i_m_possessed Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 APB (All Points Bulletin) - GTA like but MMO Trailer Its a MMO coming out for Xbox 360 & PC, from the creator of GTA & Crackdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarketTantrik Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Realtime Worlds just showed the biggest surprise of GDC. From 1UP _______________________________________________________________________________ Previews: APB Realtime Worlds just showed the biggest surprise of GDC. By Scott Sharkey 02/21/2008 David Jones of Realtime Worlds, the guy behind Lemmings and Crackdown, opened a panel at the Game Developers Conference today by joking that after looking back at the last couple GDCs, Will Wright and Spore would be a tough act to top. It wasn't as funny to me then as it is now, because for me at least, that's exactly what he went on to do. APB looks like the simultaneous appeasement of every wish/bitch list I've written over the years about both MMOs and open world games. It's a game that's combining both of those genres and stripping each of many of their respective annoyances. All I've ever wanted from an MMORPG is a place to be an individual and have a sense of accomplishment without wasting hundreds of hours doing nothing more interesting than killing the same boar a thousand times. And the central element of a great open world game has always been a big space full of interesting things to do with a great big pile of toys. For the first time in recent memory I'm actually having difficulty containing my excitement enough to convey it properly. A short, instantly attention getting phrase like "MMO Crackdown" doesn't begin to do the thing justice. It looks far, far better than that. This isn't an MMORPG, and it's much more than another sandbox game. Dave Jones simply called it a "Multiplayer Online Game," which is a bit nonspecific, but at least isn't loaded with preconceptions. This bears the look of something very new. First, there's the character editor, which doesn't just rival the celebrated detail of say, City of Heroes. It surpasses it by an order of magnitude. Beyond just a paper doll system with a couple dozen faces, hairdos, and skin shades, every single facial characteristic is modifiable with a couple pulls of the mouse and without any mucking around with sliders. More importantly, detailed decals can be constructed in an in-game editor and applied anywhere either as a tattoo or on clothing -- not just in a few preselected areas, but anywhere at all, with any desired scaling or rotation of the graphic. It's essentially the Forza car editor, except for people. Almost incidentally, there's also a car editor, which is more directly comparable. To underscore the versatility of the thing, Jones showed off recreations of Warren Spector, Richard Garriott, Peter Molyneux, and an absolutely terrifyingly accurate recreation of Shigeru Miyamoto -- wearing Mario-print boxers. I can't even begin to imagine what people are going to do with this character generator. To even further personalize things, APB will be incorporating LastFM for its radio. If someone's driving around listening to a song and you have that same mp3 on your drive, you'll hear it play locally. And if you don't, it'll check and see if you have any songs on that album, from that artist, or in that genre of music and play that instead. It simultaneously solves the issues of the massive bandwidth that'd be required to stream music between players and the copyright issues that would involve. But more important than any of this, there isn't going to be a level grind, you won't be fighting NPCs or looting a pair of pants to raise your intelligence or whatever -- so where's the hook? What other games do people willingly play for hundreds of hours with no carrot at the end? Jones' answer: "Counter Strike is the best multiplayer online game ever." APB's gameplay, however, isn't a recreation of CS's. The running, gunning and driving looks much more like a less superpowered Crackdown, but it's incorporating the multiplayer mechanics of CS. Players work together, with match-ups made between cops and robbers whenever the bad guys commit a crime. Before that point, players are free to roam the city and horse around without being messed with, but when a gang does something wrong an APB gets sent through an automatic matching system to an enforcer squad of players of comparable size or skill -- either an even number of equally matched players, or fewer more experienced players against a larger number of newbies. It's a form of consensual violence that will hopefully solve the issue of how to have a bunch of people running around a city together without it instantly descending into total anarchy. The most striking gameplay example featured involved a gang of four minimally armed t-shirt wearing newbs, who upon robbing a shop were faced with a Shaft-like character with six months of experience and the custom character options to go with them. It'd be an interesting match for both sides, with either winning side earning bragging rights for either overcoming superior numbers or an individual with superior firepower. Shaft won, by the way. He had a rocket launcher. I need to find something to drink so I can stop shaking. _____________________________________________________________________________ ZOMG WTF ??? :shock3: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarketTantrik Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Pics Peter Molyneaux Shigeru Miyamoto HOLY CRAP !