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    APB Reloaded

    Game » consists of 8 releases. Released Jun 29, 2010

    Better known as the free-to-play "APB: Reloaded", APB is a MMO third-person shooter by the developers of Crackdown. Players choose between the hard-boiled law enforcers or the feared criminals as they try to stop the opposing faction's objectives.

    APB: Reloaded's Closed Beta Slated For February

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    Edited By BradNicholson

    Just so we're on the same page, here's a quick recap of the more recent developments involving the soon-to-be revived MMO APB.

    In November, reports snuck out that K2 Network, an organization that specializes in supporting and bringing Asian MMOs to other markets, purchased the rights to APB after the game went up for sale. Those reports were accurate--Reloaded Productions, a subsidiary of GamersFirst (which is a part of K2) confirmed the purchase a week or so later with a press release.

    In the very same release, Reloaded Productions said it was turning APB into a free-to-play MMO that would be supported by micro-transactions. It also revealed plans to re-release APB as APB: Reloaded in Q1 2011, which happens to be, well, right about now. Got all that? Great! 
     

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    Today's news is that the re-release appears to be on track for release. A closed beta for the new APB is scheduled to begin as early as "late February," according to the official APB Reloaded Twitter feed, which has yet to release any meaningful details about who can get in. More information, though, is slated to come next week, no doubt via email as well as other means. 

    Reloaded will, at the least, make APB a more cohesive experience. As Joystiq notes in its article about this forthcoming beta, there are plans to open up all of APB's zones to everyone, as well as, obviously, a plan to institute the usual free-to-play trimmings across the board--not just in starting zones or whatever. It almost goes without saying, but it'll be interesting to see how APB does the second time around. Surely, most of the jank and kinks have been worked out by now, right? 
     
    Right?
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    #1  Edited By BradNicholson

    Just so we're on the same page, here's a quick recap of the more recent developments involving the soon-to-be revived MMO APB.

    In November, reports snuck out that K2 Network, an organization that specializes in supporting and bringing Asian MMOs to other markets, purchased the rights to APB after the game went up for sale. Those reports were accurate--Reloaded Productions, a subsidiary of GamersFirst (which is a part of K2) confirmed the purchase a week or so later with a press release.

    In the very same release, Reloaded Productions said it was turning APB into a free-to-play MMO that would be supported by micro-transactions. It also revealed plans to re-release APB as APB: Reloaded in Q1 2011, which happens to be, well, right about now. Got all that? Great! 
     

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    Today's news is that the re-release appears to be on track for release. A closed beta for the new APB is scheduled to begin as early as "late February," according to the official APB Reloaded Twitter feed, which has yet to release any meaningful details about who can get in. More information, though, is slated to come next week, no doubt via email as well as other means. 

    Reloaded will, at the least, make APB a more cohesive experience. As Joystiq notes in its article about this forthcoming beta, there are plans to open up all of APB's zones to everyone, as well as, obviously, a plan to institute the usual free-to-play trimmings across the board--not just in starting zones or whatever. It almost goes without saying, but it'll be interesting to see how APB does the second time around. Surely, most of the jank and kinks have been worked out by now, right? 
     
    Right?
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    #2  Edited By Jackhole

    I liked APB...

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    #3  Edited By HumanityPlague

    This sounds like that Hellgate: London relaunch they tried back a few years ago.

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    #5  Edited By BabyChooChoo

    YES
     
    EDIT: damn...didn't get first. In any case, glad this is going f2p because that's what it needs to do. Not happy its K2N that's in charge. They're f2p games are unbalanced as can be. In SotNW, they might as well change the cash shop name to "buy all this crap and win"

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    #6  Edited By Simulacrum

    Aha is this my chance!?

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    #7  Edited By winsord

    I realize I was one of like the ten people who somewhat enjoyed APB, so I hope they let people who purchased the original into the private beta.

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    #8  Edited By adoggz

    hoping for a new quicklook.

