Realtime Worlds

Realtime Worlds headlines

• Dave Jones takes an advisory position with APB: Reloaded developer

  GamersFirst has hired Realtime Worlds’ Dave Jones as an advisor All Points Bulletin.

• Gamersfirst to open Edinburgh studio

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

• Gamersfirst: Australians are welcome on APB servers

  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.

• Gamersfirst details APB-Reloaded beta entry instructions

  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”.

• APB Reloaded spurs overhaul of GamersFirst network

  Realtime Worlds’ unhappy gangster MMO All Points Bulletin is on its way back with a new moniker and a bit of spit and polish courtesy of the newly-founded Reloaded Productions. The latest update from the developer suggests the team have their hands full and more, starting with a whole new client but running flat into […]

• Report: APB returning free-to-play in 2011

  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.

• Report: K2 Networks buys rights to APB

  GI’s reporting that K2 Network, the company behind free-to-play service GamersFirst, has bought APB from defunct Scottish studio Realtime Worlds.

• Glasgow-based auction house to disperse Realtime Worlds office equipment

  This is rather sad, actually.

• "Patch notes" hint APB could get Lazarus treatment

  Salvation? Maybe.

• Dave Jones squelches rumor he's leaving Dundee for Epic Games

  Yesterday, a rumor was circulating that Realtime Worlds founder Dave Jones had taken a job with Epic Games. Today, the APB creative director has told Develop the rumor is untrue.

• Ex-MyWorld dev confirms former Realtime chairman as MyWorld buyer

  It’s Ian Hetherington’s world now.

• EA compensating APB buyers with free game

  Had APB? Disgruntled? Step up and get your game from EA! That is if you bought the game digitally.

• Report - Epic "potential buyer" for APB

  Epic Games is a “potential buyer” for APB, the RTW MMO announced yesterday to be closing after just two months since it went on sale, according to a BBC report.

• APB shut down, announces staff

  APB, the crime MMO published by now bankrupt developer Realtime Worlds, has closed.

• Report: Former Realtime chairman linked to MyWorld purchase

  A report has surfaced claiming former Realtime Worlds chairman and chief strategy officer Ian Hetherington has ties with the anonymous US company which purchased Project MyWorld.

• Report: Realtime sells Project MyWorld

  Realtime Worlds has sold its Project MyWorld to an “anonymous” American company, according to a Develop report.

• RTW: APB has 130,000 registered users

  Realtime Worlds has released player stats for APB, claiming 130,000 registered users and saying “paying players” spend an average of $28 per month.

• Report - New studio set up by RTW staff for MyWorld

  According to a GI report, a studio from the remains of Realtime Worlds has been set up to finish off work on Project: MyWorld.

• Realtime Worlds re-hires 23 staff

  Administrators for games developer Realtime Worlds have announced 23 members of the 60-strong Dundee team working on the company’s MyWorld 3D project who were all made redundant earlier this month have been re-employed.