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosextillim18 Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 APB (All Points Bulletin) is an upcoming massively multiplayer online video game for both Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360, 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 and publised by Webzen. History APB was planned as early as 2005 , initially as both a PC and an Xbox 360 title, and intended as the flagship title for the then-newly founded Realtime Worlds studio created by David Jones.Then, it was planned that the Xbox 360 release would be in 2008 . In the interim time, Realtime Worlds developed the video game Crackdown, released in 2007 , which bore some resemblance to the concepts that were to be in APB. At the 2008 Game Developers Conference, David Jones confirmed that APB would still be released in 2008 . Jones noted that APB would be more like a "MOG" — multiplayer online game — as that players will likely only interact with up to 25 other players at the same time, and also noted that the game compares well to the typical style of fantasy or sci-fi "massively multiplayer online" games such as World of Warcraft, but by distancing the concept from the same type of gameplay, he does not expect to compete with those games. Gameplay 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarketTantrik Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 Thread created in GDC section. Merging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hahaman Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 hope this turns out to be the best mmo for the 360 that people keep playing for a long time if its like crackdown hell yeah who need marvel online Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hahaman Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 nowadays mods dont use the SEARCH button do they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnackChap Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Well the long wait is over, here, courtesy of Ulric, is a little gift for the community; “Hi everyone at APB-Evolved, we just wanted to quickly say thanks for all your patience recently whilst we’ve been quietly pushing forward with the development of APB. We know this can be frustrating for fans, so to show our appreciation we have decided to inform you guys that yes we WILL be at E3 this year and this will mark the start of lots more news, activities and information coming out about APB: All Points Bulletin. Here is a brand new screenshot made especially for you guys to give you another look at the awesome character customizations that will make up a large part of APB. See you all at E3. Realtime Worlds” Sauce: http://apb-evolved.com/news/70-apb-e...ive-screenshot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnackChap Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 That makes one of the announcements from the "Twitter based leaks" true oxide!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DIRECTOR Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 new APB trailer HERE BUT E3 2009: APB No Longer Coming to Xbox 360? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HundredProofSam Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Moving this to the PC section. It's been announced as a PC only title (for now at least) peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DIRECTOR Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 All Points Bulletin Coming to PC and Xbox 360 "Today, at the EA press conference, it was announced that Electronic Arts will distribute Realtime Worlds’ All Points Bulletin (APB), the urban-themed MMO from Dave Jones, the creator of Lemmings, Grand Theft Auto and Crackdown. Though the press release doesn't indicate that the game will appear on other systems than PC, a spokesperson told TeamXbox, "We’re not giving details out at the moment, but it is being developed for Xbox 360." TeamXbox will see the game during E3, and we'll bring you any new details as we get them. In conjunction with the announcement that EA will distribute APB, the companies have released new, never-before-seen assets, including the following 90-second HD trailer." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HundredProofSam Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 http://www.apb.com/faq/ Will there be console ports? Or a Linux or Mac client? We’re just starting to evaluate opportunities for a console port but do not have anything to announce yet. There will not be a Linux or Mac client. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitson007 Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/19833/All-Po...C-and-Xbox-360/ might just make it on to the 360 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarketTantrik Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Insame character customizations video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 Beta signups open. Go, go, go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john117 Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 ^^ applied I hope they dont have crazy time restriction on beta play .. I participated in Huxley beta and they let u play only during PDT 2pm to 10 pm ie 2am ISt to 10 am IST , barely managed 2hrs in 15 days and finally gave up coz the game is crappy and seems like a lazy attempt at UT3 mmo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyborg Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 sent them a mail. I am being optimistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Tigre Chino Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Applied for it, Looks like a pretty decent game.. *waits for invite* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doobz Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 was following this game around 2 years ago , wanna see how a mmorpg on a 360 goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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