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Now Everybody Can Play APB Again For Free

3:00AM May 24, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Proof that you can’t keep a moderately okay multiplayer online game down, GamersFirst launches the open beta testing phase for APB: Reloaded. Welcome back to San Paro! More »


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More Than 100,000 Register For APB Reboot

12:30PM February 17, 2011 | Owen Good

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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APB’s Getting The Beta-Testing Band Back Together

3:00PM January 27, 2011 | Owen Good

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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APB Goes Free-To-Play The Hard Way

1:30AM November 17, 2010 | Mike Fahey

In September, Realtime World’s 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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APB’s Remains Remain Valuable, But Codemasters Isn’t Buying

4:00PM November 6, 2010 | Owen Good

“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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Global Agenda Woos Distraught APB Players

3:20AM September 21, 2010 | Mike Fahey

Taking advantage of the closure of Realtime Worlds’ All-Points Bulletin, Hi-Rez Studios is giving APB refugees 30 per cent off the purchase of its massively multiplayer online shooter Global Agenda. More »


Gears Of War Studio To Buy Failed MMO?

10:00PM September 17, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

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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APB Closes Its Doors After Less Than Three Months

2:20AM September 17, 2010 | Mike Fahey

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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APB Developer’s Social Game Project Snapped Up By Mystery Buyer

8:00PM September 7, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

Realtime Worlds, the UK developer of cops-and-robbers title APB, has entered administration. More »


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How Many People Are Playing APB?

6:40AM August 25, 2010 | Mike Fahey

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 »