Realtime Worlds hires community manager, APB-eta mentioned

by Alexander Sliwinski { Jun 10th 2008 at 1:56PM }

Realtime Worlds announced in a press release today that the company has hired a community manager, Chris "Ulric" Dye, for its MMO APB. RW's Business Development Manager Mario Rizzo says the hire signals an "important milestone" as the company moves the game into alpha and prepares for a "full public beta."

APB has popped back on radar over the last couple months since Realtime Worlds took back the distribution rights from Webzen in April and rumors surfaced the game was trying to become Grand Theft Auto Online. Here's an APB for Mr. Community Manager: Feel free to contact us when you get a chance, we'll be happy to talk about the game.

Tags: all-points-bulletin, apb, realtime-worlds

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

tc @ Jun 10th 2008 2:01PM

how far did that tatoo artist actually go?

j.howlett @ Jun 10th 2008 2:26PM

she is like jessica rabbit, she's just drawn that way.

tc @ Jun 10th 2008 2:32PM

oh you can delete the comments, but i know joystiq. I KNOW that you're secret operatives working for the italic army!

NATO_Duke @ Jun 10th 2008 2:03PM

Great to see this game is still alive.

FOXHOUND @ Jun 10th 2008 2:06PM

APB! I couldn't remember the title of this project for the life of me, previously.

Anyway, here's hoping it stays the course. It seems like a pretty fun concept thus far(and I'll need something to play in the MGS4 aftermath other than GEARS'2 and RESISTANCE2).

PojoMofo @ Jun 10th 2008 2:11PM

As far as APB, how about some info???

so far, we know they want to be GTAIV online, and they have a community manager, thats it.

NATO_Duke @ Jun 10th 2008 2:26PM

You haven't heard any info on APB before?
http://www.apb.com/

Here's the wiki info:
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 lead by David Jones, creator of the original Grand Theft Auto and Crackdown, and is being developed by Realtime Worlds.

The game takes place in a modern-day, fictional city where there is a constant battle between "Law Enforcement" and "Gangs", and the player will need to decide which side they want to participate on. The two sides battle out for control of the city, with territory within the city being contested continually 24 hours a day, so that players must concern themselves with both offense and defensive moves. Other activities involving missions within the game allow the player to earn extra money, which then can be used to upgrade weapons, vehicles, and their character appearances, all that influence the game itself. For example, several Gang players may rob a convenience store within the game; the game will then seek out one or more Law Enforcement players of equivalent skills and other criteria, and will issue an all-points bulletin for them to stop the robbery. Jones confirmed that players will be able to use the Last.FM service to create custom soundtracks within the game.

Copy+paste FTW!

PojoMofo @ Jun 10th 2008 2:36PM

Thank you NATO!! I actually meant NEW info, as opposed to the same stuff we have seen for the last 2 years. New gameplay footage?? new screens ? any screens?

NATO_Duke @ Jun 10th 2008 4:00PM

Oh, think we are all out of luck there. I took it by the "so far, we know..." comment that you didn't know anything else.

Chase @ Jun 10th 2008 2:16PM

Hmm, I wonder if these people know I'm naked and typing this right now? I feel like eating a sammich, but what should it be? Chicken, maybe. Also, I need to stop farting in the elevator. And who keeps putting glitter in my hair? Bastards. Peck of pickles. Peck of pickles. Peter Piper pickeda peck of pickled peppers.

Pixelantes Anonymous @ Jun 10th 2008 2:28PM

Community Manager of exactly what? As far as I know there is no community to manage around this game yet.

Come'on Joystiqers...this article raises more questions than it answers. Follow up, please.

michas_pi @ Jun 10th 2008 2:29PM

In before non-italicized comments.

XIII @ Jun 10th 2008 2:59PM

I for one am very much looking forward to this game and hope that the public beta is easy to access. As far as bits of info, check out this site (http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=51488)as it has a little bit more info on the game features. I'm hoping that the announce more gameplay and character details soon, and game world features as well. I'd like to know if there will be a "class" system that allows your character to specialize in certain skills, such as driving, heavy/light weapons, explosives, takedowns/lock picking, etc.

- On a completely unrealted note, does anyone know who to change your profiel picture here on Joystiq? I've tried upload several different images of varying sizes by clicking on my name and following the prompts there, but nothing seems to be taking effect. Any help on this would be appreciated.