
Posted 12:51 PM 26/7/08
If they're just expecting it then they haven't made it violent enough, have they
Snake726
SolidOni
Posted 12:49 PM 26/7/08
Love the art
SolidOni
Niflheim
Posted 12:48 PM 26/7/08
Really, you didn't expect an M rating for this?
Niflheim
Cyanotic
Posted 2:58 PM 26/7/08
Ok then.
Cyanotic
Pornosaur
Posted 2:56 PM 26/7/08
I'm all about this game and Left 4 Dead, of course I'm sure this game won't come out for years also :(
Pornosaur
The Jerk
Posted 3:48 PM 26/7/08
@AlbenoEpiX: I don't know about anyone else but i've already dropped my copy of GTA IV, and it didn't take a game annoucement to do it, Rockstar did that for me. @Absent Blue: I think you're thinking of an entirely different game, this is being developed by a scottish developer and was just announced this year/last year.
The Jerk
LostChild
Posted 4:01 PM 26/7/08
All I want to know, is when is the public beta for this game that they mention a few weeks back.
LostChild
Kazzahdrane
Posted 6:52 PM 26/7/08
@Absent Blue: It wasn't developed in Korea, it was developed in conjunction with Webzen, a big Korean MMO publisher. Realtime Worlds bought the rights to the game back from them this year for a huge sum of money, and now wholly own it themselves. RTW were always developing it, they were just getting assistance from an MMO company who run games with subscriber numbers that Blizzard can't even imagine.
Kazzahdrane
Geminosity
Posted 7:44 PM 26/7/08
@Absent Blue: As Kazzah says, it's not developed in korea. It is infact developed in... ~drum roll~ SCOTLAND!!! =D
Geminosity
PsycheE
Posted 10:23 PM 26/7/08
They should leave it at that, then rather over emphasizing it like AoC for marketing and becoming an absolute dud when it comes to gore and the content.
PsycheE
Meeeh
Posted 10:17 PM 26/7/08
An mmo thats not made in Korea, has that cool char art, gore and is M rated?
sold
Meeeh
NeoStarr
Posted 12:21 AM 27/7/08
I totally would have rethought my purchase if it was rated anything else.
NeoStarr
Pbombas
Posted 12:49 AM 27/7/08
To me, APB sounds like its gonna be the best MMO ever. w00t!
Pbombas
ichiban1081
Posted 12:47 AM 27/7/08
Honestly I really hope this game comes out. Microsoft has a bad reputation with MMORPGs on their console. They always make a big fuss and show some great MMORPG and it becomes vaporware. Remember True Fantasy Online?
ichiban1081
Moonshadow101
Posted 2:31 AM 27/7/08
I love that image. Completely destroys any reasonable expectations about the game's tone.
Moonshadow101
Xiedo
Posted 5:33 PM 27/7/08
Of course this beats six-fingered lollipop girl. GTA concept art got old circa Vice City and it hasn't changed since. Not only is this good, but I know why. It reminds me of cyberpunk/Shadowrun (PnP) art and that art is awesome.
@Pornosaur: Seconded. Like beacons of hope for me. If Left 4 Dead isn't actually coming this November I'm going to strangle a puppy.
Xiedo
skyliner350z
Posted 3:26 PM 26/7/08
Uh, actually it's being developed by Realtime Worlds entirely. It was supposed to be their flagship title. It uses the same engine as their other game Crackdown. Unreal Engine 3.
It was going to be published by a Korean company but they ditched them. Thus this game won't have any resemblance of those bland Korean MMO's. It will be like GTA( The original creator is the founder of Realtime Worlds)with graphics like Crackdown probably better with MMO gameplay. I can't wait for this game.
skyliner350z