It always seemed to us that MMO-maker Webzen had a bit too much on its plate, what with working on APB, Huxley and Soul of the Ultimate Nation year after year with no signs of any actual releases. Well, Webzen's plate got a little less full today, as developer Realtime Worlds announced it has regained the global distribution rights to APB.
Realtime Worlds' announcement follows a an intriguing demo of APB at February's Game Developer's Conference and a $50 million cash infusion for the Crackdown developer in March. As for Webzen, maybe this disquisition will finally give it the focus it needs to finish up the long-dormant Huxley.
Reader Comments (12)
Posted: Apr 21st 2008 4:06PM (Unverified) said
I'm sorry but when we first saw this game (when everyone got excited) we knew nothing about GTA 4's multiplayer. Now that we do I can't see how this is going to make me drop GTA and spend another $60 to play online.
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Posted: Apr 21st 2008 5:21PM (Unverified) said
rivaldi, you make an excellent point which will HAVE to be made by Realtime Worlds in order to compete/exist with GTAIV. I never was a fan of WoW because the whole fantasy setting turned me off, they could capitalize on all the people like me as a GTA style WoW alternative.
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Posted: Apr 21st 2008 4:36PM (Unverified) said
Doesn't bother me that it's not a 360 exclusive, because I would honestly love to see it go multi-plat online, ala Final Fantasy XI, just implemented better (stupid PlayOnline bullshit).
But I'm still stoked about this game, regardless of multi-plat online even it sounds like it will be a blast.
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But I'm still stoked about this game, regardless of multi-plat online even it sounds like it will be a blast.
Posted: Apr 21st 2008 6:39PM (Unverified) said
MMOs are headed for a crash, that is all non WOW MMOs I'm personally sick of the amount of MMOs out there what's the count now like 200.
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Posted: Apr 21st 2008 9:12PM (Unverified) said
I don't know who actually owns the city, but WE BUILT THIS CITY.
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