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    #9  Edited By TehJedicake

    I didn't play this game much, but when I played it, I honestly didn't think it was that bad, I know I'm one of the few, but seriously, when it was being shutdown last year I was really surprised. Now that I have a better computer, I'm gonna try to get into that beta and play some!

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    #10  Edited By sweep  Moderator

    So what does this mean for those of us who already own APB? 
     
    And what does this mean for those of us who cashed in their redundant copy of APB for a replacement £30 game from the EA store? Do we win twice
     
    Or do we fail twice? 
     
    I'm confused :S

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    #11  Edited By TomA
    @Sweep said:
    " So what does this mean for those of us who already own APB? 
     
    And what does this mean for those of us who cashed in their redundant copy of APB for a replacement £30 game from the EA store? Do we win twice
     
    Or do we fail twice?  I'm confused :S "
    Probably fail, but hopefully win.
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    #12  Edited By SomeJerk
    @Sweep said:

    " So what does this mean for those of us who already own APB? 
     
    And what does this mean for those of us who cashed in their redundant copy of APB for a replacement £30 game from the EA store? Do we win twice
     
    Or do we fail twice?  I'm confused :S "

     You apparently could have been refunded, or should.. sketchy words from EA.
     
     

    Difference this time is that it's not going to be from a company destined to die from upper management corruption "let's drink away all those millions" but rather one that spends a little money making a lot of money. The APB RMT worked better than I expected, if I could have sold the APB points I made by selling in-game music I would have made enough for five more boxes of APB.
     
    Just remains to be seen what the ping is like and if they're doing anything to make it more oriented to whatev Asian market they primarily work in. I want proper ricing of cars, with coloured neon lights, dangit.
     
     
     
    Me fooling around with a rocket launcher & shiz in APBs first retail month: 
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxsyeWOxz0k cut together to make a "remembering APB video". It got a fair bit more exciting than the quicklook here showed, having people to play & do voicecomms with steadily made it a fun experience.
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    #13  Edited By Marz

    free2play is probably the best thing they could do for this relaunch.

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    #14  Edited By posttimeskipsam

    Sweet, can't wait for the next game APB: Revolutions!!

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    #15  Edited By sammo21

    Each copy comes with a clothespin to help in taking this crap in.

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    #16  Edited By McGhee

    Maybe they are hoping they'll get some players who want to experience what made one of the worst MMO disasters of all time so bad. Like playing APB has become a rare collector's item.

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    #17  Edited By daiphyer

    Great, now I can play it, too!!

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    #18  Edited By ryanwho

    So they're going the "you can't complain about complete shit when its free" angle.

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    #19  Edited By ali_d

    I'm not really interested in playing the game, but the character creation stuff looked amazing. I hope they license that stuff out.

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    #20  Edited By LtDestroyer

    Better missions & balancing and sign me up.

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    #21  Edited By Gavinn

    I CAN NOT WAIT :D

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    #22  Edited By FritzDude

    "Reloaded"? Why not "unleashed"? or "Nemesis"? or how about "APB: The next generation"? The possibilities are endless.

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    #23  Edited By meteora

    I'll look into it while waiting for Guilds War 2. Can't really say no to F2P; especially since its not a traditional RPG where they are normally are a grindfest. 
     
    Good to know that APB will be back though, more unique IPs (at least theme wise) is a welcome. Hopefully the second rerun will do well.

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    #24  Edited By TheChaos
    @Simulacrum said:

    " Aha is this my chance!? "

    I sure hope so. I really wanted to play around with that character creator.
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    #25  Edited By floodiastus

    I dont get why they dont just put a roundbased counterstrike system in there with ACCURATE shooting and temporary gold you buy weapons each round for til the match ends.   Put long-time gold earnings into customization of looks.

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    #26  Edited By Demyx

    gonna check this out this time.

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    #27  Edited By wickedsc3

    never played it, and probably wont.  But very cool that they are releasing it as F2P.   very cool, props to the company who bought it.

