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.
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Posted: Jun 10th 2008 2:06PM foxhound said
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).
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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).
Posted: Jun 10th 2008 2:26PM Duke said
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!
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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!
Posted: Jun 10th 2008 2:16PM (Unverified) said
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.
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Posted: Jun 10th 2008 2:28PM (Unverified) said
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.
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Come'on Joystiqers...this article raises more questions than it answers. Follow up, please.
Posted: Jun 10th 2008 2:59PM FlawedLogicXIII said
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.
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- 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.
Posted: Jun 10th 2008 3:02PM FlawedLogicXIII said
Sorry the link hijacked some of the following text. Here is a clean version that isn't broken: http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=51488
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Posted: Jun 10th 2008 3:27PM (Unverified) said
I applied for a job at RTW recently, they told me that APB was gearing up for a Friends and Family beta, sometime in the next month and still aiming to release at the end of the year.
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