If you were holding out hope that the defunct urban crime MMO All Points Bulletin would be resurrected courtesy of the folks at Codemasters, Eurogamer has a little bit of cold water to throw on your fire. David Solari, Codemasters Online general manager, minces no words in a recent interview.
"We have not picked up APB, I can answer you definitively," he said.
Rumors circulated that the publisher might be picking up the pieces of the shuttered MMO, left scattered by the closing of Realtime Worlds, when former RTW community manager Ben Bateman updated his LinkedIn profile to reflect his new job at Codemasters. Epic Games has also been rumored as a potential salvager, and Solari says that someone will inevitably pick up APB's assets, if only for the innovative tech. "If they don't pick up the game then they will pick up the technology for sure, because the avatar and character customisation technology is incredible. Something will definitely be done to preserve that," he muses.
Reader Comments (22)
Posted: Nov 7th 2010 3:22PM yeppers said
I'm surprised Rockstar hasn't picked this up.
Posted: Nov 7th 2010 3:56PM static07 said
More rumours:
http://www.apbforum.com/forum/social-district/1553-apb-saved-ex-rtw-dev-gave-me-new-info-today.html
In short:
- Unknown company has bought it
- Unknown company has 6 other games in the running, one an online FPS
- Unknown company is american though the APB team will remain in dundee and are beeing rehired now..
- Will be back online before x-mas
- Will most likely become free2play + microtransactions
http://www.apbforum.com/forum/social-district/1553-apb-saved-ex-rtw-dev-gave-me-new-info-today.html
In short:
- Unknown company has bought it
- Unknown company has 6 other games in the running, one an online FPS
- Unknown company is american though the APB team will remain in dundee and are beeing rehired now..
- Will be back online before x-mas
- Will most likely become free2play + microtransactions
Posted: Nov 7th 2010 4:38PM (Unverified) said
Big IF though on wether these rumours are true,
we live in hope...
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we live in hope...
Posted: Nov 7th 2010 5:36PM (Unverified) said
Will be hard to re-hire the team, all the important people from the project already have new jobs.
Also, from what you say, it sounds like SOE, but I don't think they're stupid enough to think they can turn it around by Christmas.
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Also, from what you say, it sounds like SOE, but I don't think they're stupid enough to think they can turn it around by Christmas.
Posted: Nov 7th 2010 4:45PM paterah said
Oh, it's another one of "He told me..." threads.
Posted: Nov 7th 2010 5:05PM (Unverified) said
Whoever picks it up will have to fix the glaring control issues the game had prior to kicking the bucket. Plus I don't see why the game Shouldn't go F2P Micro with an optional Sub for freebies would make logical sense in my book.
Codemasters is probably very busy with their own thing to resurrect some sunken ship.
Codemasters is probably very busy with their own thing to resurrect some sunken ship.
Posted: Nov 7th 2010 5:52PM (Unverified) said
What control issues? Even prior to some of the minor control tweaks there were no terrible controls, just terrible players.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2010 6:09PM (Unverified) said
Driving a car was a bit off
Posted: Nov 7th 2010 6:37PM (Unverified) said
Well EXCUSE me for having a legitimate problem with the way cars handled in the game. I guess I'm such a Noob I can't drive Oh golly gee whiz Uber Pros Help me HELP ME!!
The controls were a bit off when I tried it ok so if they fixed that issue before it went belly up Great! it'd just be nice if someone picked it back up, dusted it off, and put it back online Agreed?
The controls were a bit off when I tried it ok so if they fixed that issue before it went belly up Great! it'd just be nice if someone picked it back up, dusted it off, and put it back online Agreed?
Posted: Nov 7th 2010 7:25PM (Unverified) said
I'll agree to that last part. All APB needed in the first place was a little more time in the oven. Anyone who can give it the TLC it deserves and a proper re-release is a saint in my book.
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Posted: Nov 8th 2010 9:40AM paterah said
I'll agree to the whole part. APB driving sucked. Period. It was not only the delay, it was the unnatural behaviour of the car when you were turning (the infamous "handles like a boat"). And I don't bite the cake "It was not client-side therefore couldn't be done". Games like Auto-Assault and whatnot have done it.
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Posted: Nov 8th 2010 1:09AM (Unverified) said
I assumed SOE would buy it, throw it in maintenance mode and stick it on their station pass. The technology would be great to use with Planetside Next or EQ Next.
Posted: Nov 8th 2010 4:45AM Darkmoone said
It's the APB hot potato, you bought it, i didn't buy it, she bought it, no no they bought it.
Posted: Nov 8th 2010 1:24PM placebonation said
I believe one of the biggest things that ruined the game is easily noticed in the picture. False advertisement is one. Two is the failure to make changes to the game so it could fit what players wanted. I know thats a loaded response. Giving everyone what they want is a massive feat but I think making cars at least durable would of made a lot of the fights rather interesting.
No I'm not saying vehicular hp was the downfall of the game. Just false perceptions by the consumer.
No I'm not saying vehicular hp was the downfall of the game. Just false perceptions by the consumer.
Posted: Nov 8th 2010 1:25PM placebonation said
Why create something that most of the audience dislikes. Makes very little sense.



