Tag Archives: gamersfirst

Mon, Mar 28, 2011 | 01:07 BST

APB Reloaded to use unique skill assessment system

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Gamersfirst has lifted the lid on some of the difficulties of balancing shooter gameplay with MMO mechanics in APB Reloaded, including how to assess players’ skill and threat level.

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Fri, Mar 25, 2011 | 00:51 GMT

Gamersfirst to open Edinburgh studio

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APB: Reloaded publisher Gamersfirst will open a studio in Scotland, home of original All Points Bulletin team Realtime Worlds.

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Mon, Mar 21, 2011 | 23:31 GMT

APB Reloaded beta reaches 250,000 applicants

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The APB Reloaded closed beta is proceeding well, with demand far outstripping available testing positions and a European launch planned for the near future.

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Tue, Mar 08, 2011 | 00:57 GMT

APB: Reloaded gameplay footage shows driving, mayhem

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Gamersfirst has released some gameplay footage from APB: Reloaded’s closed beta, giving interested parties a preview of improved driving mechanics.

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Wed, Mar 02, 2011 | 10:57 GMT

APB: Reloaded enters closed beta

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As spotted by Gamesradar, the closed beta for APB: Reloaded, the revamped version of Realtime Worlds’ disastrous attempt at revolutionizing the MMO market, is now live. The online crime game is to relaunch as a free-to-play affair with heavily tweaked weapons and vehicles, the main object of the original game’s derision.

Sign up for a key here.

Mon, Jan 31, 2011 | 23:12 GMT

APB: Reloaded future features teased

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The latest Reloaded blog post touches on “extensive changes”, which Reloaded Productions plans “to implement in the Open Beta and especially for Live Service”.

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Thu, Jan 27, 2011 | 05:25 GMT

APB beta testers invited back for relaunch testing

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Closed Beta invitations for GamersFirst’s relaunch of APB: Reloaded have been sent out, but don’t go frantically refreshing your inbox just yet: invites are currently restricted to those who participated in testing the game’s first incarnation.

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Tue, Jan 25, 2011 | 18:48 GMT

APB: Reloaded to include anti-cheating feature called PunkBuster

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GamersFirst has updated the APB: Reloaded blog with information on how the development will handle in-game cheating.

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Fri, Jan 21, 2011 | 03:58 GMT

Gamersfirst: Australians are welcome on APB servers

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Gamersfirst has told Australian gamers that they’re welcome to try region-specific All Points Bulletin servers if their ping to a core router meets minimum requirements, and suggested that local servers are not impossible after an absence stymied release plans.

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Mon, Jan 17, 2011 | 17:17 GMT

New APB will support customization from old APB

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GamersFirst has confirmed that old customization jobs from APB as was can be ported into the MMO’s reboot, APB-Reloaded.

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Mon, Jan 10, 2011 | 17:06 GMT

Gamersfirst details APB-Reloaded beta entry instructions

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Gamersfirst’s posted instructions on how to get a piece of the action in APB-Reloaded’s closed beta, promising the process will be “easy now, tricky later”.

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Tue, Nov 16, 2010 | 14:54 GMT

APB renamed APB: Reloaded, goes free-to-play from GamersFirst

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GamersFirst has announced Reloaded Productions, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Gamersfirst, has acquired all the IP rights for APB: All Points Bulletin.

It has renamed the game APB: Reloaded.

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Tue, Nov 16, 2010 | 07:32 GMT

Report: APB returning free-to-play in 2011

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IGN’s reporting that GamersFirst’s confirmed it’s bought APB and will be bringing the RTW crime MMO back next year as a free-to-play effort.

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