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Realtime Worlds undecided on All Points Bulletin for PS3

by Ludwig Kietzmann on Apr 16th 2008 3:00PM

"The situation is that yes, all the consoles are an option for us, and we'll be looking at them, but there's nothing decided, nothing to report at the moment I'm afraid," said Realtime Worlds studio manager, Colin MacDonald. The only thing worth reporting then, as discovered by GamesIndustry.biz, is that the Crackdown developer has no concrete plans to bring its bandanna gangster MMO, All Points Bulletin ("APB" as it's known on the streets), to Sony's black behemoth.

It seems there was some jumping to incorrect conclusions after an article in the Scotsman suggested Realtime Worlds was looking to adapt APB "for games consoles such as XBox and PlayStation in the future." That's only partially true, as the game is currently bound for PC and Xbox 360. Still, there's loads of time between now and 2009, and plenty of ways to spend $50 million in funding.

Gallery: GDC08: All Points Bulletin

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Tags: All-Points-Bulletin, APB, MMO, PC, Realtime-Worlds, RealtimeWorlds, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (31)

It's all over for the PS3 now. ;-P

Oh no you dint, snap snap snap!

I don't see the point in specifically not developing it for the PS3 provided they can just go ahead and release the other versions first. But maybe they're waiting to see how the game fares...

Fuck them who cares.....NEXT!

No i'll give you a flame

Yo everybody blame the PS3 for delaying GTA4 , we could be playing that game by now.

I say go for it, why not. Do something like Final Fantasy XI and have a community across 3 platforms.

+1 best idea I've heard all day.

...it's cheaper to do, from what I've read.

that sounds awesome but within 5 minutes the turf wars would be between ps3 fanboys and 360 fanboys . . . that is until the omnipotent force of the PC gamers come to silence our pathetic console loving avatars.
(not flaming . . . im a console gamer too so its ok if we say it.lol)

Depends...

Shooter + Cross-platform = PC pwnz0r

"that sounds awesome but within 5 minutes the turf wars would be between ps3 fanboys and 360 fanboys . . . that is until the omnipotent force of the PC gamers come to silence our pathetic console loving avatars."

...that's exactly why they should have cross-platform multiplayer, LOL. It would make APB's gang wars that much more interesting. Especially if the character models from the previous post about this game are involved (Shigeru Miyamoto, Cloud, Barret, et al). Not sure who PC gamers would be represented by... maybe the DOOM guy? Duke Nukem? the King from SOLITARE?

I don't konw, it sounds good on paper, but I'm pretty sure dealing with fanboys whenever you want to play a game is a little frustrating. eventually it will be fanboys (two camps), PC Gamers (the ones winning every fight because the fanboys won't unite), and the people who aren't fanboys but just want to play the game.

When I first heard about ABP I thought it stood for Another British Pansy, I was like "Sweet, I get to go around beating up stuck up wankers", then I found out it was a cop MMO, and quickly became disinterested

could care less if it came to PS3 or not

Im def looking forward to this game, Crackdown was just freakin awesome.

IS it me, or does that screenshot look amazingly like Crackdown?

Is it just me or is it amazing that the artists for crackdown kept the same style when designing their next game?

Oh well, if its good, I'll get it either way :)

LoL took me a moment to respond to this topic. The dang "bodyshape" ad on the left caught my eye and reminded me of Quagmire looking at the "cute" chick who turned around and was actually a fatty.

...Anyway, it's not that I wouldn't want this game on PS3 as well; but if GTAIV's online/multiplayer modes are as good as the PSP ones, this game will really have to rally up some amazing hype and modes to get it past that juggernaut.

I don't care what platform this comes out for. After Crackdown, I'm in!

I don't see why they shouldn't release it across all platforms, it only makes sense, and they're not under any exclusivity deal.

Personally, it doesn't interest me, I bought crackdown, and just couldn't get into the game, although I know most people that played crackdown evidently loved it.

Orbs! They must have orbs! Agility orbs, shooting orbs, driving orbs, explosive orbs!

Oh boy another game involving gangs...YEA! I hope it includes a mini game where one has to devote one whole hand to holding up baggy pants all day. Sitting on a porch or cashing a government check at the walmart might be good as well for a mini game. Stealing gas to do a drive by or a button masher that involves getting your hat on the RIGHT kind of sideways?

I wonder if the "undecided" part is a negotiating ploy.

Gee, we really like to make this an exclusive if only someone would step up to the plate and pay us a lot of money. Wink, Wink…

Tobias?

"Sony's black behemoth"

eww

This game was made by the government to make black people kill each other! A hot singstress told me, and singstresses never lie!

This game is going to come way too late to the party.

GTA launches in about two weeks, and will have so many multiplayer modes that mimic this game, I don't really see the point.

Unless this comes out this year, it'll just fall to the wayside like every other MMO.

If this game is due in 2009, isn't it a little late to consider a PS3 version, unless everyone is okay with a crappy port?

Can't say I'm too excited or disappointed either way. GTA IV is just weeks away. All Points Bullitein intrests me as much as Superman 64. . . which I own. (WORST. . . CHRISTMAS . . . EVER)

I have to say why would this not come to the PS3. The PS3 is really great for MMO games. Because Sony lets the devs do what they want with the MMOs over MS.

Okay, is it just me, or does hockey mask guy remind anyone else of the character "Carpenter" from Hunter: The Reckoning? His tatoos look kinda familiar, but then its been a while since I played that game.

This is going to be sick.
http://www.burnedbytheman.com/politics/the-gamestop-conspiracy-the-final-solution/

"I wonder if the "undecided" part is a negotiating ploy.

Gee, we really like to make this an exclusive if only someone would step up to the plate and pay us a lot of money. Wink, Wink…"

Unlikely - RTW just got $50m investment from some venture capital firm; jumping straight into some kind of restrictive exclusivity deal with someone would be counter-intuitive.

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