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    #28  Edited By Meowshi

    If it's like most Korean games, then "Free 2 Play" means "If you don't give us money, you won't be competitive in multiplayer, but we'll still use the (it's free!) excuse for when it turns out our game is broken and clunky." 
     
    Still, APB is back.  So.   
     
    Someone must be excited.

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    #29  Edited By ZeekDaGeek

    I'm excited, I actually loved this game and put a lot of hours into it.

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    #30  Edited By crusader8463

    If they improve the games performance so that I can actually run it at something other then 800x600 with everything turned off and still have it only be 10 FPS I will give it another look over.

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    #31  Edited By MaddProdigy

    Facebook port

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    #32  Edited By dvorak
    @ZeekDaGeek said:
    " I'm excited, I actually loved this game and put a lot of hours into it. "
    I agree, there was something about the 3-4 player group co-op in APB I really loved.
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    #33  Edited By 1337W422102
    @Samthorian said:
    " Sweet, can't wait for the next game APB: Revolutions!! "
    Damn, you beat me to it!
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    @Samthorian said:

    " Sweet, can't wait for the next game APB: Revolutions!! "

    Should at least be better than the AnimAPB
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    #36  Edited By ShaunassNZ
    @crusader8463 said:
    " If they improve the games performance so that I can actually run it at something other then 800x600 with everything turned off and still have it only be 10 FPS I will give it another look over. "
    Serves you right for having a GeForce 2.
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    #37  Edited By crusader8463
    @ShaunassNZ said:
    " @crusader8463 said:
    " If they improve the games performance so that I can actually run it at something other then 800x600 with everything turned off and still have it only be 10 FPS I will give it another look over. "
    Serves you right for having a GeForce 2. "
    But I have 2 8800 Ultras.....
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    #38  Edited By Vangelus

    I hope it goes better the second time around.

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    #39  Edited By rapid

    Do you think Jeff is going to do a second quicklook?

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    #40  Edited By ArbitraryWater

    Yeah. It's probably still going to be terrible.

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    #41  Edited By DougQuaid
    @Rapid said:
    " Do you think Jeff is going to do a second quicklook? "
    God I hope so..
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    #42  Edited By WholeFunShow

    Free? Sure, why not?

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    #43  Edited By ofcbilly77

    can't believe they're still trying

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    #44  Edited By Xeiphyer

    Hopefully they can figure out how to make the actual gameplay fun this time around. That game had a lot of potential.

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    #45  Edited By landon

    This is still a thing?

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    #46  Edited By Eribuster

    I think this is great news and it is looking like others here think so too. This is the game's second chance and I think it deserves it. Also, having such a high production value free-to-play (I think no purchase necessary would be a slightly better fit) ought to shake things up a bit in the world of freemium shooters. 
     
    @Meowshi said: 

    " If it's like most Korean games, then "Free 2 Play" means "If you don't give us money, you won't be competitive in multiplayer, but we'll still use the (it's free!) excuse for when it turns out our game is broken and clunky."  Still, APB is back.  So.    Someone must be excited. "


       From the game's I've experienced, Cash Shop items are just a shortcut. Then again, the grinding to match cash shop items is usually horrible. Lately, I think Korean free-to-play online games that make it to the US and Europe are getting very good in how  they handle cash shop items. These days, I feel that most cash shop times are grinding shortcuts and cosmetic items. Of course, there are bad online games where you can buy your way to competitive multiplayer victory.
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    #47  Edited By Levio

    Despite the fact that I will probably never play it, I'm still rooting for its success.  Just seems like a cool concept.

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    #48  Edited By CL60

    I don't see how they could fuck it up anymore, there are only room for improvements.

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    #49  Edited By DonPixel
    @ryanwho said:
    " So they're going the "you can't complain about complete shit when its free" angle. "
    Like that has ever stopped internet bitching
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    #50  Edited By detectivepbert

    does anyone still play gta iv online?   that seems better.

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