Tweet "It's looking like there might be light at the end of the tunnel for APB. The end of the administration process is apparently close and there appears to be a buyer for the game."
Fans of the beleaguered and quickly shuttered All Points Bulletin may have something to celebrate soon, as the above message recently popped up in the game's patch notes. While the website has been taken down, the patcher is still delivering news. Earlier this month, the message went out that there still may be hope for APB, as the October 7th patch notes reported: "The negotiations continue! Still many groups in the fray, still hope that APB will rise again."
While the patcher address appears to be a little sketchy, APB's Ben Bateman, one of the former community managers for the title, has retweeted the address of the patch notes in order to spread the word.
There is no indication which company may be angling to take over -- and perhaps re-open -- the enforcers-vs-criminals MMO, although last we heard, Epic Games was a contender. We'll bring you more on this as it develops.
UPDATE: Ben Bateman works for Codemasters, according to his LinkedIn. Did Codemasters buy APB? Commence speculation!
[Thanks to Notturno for noticing the tweet and Mike for the LinkedIn profile!]
Reader Comments (23)
Posted: Oct 25th 2010 1:29PM stealthrider said
Definitely glad to hear this. No game has ever captured the pure "fun" factor that APB did. It had so little, but the fun never seemed to drop below epic level.
Posted: Oct 25th 2010 2:01PM Jaydog said
It would be nice if the game were to come back even though the pairing issue was somewhat out of control. Other than that, I think the game's intensity level always kept me interested. There were a few times when I was upset at the kill streak I was performing but overall the game has a lot of potential. The F2P idea seems like a good idea because most folks who already have a copy would have to repurchase it all over again.
Posted: Oct 26th 2010 7:35AM (Unverified) said
Yeah well Tabula Rasa had tons of potential too but it's been dead a while now
When is someone gonna resurrect it from the grave?
I mean APB is getting resuscitated, G&H got a phoenix down, Someone needs to cast Life on Tabula Rasa
When is someone gonna resurrect it from the grave?
I mean APB is getting resuscitated, G&H got a phoenix down, Someone needs to cast Life on Tabula Rasa
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