APB: All Points Bulletin {MMO}

[Koritsi_Gia_PC]

APB (All Points Bulletin) is an upcoming massively multiplayer online video game for Microsoft Windows based in urban sprawls and featuring two sides, Enforcement and the Criminals. Players may join either the Enforcers or the Criminals, and form sub-groups in these. The game design is led by David Jones, creator of the original Grand Theft Auto and Crackdown, and is being developed by Realtime Worlds.

 

APB has been described by Realtime Worlds executive Colin Macdonald as being "the bastard child of everything we’ve been striving towards over the 15-20 years" and a culmination of "what [David Jones'] always wanted to do from GTA and before Crackdown and APB."

 

APB was planned as early as 2005, initially as a PC and Xbox 360 title, and intended as the flagship title for the then-newly founded Realtime Worlds studio created by David Jones. Then, it was planned that the Xbox 360 release would be in 2008. In the interim time, Realtime Worlds developed the video game Crackdown, released in 2007, which bore some resemblance to the concepts that were to be in APB.

 

At the 2008 Game Developers Conference, David Jones confirmed that APB would still be released in 2008. Jones noted that APB would be more like a "MOG" — multiplayer online game — as that players will likely only interact with up to 25 other players at the same time, and also noted that the game compares well to the typical style of fantasy or sci-fi "massively multiplayer online" games such as World of Warcraft, but by distancing the concept from the same type of gameplay, he does not expect to compete with those games. On April 14, 2008, Realtime Worlds announced that it had raised $50 million for APB and other future projects. However, he also confirmed that Realtime Worlds is now looking at a 2009 release. In this same announcement and subsequent interviews, the company has stated that that game was now scheduled for release on Microsoft Windows in 2009, and with options for eventual versions on the Microsoft Xbox 360.

 

On April 21, 2008, Realtime Worlds announced that it had reacquired the global distribution rights for APB, significantly amending the arrangement made in 2005 with Webzen Games. An industry rumor has suggested that Realtime Worlds plans to sell the game to Rockstar Games in order to recraft it as a Grand Theft Auto MMO, though Realtime Worlds has denied these rumors.

 

In June 2008, Realtime Worlds Community Manager Chris 'Ulric' Dye announced that they had given the fan site APB Evolved £1000 to help secure their expansion and continued evolution as a key APB fan site.

 

In July 2009, EJ Moreland from Realtime Worlds made it clear that APB will be a PC release only for the first release, but they would be looking at the possibilities for a console version.

 

Το Official Site: http://www.apb.com/

 

 

Όπως ανακοίνωσε η Realtime Worlds, οι εγγραφές για τη beta του πολλά υποσχόμενου APB (All Points Bulletin), ξεκίνησαν. "Θα επιλέξουμε beta testers που ολοκλήρωσαν την διαδικασία υποβολής αιτήσεων και πληρούν τα κριτήριά μας. Οι επιλεγμένοι testers θα λάβουν μία πρόσκληση μέσω ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου, μαζί με λεπτομέρειες για το πώς να κατεβάσουν το παιχνίδι και να πάρουν μέρος. Εάν δεν σας ειδοποιήσουμε μέσα στους επόμενους μήνες, μην απογοητευτείτε, θα επιλέξουμε περισσότερα άτομα μέχρι την κυκλοφορία του τίτλου και θα χρειαστούμε μεγαλύτερο αριθμό από testers με την πάροδο του χρόνου. Ακόμα κι αν δεν επιλεγείτε τώρα, ίσως λάβετε μία πρόσκληση αργότερα" εξηγεί η εταιρεία.

 

Τέλος, επιβεβαιώθηκε πως οι παίκτες δεν θα χρειάζεται να πληρώνουν μηνιαία συνδρομή για το MMO, το οποίο αναμένεται να κυκλοφορήσει για PC την άνοιξη του 2010.

 

Koritsi_Gia_PC

[comfuzio]

στα έλεγα εγώ

[Toufas]

25 παιχτες ομως δεν ειναι mmo.

[A7X.]

το 2010 βγάινει το Guild Wars 2!!!!

[Thresh]

25 παιχτες ομως δεν ειναι mmo.

 

οι δημιουργοί του δεν το χαρακτηρίζουν MMO αλλά MOG (Multiplayer Online Game), απλά ο τίτλος του topic είναι λάθος

[Koritsi_Gia_PC]

Και όμως αγόρια, MMO το παρουσιάζουν παντού.

 

Απ΄ότι κατάλαβα στον ΙΔΙΟ Server θα παίζουν όσοι θέλουν.. στο σύστημα μάχης θα ισχύει αυτό που λέει και παραπάνω και λέτε και εσείς. Δεν παύει να είναι MMO πάντως.

 

Ίσως να κάνω και λάθος επειδή ούτε αυτοί ξέρουν τι φτιάχνουν, αλλά δεν έβαλα τυχαίο τίτλο mean Thresh.

 

/Μαρία

[Thresh]

το ότι το παρουσιάζουν σαν MMO δεν σημαίνει ότι είναι κιόλας, διότι το 25 άτομα max δεν είναι massive...

[Toufas]

μεχρι και τα fps εχουν πιο πολλα ατομα...

[john2gr]

In-Game gameplay

 

[xtrmsnpr]

Πάμε να γίνουμε λοιπόν beta-testers once again!!!

[kostacurtas]

All Points Bulletin

PAX 2009 Trailer

 

[Hom3sick]

Μόλις έκανα αίτηση για τη beta. Για να δουμε. Πάντως καλό φένεται το game και ειδικά αν είναι χωρίς συνδρομή κτλ. όπως λέει και το Koritsi_Gia_PC ακόμα καλύτερα!

[kostacurtas]

APB goes into beta next week

 

Realtime Worlds boss Gary Dale has just confirmed at the Tech Media Invest event in London that APB will go into beta next week.

 

Beta applications for the anticipated MMO-shooter opened in August.

 

The title, the disc of which is being published by EA, is slated for a spring launch next year.

[Toufas]

απο σαββατο

Hi nick,

 

Congratulations!

You have been selected to be an APB beta tester! You are about to enter San Paro and choose your path as a criminal or an enforcer!

[LuxJaja]

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