Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | 10:53 GMT
Dundee 360 developer working on “MMO” [Update]
Update: Sorry, we boo-booed here. This is a Realtime Worlds ad, and the game’s APB. It’s an old post that’s just been refreshed. We apologise for being so shit. Thanks, TheDifficult3rdAlbum.
A GI job ad posted by a Dundee developer has revealed the company is working on a 360 MMO.
“Our client is one of the World’s leading XBOX360 developers now working on an MMO which is likely to be a benchmark for online action games for next-Gen consoles,” says the ad, which could probably do with a bit of an edit.
Which company? Well, it’s either Realtime Worlds or Ruffian, unless there’s a secret console developer in Dundee. Which there isn’t.
An online Crackdown game? That’d be a shock.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, MMO, RPG, Scotland, UK, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: 360 mmo, crackdown, dundee, realtime worlds, ruffian
19 comments
#1
Hunam
04/03/09, 11:17 pm
Isn’t APB by Realtime Worlds and a console MMO?
#2
Deanzor
04/03/09, 11:19 pm
Whatever it is, I hope it’s got wizards in.
Wizards are fucking incredible.
#3
Patrick Garratt
04/03/09, 11:22 pm
Is APB for 360 as well? I thought it was PC-only?
#4
Patrick Garratt
04/03/09, 11:23 pm
You fucking love wizards. You’re just in denial.
#5
Hunam
04/03/09, 11:29 pm
Just checked and it’s PC only. Maybe they are working on an 360 SKU now then, who knows…
#6
Vincent
04/03/09, 11:48 pm
Doesn’t really say that it’s for 360 specifically, just “next-gen consoles” (and even that’s phrased a bit vaguely).
They do have a vacancy for Assistant Producer on their website though…
#7
Peetry
05/03/09, 12:09 am
I live in Dundee and this is old news
#8
Prof Power Glove
05/03/09, 1:16 am
Have I stepped back into 2008 or something?
This news has an interesting hint of FAIL about it. Maybe because it’s not news.
#9
Patrick Garratt
05/03/09, 7:03 am
The ad was only posted yesterday…
#10
Tiger Walts
05/03/09, 7:54 am
It’s the the old DMA team, part of R* North and they’re doing a GTA MMO!
Well, one could hope.
#11
Blerk
05/03/09, 8:18 am
I thought APB was coming to the 360. I’m sure they already said they were doing it years back.
#12
pjmaybe
05/03/09, 9:06 am
APB was supposedly arriving on 360. I’ve even got a really old press release saying as much. Still, good news if it is – I’d rather delve into APB on 360 than on PC.
#13
Rhythm
05/03/09, 9:30 am
I’m also sure that I’d heard APB was coming to consoles too
#14
TheDifficult3rdAlbum
05/03/09, 10:45 am
Hi Pat – This is just an OPM advert that’s refering to a role at RTW that’s been open for a while – RTW basically have an ongoing campaign to bring in any good AP’s.
Most of the Games Agencies are running an ad for the same job (search on GI for jobs in Management in Scotland).
They’ve just refreshed it, rather than it be new. It is refering to APB, which is on 360.
#15
Patrick Garratt
05/03/09, 10:50 am
Gah. OK. That’s me told, then. I’ll edit it.
#16
Mike
05/03/09, 11:08 am
Didn’t know it wso 360 too, though. I thought it was 360 only.
#17
Prof Power Glove
05/03/09, 1:46 pm
Yeah, I was meant to interview up there last Summer but got something else instead. APB does look VERY nice and it was announced first for 360 and then PC. Now it would be news if they drop any hints on a PS3 version.
Looking forward to a new Crackdown too. GTA just feels a bit stale in comparison.
#18
Patrick Garratt
05/03/09, 1:48 pm
I’ve very keen on APB. The GDC crowd last year were knocked out by it.
Have you seen anything on the new Crackdown?
#19
contender
18/03/09, 10:11 pm
APB isn’t on any console as yet – they aren’t with a publisher? They’re self managing it/pimping it out hence why its taken a very long and sad 5 years.